April, 1914.] The Honeysuckle Family in Ohio. 
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1. Lonicera canadensis Marsh. American Fly Honeysuckle. 
A shrub 3 to 5 feet high with glabrous twigs; leaves ovate to ob- 
ovate, acute, base rounded or somewhat cordate, upper surface 
glabrous, under surface soft pubescent when young becoming 
glabrous when mature, l\ to 3| inches long, 1| to 2 inches wide, 
margins ciliate; petioles slender, \ tc f inch long, flowers in axillary 
pairs, yellowish green, about f inch long, with small subulate 
bracts, actinomorphic; corolla lcbes short; fruit a scarlet ovoid 
berrv about J inch thick. In moist shaddy places. Lake, 
Summit, Cuyahoga, Lorain. 
2. Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. Swamp Fly Honey¬ 
suckle. A shrub with grayish branches; leaves ovate, acute, 
sometimes rounded, nearly glabrous when mature, downy pube¬ 
scent when young, margin ciliate; flowers in pairs, axillary, yellow 
with purple tints within, J to f inches long, gibbous at the base, 
zygomorphic, bracts very small or wanting; ovularies distinct or 
sometimes united; fruit a red berry. In wet places and swamps. 
Cuyahoga County. 
3. Lonicera tartarica L. Tartarian Honeysuckle. A shrub 
with glabrous grayish branches, 5 to 10 feet high; leaves 1 to 2f 
inches long, \ to 1| inches wide, thin, ovate, acute, base truncate 
or cordate, not ciliate, flowers in pairs, axillary; corolla pink or 
white \ to | inch long, gibbous at the base, deeply five parted, 
some'what 2-lipped; peduncles \ to lj inches long; bracts linear, 
rather long; stamens and style somewhat exserted; fruit of sepa¬ 
rate berries. Along roadsides and meadows; mostly escaped 
from cultivation. Ashtabula, Lake, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Licking, 
Franklin, Auglaize. 
4. Lonicera xylosteum L. European Fly Honeysuckle. A 
shrub 3 to 7 feet high with pubescent twigs; leaves ovate to obovate 
upper ones acute, lower ones sometimes rounded or obtuse at the 
base, margin entire, f to 1§ inches long, f to f inch wide, densely 
pubescent on both sides when young, and beneath when mature; 
petioles short, pubescent; flowers axillary with peduncles about 
as long as the flowers, i to f inch long, yellowish white, bracts 
linear-subulate; fruit a scarlet berry. In fields and along road¬ 
sides where it has escaped from cultivation. Lake County. 
5. Lonicera japonica Thunb. Japanese Honeysuckle. A 
climbing or trailing vine; leaves ovate, acute with rounded base, 
glabrous above, somewhat pubescent beneath, 1 to 3 inches long, 
§ to lj inches wide, margin entire; flowers axillary in pairs at the 
ends of the vines; bracts large and leaf-like; peduncles J to J inch 
long, white or pink fading to yellow, pubescent without, 2-lipped; 
stamens and style exserted; fruit a black berry \ to f inch in 
diameter. Escaped from cultivation. Adams, Brown, Auglaize. 
