Description of Native Shrubs 



135. Swamp Fly-honeysuckle. (Lonicera oblongifolia.) 



Leaf : 2-3', simple, opposite, entire, oblong, almost stemless. 

 Flower : m. , yellowish-white, y^ long (corolla tubular, 5-lobed, 

 and deeply 2-lipped)^ paired on long stem ; June ; berries purple, 

 united or nearly separate. Northern New York to Wisconsin, in 

 bogs ; 2°-5° high. 



136. Honeysuckle. (Lonicera involucrata.) 



Leaf : 3'-6', simple, opposite, entire, ovate-oblong, apex usu- 

 ally sharp, with a stem ; branches 4-angled. Flower : m. , yel- 

 lowish (corolla tubular, 5-lobed, sticky-hairy), paired on single 

 stem ; June ; berries purple, separate. Lake Superior and west. 



137. Shepherdia. (S. canadensis.) 



Leaf : 1-2', simple, opposite, entire, elliptical to ovate, silvery- 

 downy beneath. Flower : yellowish, very small (no corolla, 

 yellow calyx 4-lobed, 8 stamens), staminate clustered, pistillate 

 often single, almost stemless; May; fruit yellow-red, round, 

 size of small pea ; rusty scales on leaves, branchlets and flowers. 

 New York, and west. 



138. Sea Ox-eye. (Borrichia frutescens.) 



Leaf : i' or less, simple, opposite, entire, or serrate toward 

 base, rather lance-shaped, leathery or fleshy. Flower : yellow 

 (anthers blackish), in single, terminal, many-flowered " heads.'' 

 Virginia ; 6-12' high ; plant whitish-fine-hairy. 



139. Bush Honeysuckle. (Diervilla trifida.) 



Leaf : 2-4', simple, opposite, serrate, long-ovate, apex taper- 

 ing, with stem. Flower : m., light yellow (corolla funnel- 

 form, s-lobed, 5 stamens), mostly ■^-clustered on single stem ; 

 June-August ; pod surmounted by a slender beak, on which the 

 sepals are still seen ; i°-2° high. 



140. Fragrant Sumach. (Rhus aromatica.) 



Leaf : pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 3, broad-ovate, i'-3' long, 

 irregularly and coarsely serrate, the middle one with wedge- 

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