324 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Lonicera. 



A. aquatica tertia. Lob. Ic. 4G7.f. 



Veronica aquatica, folio subrotundo non crenato. Moris, v. 2. 323. 



sect. 3. t.24. f.26. 

 Planta heteroclita, &c. Moris, v. 2. 324. 

 Alsine aquatica perennis, foliis bccabunga?. Moris, ibid. sect. 3. 



t. 24. f. 28. 



In clear watery places, on a gravelly soil. Found also in New 

 South Wales, according to Mr. Brown ; as well as in Africa and 

 North America. 



Perennial. July. 



Root fibrous, white. Herb smooth, slightly succulent, pale green. 

 Stem erect, round, leafy, a foot high, more or less, terminating 

 in one or more corj^mbose, alternate, upright clusters, of small, 

 white, scentless Jlowers. Bracteas solitary, at a slight bend in 

 the middle of each partial stalk, lanceolate, acute, deciduous. 

 Leaves an inch or 2 long, entire j the upper ones nearly sessile. 

 Capsules erect, each embraced by the pale tube of the calyx^ and 

 encompassed by its withered segments. Seeds black, turbinate, 

 angular, abrupt. 



No particular qualities are attributed to this plant. 



119. LONICERA. Honeysuckle. 



Linn. Gen. 93. Fl. Br. 260. Lam.t. 150. 

 Caprifolium. Jm55. 212. Tourn.t.378. Gcerln.t.27. 

 Xylosteon. Juss. 212. Tourn. t.379. 



Nat. Ord. Aggregates Linn. 48. Caprifolia. Juss. 58. See 

 Gramma}' 129. 



Cal. superior, small, of 1 leaf, in 5 deep segments. Cor. of 

 1 petal, tubular ; tube oblong, swelling at one side ; limb 

 in 5 deep revolute segments, one of them more deeply 

 separated than the rest. Filam. awl-shaped, inserted into 

 the' upper part of the tube, and about equal to the limb. 

 Anth. incumbent, oblong. Germ, roundish, inferior. Style 

 thread-shaped, reclining, about the length of the corolla. 

 Stigma bluntly capitate. Berry roundish with a concave 

 scar, of 1 or more cells, sometimes double and confluent. 

 Seeds several, roundish, compressed. 



Caprifolium, which includes the original Periclymenum, 

 though not that of Tournefort, has the limb of the corolla 

 very unequally divided. The Jlowers are whorled, or 

 capitate, bracteated. Berries solitary and distinct. Stem 

 twining. 



Xylosteon, or rather Xylosteum, has a more deeply divided, 

 but not more regular, corolla, the tube being very short. 



