14 PENTANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 



, L. flava : spikes verticillate, capitate, terminal ; co- 

 rolla somewhat ringent ; segments oblong, obtuse ; 

 leaves ovate, glaucous beneath, with a cartilaginous 

 margin ; upper ones connate-perfoliate. 

 HAB. Mountains. June — July. Tj. Climbing; 

 leav. decid., smooth, veined ; Jl. bright yell.; tube 

 hairy. 



, L. parvijlora: spikes verticillate, capitate; leaves 

 deciduous, glaucous beneath, all of them connate- 

 perfoliate ; corolla ringent, gibbous at the base : 

 filaments bearded. 

 HAB. Rocky places. June. ?2. Climbing; glau- 

 cous, leav. ovate or oblong ; Jl. yell. ; berries red. 



. L. grata: flowers verticillate, terminal ; leaves pe- 

 rennial ; obovate, glaucous beneath ; upper ones 

 connate-perfoliate. 

 HAB. Swamps and mountains. Tj. Climbing or 

 erect ; Ji. inclining to scarlet, ringent; berries red. 



1. L. sempervirens : spike somewhat naked, verticil- 

 late, terminal ; leaves oblong, glaucous beneath . 

 upper ones connate-perfoliate ; corolla nearly 

 equal, with the tube above ventricose. 

 HAB. Dry stony woods. May — Aug. Tj . Ever- 

 green ; leav. a little hairy above ; Jl. crimson; ber- 

 ries, scarlet. 



170. XYLOSTEUM. Caprifolia. 



, X. ciliatum : leaves ovate and subcordate, ciliate 

 the younger ones villous beneath ; lube of the 

 corolla calcarate at the base, ventricose above 

 segments short, acute ; style exserted. 



HAB. Mountains. May— June. Tj. 3— 4 ft. high 



branch spreading ; leav .on short pet. ; Jl. axill., yell 



I, X. villosum : berries coadunate ; leaves oblong an( 



Oval, obtuse ; the younger ones, with the corolla 



villous ; peduncles much shorter than the flower 



HAB. Mountain swamps. May. T3. 2 — 4 ft, 

 high ; young branch, vill. ; jl. axil!. , yell. ; berries rec 

 or pur p. 



171. SYMPHORIA. Peter's-wort. Caprifolia. 



■ S. glomerala : racemes axillary, capitate, conglome- 

 rate. 



