HONETS0CKLE FAMILY. 171 



L. fliva, Yei-iow H. Wild N. W. and along the Alleghanies ; low- 

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

 light yellow. 



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

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



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

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

 beneath or ciliate. , , 



♦+++++ Wild species with clammy-pubescent orange-colored Jlowers, 



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

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



H- t- Leaves all separate and short-petioled, not glaucous, pubescent : Jlowers in 

 pairs on axillary peduncles. 



L. Japdnica (commonly so calledj L. coNFt'SA, 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. Flt-Honeysuckles, upright or straggling bushes, never twining, with 

 ' leaves all distinct to the base, and a pair of Jlowers on tlm summit of an 

 axillary pedunde, the two berries sometimes united into one. 

 « Four large leafy brads surrounding two cylindrical (|' long) yellowish Jlowers. 



L. involuer&ta. . 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 Jour bracts under the ovaries small or minute. 

 1- Planted Jor ornament from Europe : Jlowers rose or pink-red, profuse and showy. 

 Ii. Tart&rica, Tartakian 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. 



1- -<- Wild species, in moist cold woods or bogs N. : flowers yellowish. 



Ii. ciliJlta, Easlt Flt-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 (3' long) with short nearly equal lobes and very 

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

 ' L. oblongifdlia, SwAiiip F. TJpright, 2° - 5° high, with oblong leaves, 

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

 and purple berries. 



L. CSertllea, Mountain F., the rarest species, 10-2° high, with oval 

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

 to form one blue berry. 



5. DIEBVILLA, BTJSH-HONEYSTJCKLE. (Smaed tor one DierviUe, 

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

 • Wild species, on rocks and hills, with. pale or honey-ydlow and slender funnel- 

 form corolla, not showy, and oblong pod. 



D. trifida, Common B. ; evcryrv-here IS., IP -4° high, with oblong-ovate 

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

 der pointed pods : fl. all summer. 



D. sessilifblia, only along the Alleghanies S., has lance-ovate sessile 

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



» « Planted for ornament from Japan and China ; the showy rose-colored <:«^Ma 

 broadly ftmnel-fm-m with an abruptly narrowed, base, very slender stalk-like 

 ovary and linear pod. 



D. Jap6nica. Shrub 2° - 5° high, loaded with the handsome flowers in 

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



