Caprifoliaceae, ilioneysuckle Family, 
Shrubs, vines or perennial herbs with oo osite mostly simple exstipulate 
leaves, valvx o-5 toothed. Corolla o-lobed, saucer=-shaped to tubular, regular 
or c-livved, oiten saccate at the base of' the tube (in Lonicera cauriana 2 
corollas seem to arise trom a single ovary and calyx). Stamens 5 (in Linnaea 
4.) their filaments inserted on the corolla tube, Ovary wholly inferior, 1-5- 
chambered; fruit a capsule, berry or berry-like drupe, 
o Leaves pimate, tall shrubs or small trees . Sambucus 
o Leaves simple 
2, Prostrate creeping herbs; stamens 4 2, Linnaea 
2 Shrubs or vines; stamens 5 
4 Leaves palmately 3-lobed; flowers in flat-topped 
8 clusters 3. Viburnum 
4 Leaves not lobed, mostly entire, sane sometimes 
irregularly toothed; flowers in short ter- 
6  ainal spikes or in pairs 
© Corolla regular; berry white 4. Symphoricarphs . 
® Corolla 2-lipped; berry red or black > Lonicera 
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