Lonicera.] CAPRIFOLIACE^. 281 



Hab. Throughout Canada, from Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson. Drummond 

 Newfoundland. Mr. Cormach De la Pylaie. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. X>r. Scouler, Douglas,— 

 Berries black, 



9. V. Oxycoccos; foliis trilobatis postice acutis trinervibus, lobis divaricatis acuminatis^ 

 grosse rariterque dentato-serratis, petiolis glandulosis, corjmbis radiantibus. DC.—Fursh, 

 FL Am, V. 1. p 243. Torrey, FL of Un. St, v. 1. p. 320. Bigeh FL BosL ed, 2. p 116. 

 RicL in Frank!. IstJourn. ed. 2. Jpp. p. 10.— V. opulus. 13, Americana. Ait—Y, opulus. /3. 

 Pimina. Mich. A?n, v, l,p, 130.— V. molle. Mich, Am. v. l,p, 180?— /3. suhintegrifolinm ; 

 foliis subincisis subtus valde pubescentibus. 



Hab. Throughout Canada to the Arctic circle. Dr. Richardson, and from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky 

 Mountains. Douglas. Drummond. — /3. Columbia. Dr. Scouler, Douglas. — This seems scarcely diifereut from 

 V. opulus of Europe, as far as I can judge from the characters given, and from the dried specimens. 



10. V,edule; foliis trilobatis postice obtusiusculis trinervibus, lobis brevissimis denti- 



w 



culato-serratis, serraturis acuminatis, petiolis glandulosis, corynibis radiantibus. DC. 

 Pursh, FL Am. v. I. p. 203. Torrey, FL of Un. St v. 1. p. 321. Rich, in FranhL \st 

 Journ, ed, 2, App. p. 10. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 328, — V. opulus. var. edule. Mich. Am, 

 V. \.p. 180. 



Hab. Canada. Pursh, Saskatchawan, {Drummond.) to Slave Lake, in lat. i^G°. Dr. Richardson. — Is 

 this really distinct from the preceding? It appears to differ in no particular, except the broader base of the 

 leaves. The fruit is edible in both. That of V. Oxycoccos is said by Dr. Torrey to be sometimes employed 

 as a substitute for Cranberries. 



Trib. LoNiCEREiE, Br. Corolla gamopetala plus minus tubulosa scepius irregularis^ 



Styhis jiliformis. Stigmata 3 libera aut in nnicum concreta. DC. 



3. DIERVILLA. Toum, 



Calycis tubus oblongus basi bibracteatus, limbus 5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformis 3-fida 

 patens calyce duplo longior. Stam. 5 subexserta. Stigma capitatum. Capsula oblonga 

 acuta non coronata 1-locuIaris. Semina plurima minuta, — Frutices erecti. Folia ovata 

 acuminata serrata, Pedunculi axillares bibractcati scepius dichotomi 2~B-4JIori, DC, 



1. D. Canadensis; foliis breve petiolatis ovatis acuminatis serratis petiolisque glabris. 

 Willd. Enum. v. \, p. 222. Elliott, CaroL v. \. p. 273. BigcL FL BosL ed. 2. p. 69. De 

 Cand. Prodr. v.^. p. 330.— D. Tournefortii. Mich, Am. v. \. p. lOT. Torrey, Fl. of Un, 

 Stv. 1.^9.239. 



Hab. Throughout Canada to the Saskatchawan, and from Hudson*s Bay to the Rocky Mountains, 



4, LONICERA, Desf. 



Calycis tubus 5-dentatus. Corolla tubulosa campanulata aut infundibuliformis limbo 

 5-fido, stepe irregularis. Stam. 5. Stylus fiiiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca 5-locul. 

 loculis oligospermis. Semina crustacea.—Frutices interdum scandentes. Folia opposita, 

 interdum connata, integra aut in iisdem speciebus subruncinata. Flores axillares dispositione 

 var a. DC, 



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