se; style long and slender --12.
11b. Corolla rotate or somewhat bell-shape, style very short (flowers
white, late spring or early summer) --22.
12a. Flowers yellow or yellowish (spring and early summer) --13.
12b. Flowers white, pink, or red --18.
13a. Leaves serrate (5-10 dm. tall)
=Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera.=
13b. Leaves entire; flowers in pairs (Honeysuckle) --14.
14a. Each pair of flowers subtended by 2 broad leaf-like bracts
(1-3 m. high) =Honeysuckle, Lonicera involucrata.=
14b. Bracts at the base of each pair of flowers linear or narrowly
lanceolate --15.
15a. Native species of woods and bogs --16.
15b. Introduced species, growing mostly near dwellings; leaves very
pubescent beneath =Honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum.=
16a. Peduncles 15 mm. long or more (1-4 m. high) --17.
16b. Peduncles about 5 mm. long (1 m. high, or less)
=Honeysuckle, Lonicera coerulea var. villosa.=
17a. Leaves ciliate =Honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis.=
17b. Leaves not ciliate =Honeysuckle, Lonicera oblongifolia.=
18a. Corolla irregular, over 1 cm. long (1-4 m. high; spring)
=Honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica.=
18b. Corolla regular, less than 1 cm. long (5-15 dm. high; flowers
white or pink, in axillary clusters, early summer) --19.
19a. Flowers in axillary spikes
=Wolfberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis.=
19b. Flowers almost sessile in the axils --20.
20a. Flowers numerous in each axil
=Indian Currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus.=
20b. Flowers 1 or 2 in each axil (Snowberry) --21.
21a. Leaves green beneath =Snowberry, Symphoricarpos racemosus.=
21b. Leaves whitened beneath
=Snowberry, Symphoricarpos racemosus var. pauciflorus.=
22a. Leaves palmately lobed --23.
22b. Leaves not lobed --25.
23a. Outermost flowers of the cluster enlarged and imperfect (1-4 m.
high) =Cranberry Tree, Viburnum opulus var. americanum.=
23b. All flowers of the cluster alike --24.
24a. Flower-clusters 4-10 cm. broad (1-2 m. high)
=Arrow Wood, Viburnum acerifolium.=
24b. Flower-clusters 2-3 cm. broad
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