Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
46, tube %’, hairy within, in 2 or 3 2 ak eg whorls ; May, shi 
Pennsylvania, west and north ; climbing 3°-5°. 
The Douglas variety has greener leaves, downy beneath or 
hairy-edged when young, and crimson or purple blossoms ; Ohio 
and west. 
49. Hairy Honeysuckle. (Lonicera hirsuta.) 
LEAF : 3'-4', simple, opposite, entire, broad-oval, hairy below, 
usually so above and on edge, higher pairs joined, lower short- 
stemmed, branches hairy. FLOWER: orange-yellow, sticky (co- 
rolla-lips as in 46, tube about ¥%4’ long, bulging at base), in ad- 
jacent whorls; July. Pennsylvania, west and north; coarse, 
large-leaved climber. 
50. Japanese Honeysuckle. (Lonicera japonica.) 
LEAF: 1-244’, simple, opposite, entire, never joined, obovate 
to oval, dark green till into winter ; branchlets hairy. FLOWER: 
white, then light-yellow, in pairs, 11%4’ long, fragrant (corolla-lips 
as in 46, tube hairy in- and out-side) ; June, July. Cultivated, and 
becoming spontaneous ; twining and trailing. 
51. Creeping Phlox. (P. reptans.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, opposite, entire; roundish and thickish 
on the creeping runners, oblong (%’) on flowering upright stems 
(4'-8'), latter leaves fine-hairy. FLOWER: reddish-purple (co- 
rolla with long tube (1'), and flat, 5-lobed border (almost 1’), 
the lobes somewhat roundish), clustered at summit of stems; 
May, June. Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and south ; trailing, 
herbaceous. 
52. Partridge-berry. (Mitchella repens.) 
LEAF: ¥%’ or more, simple, opposite, entire, roundish-ovate, 
base slightly cordate, evergreen, glossy, smooth. FLOWER: 
white or purple-tinged, %’' long, in pairs, fragrant (corolla fun- 
nel-form, its 4 lobes spreading, hairy inside, stamens 4); June, 
July ; fruit, a red, rather tasteless berry, doud/e, resulting from 
the pair of flowers, surmounted with 2 sets of calyx-teeth, lasting 
into winter; small, woody, trailing. (Pl. V.) 
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