XVIII. 3. THE YELLOW HONEYSUCKLE. 307 
minute, angular teeth. Corolla a tube, gibbous on the outer 
side at base, contracted above, and expanding with two tips, 
the outer one of a single oblong, reflected lobe, the inner of 
four, rounded and slightly reflected at the extremity. The 
flowers, covered with a glandular pubescence, are of a pale 
yellow without, and hairy and of a rich orange within. ‘The 
inner surface and the filaments below, hairy. Stamens a little 
longer than the corolla; style ending in a round, flattened, green 
stigma. Berries orange. Found in the western parts of the 
State and in Sudbury. Flowers in June and July. 
Sp. 2. THe Smati-FLowerep YetLtow Honeysuckie. L. par- 
vifiora. Lamarck. 
Stem light grayish. Recent shoots light glaucous, or green- 
ish gray, with slightly projecting rmdges. Leaves very glau- 
cous, almost white beneath, and often with an undulate mar- 
gin, giving them an appearance, at a little distance, of being 
armed with spines like the holly. Corolla yellow, tinged with 
purple. Berries orange. This is often an erect plant, of three 
or four feet, with no great beauty. It is perfectly hardy, as it 
is found growing abundantly in the western parts of the State. 
Flowers in June. 
To the first section also belong the Woodbine or Common 
Honeysuckle, L. pericly’menum, a native of Europe, very gen- 
erally introduced into this country; and the Goat’s Leaf Honey- 
suckle, LZ. caprifolium. 
The Yellow Honeysuckle, LZ. flava, a native of the Southern 
States, has long been cultivated in Europe, and has thence been 
introduced here. It is valuable for its agreeable fragrance and 
the splendor of its large, yellow flowers. Still more desirable 
is the Evergreen Honeysuckle. This most beautiful of the 
American honeysuckles, is not found wild, so far as I know, 
in Massachusetts; but as it is perfectly hardy, and more adapt- 
ed to ornament gardens and front doors than either of the 
others, it ought to be introduced to universal notice. 
The flowers are trumpet-shaped, the tube contracted in the 
middle, somewhat gibbous outwardly at base, enlarging up- 
wards and opening with five reflected lobes, the outer one some- 
