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DESCRIPTIONS OP^ THE SHRUBS 



served. Lonicera tatarica is very common and has many named varieties, 

 as well as hybrids with other species. [Seeds (slow) ; twig cuttings.] 



Fig. 383. — Japan Honeysuckle. Fig. 384. — Tartarian Honeysuckle. 



KEY TO THE BUSHY SPECIES OF LONICERAS 



* Flowers nearly regular with a 6-lobed border, growing in pairs with 



the ovaries more or less united and forming a double berry. (A.) 



A. Plants less than 2 feet high with small leaves ^-1^ inches long 



and pink flowers, May-July. (B.) 



B. Kigid spiny shrub ; with stamens projecting from the erect rosy 



flowers. Large-fruited Honeysuckle (374) — Lonicera 



spin6sa. 



B. Prostrate shrub ; with stamens included ; leaves often whorled 

 in threes. Low Honeysuckle — Lonicera rupicola. 



A. Plants 2 feet or more high ; with larger leaves, 1-5 inches 

 long. (C.) 



C. Bloom, April and May, before the leaves expand. (D.) 



D. Flowers small, |-^ inch, short-stemmed, whitish ; fruit blue. 

 Blue or Mountain Fly Honeysuckle (375) — Lonicera 

 cserulea. 



