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3. L. PLATA. Sims. (C. Fraseri. PA.) Yellow Honeysuckle. 



Lvs. ovate, glaucous beneath, with a cartilaginous margin, upper pair 

 connate-perfoliate ; spikes terminal, of close whorls ; cor. smooth, tube slender, 

 gibbous at base, limb somewhat ringent; fll. smooth. A beautiful shrub, 

 scarcely twining, mountains, N. Y.to Ga. W. to Wisconsin. Often cultivated. 

 Leaves deciduous, obtuse, abruptly contracted at base, except the upper perfo- 

 liate pair. Flowers in heads of about 10, fragrant. Corolla an inch or more 

 in length, the tube much longer than the limb, bright yellow. Upper lip much 

 broader than the lower, in 4 segments. Jn. Jl. f 



4. L. GRATA. Ait. (C. gratum. PA.) Evergreen Honeysuckle. 



Lvs. evergreen, obovate, smooth, glaucous beneath, the upper pair con- 

 nate-perfoliate ; fls. in sessile, terminal and axillary whorls; cor. ringent, tube 

 long, slender, not gibbous at base. A beautiful climbing species, damp wood- 

 lands. N. Y., Penn. and Western States. Leaves opposite or in 3s, margin 

 revolute. Flowers large and very fragrant, 5 or 6 in each whorl. Corolla pale 

 yellow within, becoming reddish without. Stamens exserted. Berries red. 

 The leaves are very obtuse, ending in a short, abrupt point. Jn. 



5. L. sEMPERviRENS. Ait. (C. sempervirens. Michx.} Trumpet Honeysuckle 

 Las. oblong, evergreen, the upper ones connate-perfoliate ; fls. in nearly 



naked spikes of distant whorls; cor. trumpet-shaped, nearly regular, ventricose 

 above. In moist groves and borders of swamps, N. Y. to Flor. and La. Com- 

 mon in cultivation, where few flowers are found more beautiful, although they 

 are deficient in fragrance. Stem woody, twining with the sun. Leaves ovate 

 or elliptical, of a dark, perennial green above. Corolla trumpet-shaped, nearly 

 2' long, dilated at the mouth, with 5 short, nearly regular segments, of a fine 

 scarlet without and yellow within. May Aug. f 



6. L. PERICLYMENUM. Tourn. (C. Periclymenum. Linn.} Woodbine Honey- 

 suckle. Lvs. deciduous, all distinct, elliptical, on short petioles; fls. in ovate, 

 imbricate, terminal heads ; cor. ringent. A woody climber, native of Europe, 

 cultivated and nearly naturalized. Flowers yellow and red, fragrant, succeeded 

 by red berries. May Jl. f 



0. quercifolia. (Oak-leaved Honeysuckle.} Lvs. sinuate-lobed. 



7. L. CAPRIFOLIUM. (Caprifolium Italicum. R. <f S.} Italian Honeysuckle. 

 Lvs. deciduous, the upper pair perfoliate-connate ; fls. in a terminal verticil ; 

 cor. ringent. Native of Europe. Greatly 'admired in cultivation for its beauty 

 and fragrance. Flowers of various hues, red, yellow and white. Jn. Aug. f 



Stem erect. Flowers pedunculate, geminate. XYLOSTEUM. 



8. L. CILIATA. Muhl. (Xylosteum ciliatum. PA.) Fly Honeysuckle. 

 Lvs. ovate, subcordate, ciliate; corolla limb with short and subequal lobes; 



tube saccate at base; sty. exserted; berries distinct. A branching, erect shrub, 

 3 4f high, found in woods, Me. to Ohio and Can. Leaves thin, oblong-ovate, 

 often cordate at the base, somewhat ciliate on the margin, and villose beneath 

 when young. Flowers pale straw-yellow, in pairs at the top of the peduncle, 

 with an obtuse spur turned outwards at the base. Berries ovoid, red, in pairs, 

 but not connate, 3 5-seeded. June. 



9. L. OBLONGIPOLIA. Hook. (X. oblongifolium. Goldie.} 



Lvs. oblong or oval, velvety-pubescent beneath; corolla limb deeply bila- 

 biate; tube gibbous at base; ped. long, filiform, erect; berries connate or united 

 into one, globose, purple, bi-umbilicate. A shrub 3 4f high, in swamps, Can. 

 and N. Y. Leaves almost sessile, 12' long, peduncles of equal length. Co- 

 rolla hairy, greenish-yellow outside, purplish inside, the lower lip nearly entire, 

 the upper one 4-lobed, erect. Berries marked with the remains of the two 

 calyces. Jn. 



10. L. COERULEA. (X. villosum. MX. X. Solonis. Eat.} Blue-fruited 

 Honeysuckle. Lvs. oval-oblong, ciliate, obtuse, villous both sides, at length 



smoothish; ped. short, reflexed in fruit; bracts longer than the ovaries; berries 

 connate or united into one, deep blue. A low shrub, in rocky woods, Mass. 

 and N. Y., N. to Hudson's' Bay. Stem 2f high, with small leaves and pairs oJ 

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