HONEISUCKLE FAMILY. 171 



L. Sikva,, Yellow H. Wild N. W. and along the AUeghanies ; low- 

 climbing ; the broad and thickish leaves very white-glaucous both' sides ; flowers 

 light yellow. 



L. parvlfl6ra. Small H. Low and bushy, with oblong leaves green 

 above, but very white-glaucous beneath; the corolla (less than 1' long) strongly 

 gibbous at base, greenish-yellow or whitish and tinged with purple : in the var. 

 Bouglasil, found only N. W., nearly crimson, and the greener leaves downy 

 beneath or cfliate. 



++++++ Wild species with clammy-pvbescent orange-colored flmvers. 



Ii. birstlta. Hairy H. Moist or rocky grounds N. & W. ; with oval and 

 large dull green leaves, the lower face and branches downy-hairy. 



+- -1- Leaves all separate and short-petioled, not glaucous, pubescent: flauiers in 

 pairs on axillary peduncles. 



Jj. Jap6nica (commonly 50 called, L. coNFtiSA, DC), Japan or Chinese H. 

 Commonly cult. ; the slender downy stems twining freely, with oval dull green 

 leaves, and flowers very fragrant at evening ; corolla deeply 2-lipped, reddish 

 outside, white inside turning yellow. 



§ 2. Fly-Honeysuckles, upright or straggling bushes, never twining, with 

 leaves all distinct to the base, and a pair of flowers on the, summit of an 

 axillary peduncle, the two berries sometimes united into one. 

 * Four large leafy bracts surrounding two cylindrical (|' long) ydlowish flowers. 



L. involucrkta. Wild from Lake Superior to California, and sparingly 

 planted : shrub 2° - 5° high, downy when young, with ovate or oblong leaves 

 3' - 5' long, on short petioles, clammy flowers, and berries quite separate. 



* » The two or four bracts under the ovaries small or minute. 



■>- Planted for ornament from Europe : flowers rose or pink-red, profuse and showy. 



L. Tart&riea, Tartarian H. Much-branched shrub 5° - 8° high, smooth, 

 with oval heartshaped leaves, short corolla, and red berries uniting at base as 

 they ripen : fl. spring. 



•1- •>- Wild species, in moist cold woods or bogs N. . flowers yellowish. 



L. eili&,ta, Early Fly-H. Straggling, 3° - 5° high, with oval or oblong 

 and partly heart-shaped leaves thin and downy beneath when young, slender 

 peduncles, honey-yellow corolla (^' long) with short nearly equal lobes and very 

 unequal-sided base, and separate red berries : fl. eariy spring. 



L. oblonglf6Iia, Swamp F. Upright, 2° -5° high, with oblong leaves, 

 long and slender peduncles, deeply 2-lipped corolla (J' long) m early summer, 

 and purple berries. . „„„,., .^i. , 



L. oesTtlea, Mountain F., the rarest species, l°-2° high, with oval 

 leaves, very short peduncle, moderately 5-lobed corolla, and two ovaries united 

 to form one blue berry. 



5. DIERVILLA, BUSH-HONEYSUCKLE. (Named for one Dierville, 

 .who took the common species from Canada to France.) 

 » Wild species, on rocks and hills, with pale or honey-yelhw and slender funnd- 



form corolla, not showy, and oblong pod. 

 D. triflda, Common B. ; everywhere N., l°-4° high, with oblong-ovato 

 taper-pointed leaves on distinct petioles, mostly 3-flowered peduncles, and slen- 

 der pointed pods : fl. all summer. , . „ i i * „>»;io 

 D. sessUlfblia, only along the AUeghanies S., has lance-ovate sessile 

 leaven, many-flowered peduncles, and short-pointed pods : fl. summer. 



* * Planted for ornament from Japan and China ; the showy rose-colored corolla 

 ■ broadly funnel-form with an abruptly narrowed base, very sUnder stalk-like 

 ovary and linear pod. 

 D. Jap6nioa. Shrub 2° - 5° high, loaded with the handsome flowers in 

 late sprini ; corolla I' or more long ; leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed. 



