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Bush Honeysuckle. JDiervilla triflda.. 



Found in light woods, and rocky uplands, in blossom during June 

 and July. 



A shrub, with round, woody-fibred, smooth stems; the old growth 

 is of a light gray color, while the new shoots are green, and dull red. 



The oval leaf, wide at the bottom, is very tapering at the tip ; the 

 closely and finely toothed edges are more or less rufiled ;• tbe surface is 

 smooth, and the texture like silk ; the color is a strong, warm green, often 

 showing traces of red on the margin, and in the midrib. The leaves are 

 in pairs, on short, stout, and partly clasping foot-stems. 



The corolla of the small flower has a tube about \ of an inch long, 

 spreading at the top, and parted into 5 irregular recurving divisions, of 

 a pale yellow color, marked with dull tawny-orange ; the five long 

 stamens ai-e yellow, and the flat, disc-like tip of the pistil is green ; the 

 slender, pale green calyx is vase-shape, with 5 thread-like divisions. A 

 few flowers grow from the end of the branches, and from the angles of 

 the upper leaves. 



This Honeysuckle has a vigorous leafage, and is full of strong 

 curves, but it lacks the spicy fragrance associated with its name. On 

 some plants the leaves are all opposite at the same angle, while on 

 othei's the alternate pairs are set on at right angles to each other. 



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