GENus 6. 
g. Lonicera coertlea L. Blue or Moun- 
tain Fly-Honeysuckle. Fig. 3987. 
Lonicera coerulea L Sp. Pl. 174. 1753. 
Lonicera villosa Muhl. Cat. 23. 1813. 
Erect, shrubby, 1°-3° high, the twigs some- 
times slightly pubescent. Leaves oval or 
obovate, 1-13’ long, very obtuse at the apex, 
rounded or narrowed at the base, thick, con- 
spicuously reticulate-veined, pale and more or 
less pubescent beneath, glabrous above, at least 
when mature, ciliate on the margins; flowers 
in pairs in the axils, short-peduncled, subulate- 
bracted, yellow, 6-8” long; corolla pubescent, 
or glabrate, the tube gibbous at the base, the 
limb nearly regular, its lobes oblong, equalling 
or slightly exceeding the tube; ovaries of the 
two flowers becoming united and forming an 
oblong or nearly globose, bluish-black 2-eyed 
berry, about 23” in diameter. 
In low grounds, Newfoundland to Alaska, south 
to Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wyo- 
ming and California. Europe and Asia. June. 
Lonicera Mérrowi A. Gray, a Japanese species, 
with red berries and nearly white flowers, has 
escaped from cultivation in Massachusetts. 
T 
ir. Lonicera canadénsis Marsh. Amer- 
ican Fly-Honeysuckle. Fig. 3989. 
Vaccinium album L. Sp. Pl. 350. 1753. Not L. 
alba L. 
Lonicera canadensis Marsh. Arb. 81. 1785. 
Lonicera ciliata Muhl. Cat. 23. 1813. 
Shrubby, 3°-5° high, the twigs glabrous. 
Petioles 2’-3” long, very slender; leaves thin, 
1’-4’ long, bright green on both sides, ovate or 
sometimes oval, acute or acutish at the apex, 
rounded or cordate at the base, villous- 
pubescent beneath when young, glabrous or 
nearly so when mature, but the margins 
strongly ciliate; flowers in pairs from the 
axils, greenish-yellow, about 8’ long; pedun- 
cles long-filiform; bracts very small, subulate ; 
corolla-limb nearly regular, its lobes short; 
berries separate, ovoid, light red, about 3” thick. 
In moist woods, Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, 
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and 
Minnesota. Medaddy-bush. May. 
HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 
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to. Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) 
Hook. Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle. 
Fig. 3988. 
Xylosteum oblongifolium Goldie, Edinb. 
Phil. Journ. 6: 323. 1822. 
Lonicera oblongifolia Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 
1: 284. pl. roo. 1833. 
L. altissima Jennings, Ann. Carn. Mus. 4: 
74. pl. 20. 1906. 
Leaves 17-2" long, reticulate-veined, 
glabrous or nearly so on both sides when 
mature, downy-pubescent when young, 
not ciliate; flowers in pairs on long 
slender peduncles; corolla yellow, or 
purplish within, 8-9” long, gibbous at 
the base, deeply 2-lipped; bracts minute 
or none; ovaries remaining distinct, or 
becoming united, the berries red or 
crimson. 
In swamps, New Brunswick and Quebec 
to Manitoba, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Michigan and Minnesota. May-June. 
