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2. Lonicera L. 34 



a. Flowers on 2-flowcrcd axillary peduncles; sepals deciduous; leaves not connate. 

 b. Habit upright. 



c. Corolla scarcely bilabiate, the divisions nearly equal. 

 d. Leaves glabrous; corolla white or rose, its lobes nearly equaling the tube. 



1. L. tatarica 



d. Leaves ciliate; corolla straw color, the lobes much shorter than the tube. 



2. L. canadensis 

 c. Corolla strongly bilabiate, the upper lip 4-lobed, the lower one unlobed. 



d. Leaves oval, downy ; peduncles 8-14 mm. long. 3. L. Xylosteum 



d. Leaves oblong, glabrous or glabrate in age; peduncles 15-40 mm. long. 



4. L. oblongifolia 

 b. Habit trailing or twining; foliage hairy. 5. L. japonica 



a. Flowers sessile, verticillate, in heads or interrupted spikes ; sepals persistent ; 

 upper leaves near the flower clusters usually connate. 

 b. Corolla almost regular, tubular, not ringent. 6. L. sempcrvirens 



b. Corolla 2-lipped, broadly funnel-form, ringent. 

 c. Leaves pubescent on both sides ; corolla 2-2.5 cm. long. 7. L. hirsuta 

 c. Leaves glabrous, at least above ; corolla 1-2 cm. long. 

 d. Leaves entirely glabrous ; corolla and ovary glabrous. 8. L. dioica 

 d. Leaves pubescent beneath ; corolla pubescent outside, averaging longer than 

 in no. 8; ovary densely glandular-atomiferous. 8a. L. dioica, 



var. glaucesccns 



1. L. tatarica L. Tartarian Honeysuckle. 



Pastures and banks, in gravelly and stony nonacid soils; frequent. May 10-June 15. 



Escaped from cultivation: South Hill, near the "Incline" (Morse Chain Works), 

 very abundant (£>.!) ; Cascadilla Creek (D.) ; Fall Creek (D'.\) ; Howland Point; 

 shores of Cayuga Lake (D. !). A form on Frontenac Island and elsewhere has 

 salmon-colored berries. 



Me. to Ont., southw. to N. J. and Ky. Introduced from Asia. 



2. L. canadensis Marsh. (L. ciliata of Cayuga Fl.) Fly Honeysuckle. 



Damp low woodlands, and sheltered, but often dry, ravine banks, in more or less 

 calcareous gravelly and stony situations ; common. May. 



In the ravines of the basin and in the woods toward McLean, also in the richer 

 gravels and cliffs of the valleys s. of Ithaca ; rare in the more acid soil of the south- 

 ern hills, and in the Junius sands. 



E. Que. to Sask., southw. to Pa., Mich., Wis., and Minn. ; rare or absent on the 

 Coastal Plain. 



3. L. Xylosteum L. 



Borders of thickets and in dry scrubby fields ; occasional. May 25-June 5. 



South Hill, by railroad near North Quarry, and s. of the quarry (D.) ; D., L. & W. 

 R. R. along lower switchback, e. of Hudson St., Ithaca, 1894 (K. M. W .) ; C. U. 

 campus, West Ave., 1915, and armory woods, 1915 ; Cayuga Lake shore between Mc- 

 Kinneys and Esty, 1916 (A. R. Bechtcl & K. M. W.). 



Escaped from cultivation. Native of Europe. 



4. L. oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. Swamp Fly Honeysuckle. 

 Calcareous and sometimes brackish peaty swamps ; scarce. June 1-20. 

 Headwaters Swamp (D. in C. U. Herb.) ; sparingly in Michigan Hollow Swamp 



(D. !) ; swamp at head of Lake Como (Locke Pond, Dr. C. Atwood, D.) ; Otter 



34 One plant each of L. bella Zabel and L. notha Zabel, two hybrid Loniceras, have been found 

 on the banks about the Girls' Playground, Cascadilla Glen, but these are probably not established 

 in the Cayuga Lake Basin. 



