HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. Caprifoliaceae. 



tinged with red outside, with five, short, nearly equal 

 lobes, the tube swollen at base. The involucre becomes 

 dark red, its lobes turn back and display a pair of berries, 

 disagreeable to the taste, as large as peas, nearly black, 

 the whole affair striking in color and form. This grows in 

 moist mountain woods and seems to have smoother, 

 glossier foliage, and smaller flowers, in Utah than elsewhere. 



Rather pretty, with a woody trunk and 

 Pink Honey- , . . . 



suckle hairy twigs, climbing over shrubs and 



hispidula trees, sometimes to a height of twenty 

 feet. The leaves are pale on the under 



Wash^Ore Cal side> the u PP er ones usuall y united around 

 ' the stem, and the flowers are about three- 

 quarters of an inch long, with pink corollas and long 

 stamens, and form long clusters, which are pretty but not 

 effective, though the translucent, orange-red berries are' 

 handsome and conspicuous. This varies very much, 

 especially in hairiness and color of the foliage, and is quite 

 common in canyons and along streams in the Coast Ranges. 

 The Yellow Honeysuckle, L. Californica, is similar, but 

 with smooth branches and leaves and pale yellow flowers; 

 growing in Oregon and northern California. 

 There are two kinds of Linnaea. 



One of the loveliest of woodland plants; 

 Twin-flower the j WQod stemg t .j oyer h 



Linnctia bore&lis 



var. Americana ground and send up straight, slender 

 Pink branches, a few inches tall, clothed with 



Summer leathery, evergreen leaves, bright green 



Utah Itc 5 *' anc ^ g ^ oss ^' an( ^ terminating in a slender, 



slightly hairy flower-stalk, which bears 

 a pair of little nodding flowers, about half an inch long, 

 hanging on very slender pedicels, with two bracts. The 

 corollas are regular, with five lobes, delicate pink, veined 

 with deeper color and paler at the margins, with a white 

 pistil and four, white stamens, not protruding. The fruit 

 is roundish and dry, with one seed. This often carpets the 

 forest floor with its glossy foliage, ornamenting the moss 

 with its fairy-like blossoms, which perfume the air with a 

 fragrance like Heliotrope. It is found in cold, mountain 

 woods, up to thirteen thousand feet, across the continent 

 and also in Europe and Asia, and was named after Lin- 

 naeus because it was a favorite of his. 

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