138 rENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, 



212. CAPRIFOLTUM. TourneforL Jass, {Cov&h 

 Honey-suckie.) 



Calix 5-tootlie(l, bractcate at the base. Co- 

 rolla long and tubulous, 5-cleft. Bcn^y 3-celled, 

 many- seeded, distinct. 



Shrubs with twining- stems; leaves connate at the base; 

 flowers sessile, terminally capitate, or axillary verticillate, 

 verticills 6-flov.ered. 



Species. 1. C. sempei^rens. ^. gratum. (C. flavum is 

 probably a variety of this species.) Z. parvijloriim. This 

 species I have observed as far westward as Fort Mandan 

 on the Missouri, and am inclined to believe the C. ciliosum 

 of Pursh a mere variety of it. 



Of this g-enus, so much esteemed in the gardens for its 

 beauty and its odor, there are besides the above species^ 

 the C. Perichjmennm or Woodbine of Europe, and the C. 

 japoniciim. 



£13. XYLOSTEUM. TournJ. Juss. 



Flowers by pairs on the summit of the same 

 peduncle. — Calix 5-toothed, bracteate at the 

 base. Corolla 5-cIeft or 5-Iobed, nearly equal, 

 or irregular and bilabiate. Berries by pairs, 

 united entirely, or only at the base, 2-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



Erect shrubs; peduncles 2.flowered, axillar}^ solitary. 



Species. 1. X. ciUatum. Pursh. Very distinct front 

 X. tataricum; the variety /3. album, of Mr. Pursh bearint^ 

 white berries is Symphoria racemosa of Michaux/now cul- 

 tivated in several gardens near Philadelphia from seeds 

 collected by the late governor Lewis. 2. villosum. 



Of this genus there are five species in Europe, one in 

 Tartary, one in Barbary, one in Asia Minor, and another 

 in Japan. 



214. SYMPHORIA. Persoon, Juss. 



Calix small, 4-toothed, bracteolate at the basc« 

 Corolla tubular, short, 5-clcft, subequal. Stig- 

 ma globose. Berry ovate, small, crowned with 



