HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 51 
A genus of about 150 species, natives of the north temperate and a few of the tropical regions. Type 
species, 5 oe a caprifolium L. 
Flowers borne in pairs on a common peduncle in the leaf-axils; erect shrubs with deciduous leaves 
sae 3 becoming fleshy and juicy, eee sing the 2 ovaries and berries, and the whole e suggesting a a single 
caur 
Bractlets not becoming fleshy and sac-like. 
Nat shrubs; flowers 1—2 cm. lon 
is cthaks large and involere ke, = reddish in fruit. 2. L. involucrata. 
ors 
Se a 
ractlets minute im 
ers black-purp ar e2 a ovaries partially or completely united. 
flow rs white or ata valive, the 2 ovaries entirely distinct. 4, L. utaher 
troduced vine; flowers 3—4 cm. lon 5, L. japon 
Flowers borne in whorls and sessile, the w kotha. solitary ly in terminal spikes or panicles. 
Corollas with a short, nearly regular limb; leaves deco s. 6, L. ciliosa, 
Sar iy te 2-lipped, the limb revolute, re or Rags equaling the tube; leaves mostly evergreen. 
s 3-5 cm. long, the seister tube not at all hie trusca, 
Corollas 2—2 “P cm. long, tube aire 
Upper eis) connate; stem 
Inflorescence eunaaie: heat: corolla bonis pubescent without. 8. L. hispidula. 
A nce glabrous; corolla glabrous throug 9. L. interrup 
10. L. subspicata. 
In 
Upper leaves not connate; inflorescence glandular- paces 
1. Lonicera cauriana Fernald. Blue Fly Honeysuckle. Fig. 5043. 
Lonicera cauriana Fernald, ere cba 10, 1925, 
of 
Lonicera co American author eli. 
Erect por 0 xy m. coe i branches strongly ascending,-young branches pruinose or 
5040. Symphoricarpos vaccinioides $042. hea tips a longiflorus 
5041. Symphoricarpos parishii 5043. Lonicera ca 
