300 CAPRIF0LIACEJ3. Lonicera. 



A shrub 1-3 feel liigh ; the younger brandies mostly villous. Leaves about three-fourths 

 of an inch long when the plant is in flower, considerably larger and much less hairy at maturity, 

 very obtuse. Flowers 7-8 lines long, on peduncles only 1-2 lines long. Corolla some- 

 what bilabiate, yellow, smooth or a little pubescent ; the lobes longer than the tube, oblong, 

 nearly erect. Stamens somewhat exscrtcd : filaments bearded. Berries closely united to the 

 summit, crowned with the remains of two closely approximated calyces. 



Woods, and on the sides of mountains. I'oughkeepsie ; Highlands of Putnam county {Dr. 

 Barratt); Mountains of Essex county ; near Vernon (Dr. Dou^-Zas). Fl. June. 



8. Lonicera oblongifolia, Hook. Long-stalked Honeysuckle. 



Stem erect ; leaves oblong or oval, velvety-pubescent when young, at length nearly smooth ; 

 peduncles filiform, erect, much longer than the flowers ; bracts minute ; corolla gibbous at 

 the base, deeply 2-lipped ; berries (purple) formed by the union of two ovaries. — Hook, fi. 

 Bor.-Am. 1. p. 284. t. 100 ; Torr. Sf Gr.fi. N. Am. 2. p. 10. L. villosa, DC. prodr. 4. 

 p. 337 (partly). Xylosteum oblongifoliuin, Goldie in Edirib. phil. journ. {\S22), 6.^.323. 



A shrub 3-4 feet long, much branched. Leaves 1-2 inches long, narrowed at the base, 

 but scarcely petioled. Peduncles an inch or more in length. Caly.x-tube nearly globose ; the 

 bracteoles at the base nearly obsolete. Corolla about three-fourths of an inch long, greenish- 

 yellow, tinged with purple inside ; lower lip oblong-linear, often spreading ; upper lip erect, 

 with 4 short lobes. Stamens slightly exserted ; the filaments smoothish. Style hairy. Berries 

 ibout the size of a small pea, slightly separate at the summit, and crowned with the remains 

 )f two calyces. - 



Spliagnous swamps ; northern and western parts of the State ; rare. May - June. Easily 

 listinguished from the preceding by its long peduncles and obsolete bracteoles, as well as by 

 ts larger leaves, etc. 



4. DIERVILLA. Tourn. in act. acad. Par. (1706), t. 7. /. 1 ; Sieb. ^ Zucc. fl. Japan. 



p. 68. t. 29 - 32. BUSB HONEYSUCKLE. 



[ Dedicated to iSI. Diertille, a French surgeon, who sent the plant to Tournefort.] 



Calyx-tube oblong or cylindrical, often attenuated at the summit : segments of the 5-parted 

 limb linear or subulate. Corolla funnel-form ; the limb 5-cleft, nearly regular or slightly 

 2-lipped. Stamens 5. Fruit capsular, membranaceous or crustaceo-coriaceous, 2-celled, 

 2-valved ; the 2-lobed placentas usually strongly projecting into the cells, each bearing 

 numerous seeds in a double series. Seeds naked or crested. — Shrubby plants, with ovate 

 or oblong acute-serrate leaves. Peduncles axillary or terminal, one-flowered or cymosely 

 3 - 7-flowered : the flowers all with 2 bracteoles at the base. 



