Coral or Trumpet Honeysuckle ( Lonicera semper- 
virens) is a very ornamental, climbing, woody vine 
growing from 8 to 15 feet in length. It trails over 
bushes or entwines its stems about the branches of trees. 
The lower leaves have short stems, are rounded-oval in 
shape and opposite, as are those of all the members of 
this family. The leaves near the ends of the branches 
are united at their bases, clasping the stems and forming 
cup-shaped structures. The strikingly colored flowers 
grow in whorls on spikes terminating the branches. 
The tubular corollas are about two inches in length, 
bright red on the outside and yellow within; the open¬ 
ing of the corolla spreads but very little and is five- 
lobed. In the South the leaves of the Coral Honeysuckle 
are evergreen but in the North they are deciduous. In 
Fall where each flower was located during the Summer 
we find an orange-red berry. This species is distributed 
from Conn, and Nebr. southwards. 
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