CAPRIFOLIACEAE 1269 
rardia arvensis L. with the habit of Galiwm, but uo funnelform 
corollas, ‘has been found in grass plots in northern Fla. and i in Ten 
S 2. CAPRIFOLIACEAE — HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 
Shrubs, Die. vines, or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite: iu 
entire, toothed, r pinnate. Flowers mostly perfect, in terminal or axil- 
lary cymes, or ire alyx of mostl in | 
y 4 or 5 minute or en 
sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 partly united petals, often irregular. droe- 
cium of 4 or 5 stamens: filaments partly adnate to the corolla-tube. ue 
eium 2-5-carpellary. Ovary inferior. 
accate, drupaceo or 
capsular.—About 12 genera and 300 species, mostly in the e 
Hemisphere. 
Corolla rotate to urceolate, regular or nearly so: stigma 3-5-lobed: style wanting 
or very short, Tribe I. SAMBUCEAE 
Corolla tubular to tubular-campanul ate or trumpet-shaped, 
often irregular: stigma capitate: style PONEI: II. LONICEREAE. 
I EAE 
Leaf-blades pinnate: drupe berry-like ud: se s nutlets. 1. SAMBUCUS. 
Leaf-blades simple: drupe with one nutlet. 2. VIBURNUM, 
II. LONICEREAE 
MEE. axillary : herbs. 
Flow in axillary or terminal clusters or open cymes: 
jf ros or vines. 
pon e 
3. TRIOSTEUM. 
SS 
short: stamen ns adnate up to 
corolla-tube. 4. SYMPHORICARPOS. 
Corolla elongate, nearly tubular; tube gradually 
: stamens not adnate up to the 
top of the corolla-tube. . PHENIANTHUS. 
Corolla irregular; limb 2- lippe ed. 
Flowers in pairs each of which terminates an axil- 
ary peduncle, E nied by a pair of 
r 
Bracts minute, v different from the leav 
corolla-tube gibbous at the base: upHeht 
Shrubs. 
6. XYLOSTEON, 
Bracts foliaceous, resembling the eaves: 
corolla-tube no pi COLD = the base: vines. 7. NINTOOA. 
Flowers in whorls the ends of the 
branches, the t aud usually some of the 
E pairs of leaves connate-perfoliate. 8. LONICERA. 
Fruit capsular 9. DIERVILLA. 
1. SAMBUCUS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees, with pithy stems 
blades perdis Flowers white, in thyrsoid or flat-topped cymes.  Sepals 
small. Anthers ellipsoid or oval. Ovary 3-5-celled. Nee with 3- 5 nut.ets— 
About 25 OR widely rid —Spr. or all year S.—ELDERS. 
Leaf- 
Cyme flat-topped or slightly convex: fruit dark- -purple to black. 
Lateral s S IRSE toothed, or the lower pair rarely with a 
ateral p 1. S. canadensis. 
Lateral leaflets, at least the lower pair, pinnately 2- or 3- 
foliola 2. S. Simpsonii. 
Cyme corps. rounded: fruit red. |. 8. S. pubens. 
Cana 
Shrub with soft wood and white pith: leaflets red 
1L the a SE the lateral ones elliptic, lanceolate, ovate or oval, 3—14 e 
