244 PENTANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. lonicera. 



Hab. In rocky shady situations ; particularly on the banks oF 

 rivers ; not rare. June. 



4. h. grata Ai t,: flowers verticillate, terminal; leaves 

 perennial, obovate. glaucous beneath; upper ones connate- 

 perfoliate. Jlit. Kew. I. p. 2.:J1. Willd, Spec. I. p. 984, 

 Cafrifolium gratum Pur s h Fl. 1. p. 1 G 1 , Elliott Sk. 

 I. p. 272. Roein.^Schult.Y.^. 262. 



A shrub 4 — 8 feet high, climbing, or erect. Leaves obovate or 

 oblong, a little connate at the base, revolute on the margin. 

 « Flowers inclining to scarlet. Corolta ringent, with the tube 

 elMigated," Ph. Berries red.- 



Hab. In the Cedar Swamp of New-Durham, about 3 miles 

 from Hohoken, New-Jersey. On the mountains, rambling 

 among rocks, in shady, moist situations ; New-York to Caro- 

 lina; rare. Pursh. 



I have not seen this plant in flower. 



5. L. sempi-rvirens Ait. : spikes somewhat naked, verti- 

 cillate, terminal; leaves oblong, glaucous beneath;' upper 

 ones connate-perfoliate ; corolla nearly equal, with the tube 

 above ventric.ose. Ai t. Ktw. I. p. 230. Wi 1 1 d. Spec. 1. 

 p. 983. Bot. Mag. t. 781. IV a It, (Jar. I. p. 131. Capri- 

 roLiuM sempprvirens Mich. Fl. I. p. 105. Pursh FL I. 

 p. 160. Elliott Sk.i. I). 271. Roem. >ir Schult.Y, 

 p. iG3. 



Stem climbing. Leaves perennial, oval, on the upper surface 

 very smooth, on the under glaucous and a little hairy ; the 

 lower ones petiolate ; the upper connate, obtuse. Flowers in 

 verticillate spikes ; the terminal verticils remote, 6-flowered ; 

 1 or 2 glands between each germen. Corolla infundibuliform, 

 crimson externally, brighter red witliin ; segments acute, one 

 division generally deeper than the others. Berries scarlet. 

 Seeds 4 in each cell, attached to a fitjrous central receptacle. 

 Elliott. 



Hab. On stony dry woods. Ne\y-York to Carolina. May — Au- 

 gust. Pursh. 



168. XYLOSTEUM. Tournefort. 



Flowers by pairs on the summit of the same pedun- 

 cle. Calyx 5-toothed, with 2 connate bracts at the 

 base. Corolla 5- cleft, subequal or bilabiate. Berries 

 by pairs, more or less connate, 2-celled, many-seeded. 

 Ju s s. p. 212. Nil 1 1. Geii. I. p. 138. L a m. III. 

 t. CL. f. 2. Lonicera Roem. cs? Schult. Gm. 

 LoNicERJE spp. Lin. Nat. Ord. Caprifolia 

 Juss. 



