CAPRIFOLIACEJE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 169 
DivisroN II. MONOPETALOUS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. A 
Floral envelopes double, consisting of both calyx and 
corolla; the latter of more or less united petals. 
Orpver 69. CAPRIFOLIACE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 
Chiefly trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves, and no stipules. Calyx- 
tube adherent to the ovary, the limb 4 — 5-toothed or lobed. Corolla tubu- 
lar or rotate, 4 — 5-lobed. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, and 
alternate with them, inserted on its tube. Ovary 2~5-celled, with 1- 
many pendulous ovules in each cell. Fruit mostly baccate or drupaceous. 
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Seeds anatropous. Embryo small, in the axis of fleshy albumen. 
Synopsis. 
* Corolla tubular. Style slender. Stigma capitate. 
1. SYMPHORICARPUS. Corolla campanulate, Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. Erect shrubs. 
2. DIERVILLA. Corolla funnel-shaped. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Erect . 
shrubs. : ; 
3. LONICERA. Corolla tubular. Berry 1-3-celled. Chiefly woody vines. 
4. TRIOSTEUM. Corolla tubular. Drupe bony, 8-5-seeded. Herbs. 
* * Corolla rotate. Stigmas 3-5, sessile. Flowers in cymes. | 
5. SAMBUCUS, Leaves pinnate. Berry 3-5-seeded. 
6. VIBURNUM. Leaves simple. Drupe l-seeded. 
1. SYMPHORICARPUS, Dil. Snowzerry. 
Calyx-tube globose, the limb 4 —5-toothed, persistent. Corolla campanulate, 
nearly regular, 4~5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the throat of the corolla. 
Ovary 4-celled, 2 of the cells with several abortive ovules, the other two with a 
single suspended fertile ovule in each. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds bony. 
— Erect shrubs with entire leaves, and white or reddish flowers in axillary 
Spikes or clusters. 
l. S. vulgaris, Michx. Leaves oval, downy beneath; flowers in small - 
axillary clusters; corolla smoothish within; berries red. (Symphorea glome- 
rata, Pers.) — Dry soil among the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July- 
Sept. — Shrub 29 — 39 high. ^i eae 2 
2. DIERVILLA, Toum. | 
Calyx oblong or cylindrical, narrowed above, with 5 subulate teeth. Corolla 
! , &obed. Stamens 5. Capsule 2-celled, septicidally 2-valved, ——— 
‘Many-seeded.— Low shrubs, with ovate or oblong acuminate serrate 
2 leaves, and axillary and terminal cymose flowers. pde 
