HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 171 



L. &kva,. Yellow H. Wild N. "W. and along the AUeghanies ; low' 

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

 hght yellow. 



L. parviflbra, 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 puirple : in the var. 

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

 beneath or ciliate. 



*+++++ wad species with clammy-pubescent orange-colored Jiowtrs. 



L. hirstlta. Hairy H. Moist or rocky grounds N. & W. : with oval and 

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



•I- ■*- Leaves all separate and short-petioled, not glaucous, pubescent: flowers in 

 pairs on axillary peduncles., 



L. Jap6nioa (commouly so called, L. conf<jsa, 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-Honetsuorles, upright or straggling hushes, never twining, with 

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

 axillary peduncle, the tim berries sometimes united into one. 

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



L. involuerilta. 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 fyr ornament from Europe : flowers rose or pink-red, profuse and showy. 

 L. TajtS,rica, Taktarian H. Much-branched shrub .5° - 8° high, smooth, 

 with oval heart-shaped leaves, short corolla, and red berries uniting at base as 

 they ripen : fl. spring. 



H- <- Wild species, in moist cold woods or bags N. . flowers yellowish.^ 



Ii. Oilikta, Eably 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 basff, and separate red berries : fl. early spring. 



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

 long and slender peduncles, deeply 2-hpped corolla (^' long) m early summer, 

 and purple ben-ies. 



L. cserixlea, Mountain F., the rarest species, l°-20 high, with, oval 

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

 to form one blue beny. 



?. DlERVILIiA, BUSH-HONEYSUCKLE. (Named for one Dierville, 

 who took the common species from Canada to France.) 

 * WUd species, on rocks and hills, with pale or honey-yellow and slender funnel- 

 form corolla, not showy, and oblong pod. 

 D. trlflda. Common B. ; eveiywhere N., l°-4° high, vvith oblong-ovate 

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

 der pointed pods : fl. all summer. , > ^ ., 



D. sessilifdlia, only along the AUeghanies S., has lance-ovate sbbsUb 

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



« « Planted for ornament from Japan and China ; tU showy rose-colored cm<Mo. 

 broadly funml-form with an abruptly narrowed base, very slender statk-tike 

 ovary and linear pod. 

 D. Jap6niea. Shrub 2° - 5° high, loaded with the handsome flowers in 

 late spring; corolla 1' or more long ; leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed. 



