54 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CI. 5. 



118. SA.MOLUS. Brookweed. 



1. S. Valerdndi, 10.703. (Common B.) Leaves obovate, obtuse. 

 Clusters corymbose, many-flowered. Bracteas solitary, in the 

 middle of each partial stalk. 

 Watery pi. If. . 7. Smooth, 1 f. FL small, white. 



119. LONICeRA, Honeysuckle. 



1. L. Caprifolium, 12. 799. (Perfoliate H.) Flowers ringent, whorled, 



terminal. Leaves deciduous ; the uppermost confluent and per- 

 foliate. 

 Woods, rare. T? . 5, 6. L. smooth. Berries of a tawny orange, ellipt. 



2. L. Periclymenum, 12.800. (Common H. or Woodbine.) Heads 



of flowers ovate, imbricated, terminal. Leaves all separate, 

 deciduous. Flowers ringent. 

 Hedges and thickets. 1? .6, 7. L. sometimes downy. Berries deep red. 



3. L. Xylosteum, 13. 916. (Upright H.) Stalks two-flowered. Ber- 



ries distinct. Leaves entire, downy. 

 Thickets, rare. T? . 7. Stem erect, bushy, 4 — of Fl. small, reddish, 

 or cream-col. 



120. RHAMNUS. Buckthorn. 



1. R. cathurticits, 23. 1629. (Common B.) Thorns terminal. Flow- 



ers four-cleft, dioecious. Leaves ovate, serrated. Stem erect. 

 Berry with four seeds. 

 Hedges. Tj . 5, 6. Fl. yellowish green. Stigm. l-cleft. Ber. black. 



2. R. Frdngula, 4. 250. (Alder B.) Thorns none. Flowers all perfect. 



Style simple. Leaves entire, smooth. Berry with two seeds. 

 Moist thickets. T? . 5. L. often ellipt. Fl. whitish. Stig. cloven. 



121. EUoNYMUS. Spindle-tree. 



1. E. Europceus, 6. 362. (Common S.) Flowers mostly four-cleft. 

 Petals acute. Branches smooth and even. 

 Hedges and thickets. T? . 5. Fetid when bruised. Fl. on forked 

 stalks. Caps, rose-col., occasionally white. 



122. RlBES. Currant, and Gooseberry. 



* Without prickles. Currants. 



1. R. rubrum, 18. 1289. (Common C.) Clusters smooth, pendulous. 



Flowers nearly flat. Petals inversely heart-shaped. 

 Woods and banks of riv. T2 . 5. Leaves a little downy. Fl. yel- 

 lowish. Berries red, acid. 



2. R. petrceum, 10. 795. (Rock C.) Clusters somewhat hairy ; in 



flower upright, in fruit pendulous. Flowers slightly concave. 

 Petals bluntish. Bracteas shorter than the flower-stalks. Stem 

 erect. 

 Mount, woods. T? . 5, 6. L. downy underneath. Fl. reddish. 

 Berry bright red. 

 o. R. spiedtum, 18. 1290. (Acid Mountain C.) Spikes upright. 



