HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 231 
2. D. japonica DC. Wercexa. .A stout, branching shrub, 3-6 ft. 
high. Leaves broadly oval, acute at the apex, rounded at the base, 
coarsely serrate, rough above, downy beneath, short-petioled. Flowers 
spreading, funnelform, rose color, 1-11 in. long. Calyx lobes de- 
ciduous. Corolla downy without, the lobes spreading. Capsule oblong 
or spindle-shaped. Seeds with netted wings. Introduced from Japan; 
common in cultivation.* 
0. LONICERA L. 
Shrubs or woody vines. Leaves simple, usually entire, those 
of a pair often appearing as if joined together at the base, so 
that the stem seems to rise through them. Calyx tube ovoid, 
5-toothed. Corolla tubular to bell-shaped, often knobbed at 
the base or 2-lipped. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, ovules 
several in each cell; style slender; stigma knobbed. Fruit a 
1-3-celled, 1-few-seeded berry.* 
A 
More or less upright bushes, not climbing. 
1. L. tatarica L. Tarrartan Honeyrsvcxie. A branching shrub, 
5-8 ft. high. Leaves oval or ovate, heart-shaped, shining. Flowers 
many, showy, rose-colored. Fruit consisting of 2 red berries ; some- 
what united below at maturity. Cultivated from Asia. 
2. L. canadensis Marsh. Earty Fry Honeysvckte. <A straggling 
bush, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves ovate or oval, slightly heart-shaped, thin, 
at first downy beneath. Flowers straw-yellow, on short, slender 
peduncles. Corolla lobes nearly equal; tube pouched at the base. 
Fruit 2 separate red berries. 
B 
Stems twining. 
3. L. japonica Thunb. Japan HoneystckKire. Stem twining 
high; young branches downy. Leaves ovate to oblong, entire, 
smooth above, pale and downy beneath, all short-petioled. Pedun- 
cles axillary, 2-bracted, 2-flowered. Flowers white or pink, fading to 
yellow, 2-lipped, the lips nearly as long as the downy tube. Stamens 
and style projecting. Fruit black. Common in cultivation; intro- 
duced from Japan.* 
4. L. sempervirens L. Corat HoneysvucKLr, TRuMpET Honey- 
SUCKLE. Stem twining high. Leaves evergreen (in the South), oval 
to oblong, obtuse, entire, smooth above, pale and often downy 
