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CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



f Lonicera albiflora, Torr. &f Gray, Fl. 2. p. 6. 

 Var. p. tubo corollae limbo paulo longiore aut sequali. L. 

 anelica, Lindh. ined. — High rocky prairies between the 



pressed, with an almost annular, ciliate carina. Stigma conspicuously bifid. — 

 The narrow, long, attenuate leaves and the short spikes distinguish it from Ph. 

 tomentosum. 



"5. Ph. lanceolatum, Engeirn. in Plant. Fendl. 



" * * Squamosa; foliis in squamulas connatas pelviformes reductis ; spicis 

 fcemineis ex articulis paucis 1-2 floris constitutis. 



"6. Ph. Califoknicum (Nutt.): glabrum ; ramis elongatis strictis gracilibus 

 teretibus ; squamis ovato-lanceolatis patentibus basi connatis tenuiter ciliatis ; 

 spicis fcemineis lateralibus opposilis 3-4-floris; floribus globosis trifidis glabris in 

 quovis articulo singulis s. binis cupulse ciliatae immersis ; spicis fructiferis elonga- 

 tis; baccis globosis.— Sierra Nevada of California, on some species of Strombocar- 

 pus, Dr. Gambel. Intermediate and connecting the leafy and scaly species of this 

 genus, though properly belonging to the latter. Scales longer than the diameter 

 of the branch, patulous. Branches a foot or more long (Nuttall); ultimate joints 

 7 -9 lines long; flowering spikes about 3 lines, and fruiting spikes 9 lines long. 

 Fruit 3 lines in diameter. Flowering spikes with 2 lateral linear-lanceolate ciliate 

 bracts at base, consisting of 3 joints, the lower being always sterile, the two upper 

 ones producing each two or by abortion single flowers. In the fruit-bearing spike 

 these joints are in such a manner elongated that the (typically axillary) fruit is car- 

 ried up to the top of the joint, just below the next pair of leaves (or scales). Stigma 

 globose, very slightly bilobed. 



"7. Phoradendron juniper inum, Enghn. in Plant. Fendl. 

 "III. ARCEUTHOBIUM, M. Bieb. Flores diced, ovati, compressi. Fl. 

 masc. Perianthium 3- (raro 4-) partitum. Anthers lobis mediis adnatse, unicellu- 

 losse, rima transversa dehiscentes. Fl. Fcem. Perianthium breviter pedicellatum, 

 2- (raro 3-) dentatum: ovarium inferum, tubo adnatum, uniculoculare ; ovulounico 

 pendulo. Stigma sessile, conicum. Bacca carnosa, opaca, ovata, compressa, peri- 

 gonio persistente coronata. — Frutices gerontogei et Americani glaberrimi, aphylli, 

 articulati; foliis squamseformibus in vaginulas pelviformes s. cupuliformes conna- 

 tis ; floribus axillaribus terminalibusque ssepe spicam simplicem s. compositam 

 mentientibus ; fl. masculis 1 - 3 sessilibus, fcemineis plerumque singulis brevissime 

 incluso-pedicellatis; baccis perigonio aucto plerumque discolore coronatis ssepius 

 exserte pedicellatis extus carnosis intus viscidis. 



"1. A. Oxycedei (M. Bieb.) : caule ramisque oppositis s. dichotomis com- 

 presso-teretibus gracilibus strictis; ramulis ultimis compresso-sub-quadrangulatis ; 

 squamis triangularibus in vaginulas pelviformes connatis; floribus fcemineis in 

 ultimis ramulorum articulis axillaribus terminalibusque in quavis axilla singulis s. 

 binis; baccis exserto-pedicellatis, erectis. — Southern Europe, etc. The specimen 

 before me is from Fiume. — Lowest joints of the ultimate branchlets sterile ; the 

 next joint producing two leaf buds ; the 2 to 4 following joints bearing flowers, one 

 of which is terminal. The usual state probably is, where only the two last joints 

 bear flowers, the ultimate one a terminal, and the next below two lateral flowers ; 

 that is the state described by Decandolle ; 'floribus fcemineis ad ramulorum apices 

 tribus.' But in the specimen before me most branchlets bear from 5 to 9 flowers, 



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