170 CAPUIFOLIACE^. (honeysuckle FAMILY.) 



ovoid-oblong, naiTowed into a neck above. — Mountains of North Carolina, 

 June. — Stem 2° -4° high. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



2. D. sessilifolia, Buckley. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, closely sessile and 

 somewhat clasping ; peduncles many-flowered; capsule cylindrical-oblong, nar- 

 rowed into a short neck above. — With the preceding. — Leaves and capsule 

 larger than in that species. 



3. LONICERA, L. Woodbine. Honeysuckle. 



Calyx ovoid, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, 5-cleft, often bilabiate, and gibbous 

 near the base. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, with several ovules 'in each cell. 

 Beny 1 - 3-celled, several-seeded. Seeds bony. — Erect or twining shrubs, with 

 entire, often connate leaves. Flowers by pairs or in spiked whorls. 



1. L. sempervirens, Ait. Stem twining; leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 pale and tomentose beneath, the upper pair shorter and connate; spikes ter- 

 minal ; whorls distinct ; corolla nearly equally 5-lobed, scarlet or orange with- 

 out, yellow within. (Caprifolium, Ell.) — Margins of swamps, Florida, and 

 northward. April - Sept. — Leaves perennial. Corolla 2' long. 



2. L. grata, Ait. Stem twining ; leaves obovate, glaucous beneath, the 

 2 or 3 upper pairs connate ; whorls of flowers axillary and terminal ; corolla bi- 

 labiate, the tube long and slender. — Mountains of Carolina, and northward. 

 May. — Young branches often hairy. Corolla U' long, with a red or purplish 

 tube and a white hmb, changing to yellow. Berry orange-red. 



3. L. flava, Sims. Smooth and somewhat glaucous ; stem scarcely twining ; 

 leaves oval or obovate, the upper pairs connate ; whorls of flowers crowded, ter- 

 minal ; corolla slender, bilabiate. — Banks of rivers in the upper districts of 

 Georgia and South Carolina. June and July. — Corolla 1' long, bright yellow ; 

 the 4-cleft limb nearly as long as the tube. 



4. L. parviflora, Lam. Smooth; stem twining; leaves elliptical, glau- 

 cous beneatii, all more or less connate ; whorls of flowers crowded, pedunclcd ; 

 corolla short, bilabiate, gibbous at the base; stamens hairy below. — Mountains 

 of North Carolina. — June. — Corolla 8"- 10" long, yellow and purplish. 



4. TRIOSTEUM, L. Fevek-wort. 



Calyx ovoid, with 5 leafy linear-lanceolate persistent lobes. Corolla tubular, 

 equally 5-lobed, rather longer than the calyx. Stamens 5. Ovary 3-celled, 

 with a single ovule in each cell. Frait a dry drupe containing 3 bony nutlets. 



— Perennial hairy herbs, with large leaves, narrowed but connate at the base, 

 and sessile axillary flowers. 



1. T. perfoliatum, L. Stem soft-hairy ; leaves oval, acuminate, entire, 

 hairy above, tomentose beneath ; flowers commonly clustered, brownish-purple, 



— Shady woods in the upper districts. June and July. — Stem 2° -4° high. 

 Leaves 4' -7' long. 



2. T. angUStifolium, L. Stem hirsute; leaves lanceolate or oblong, 

 acuminate, hirsute above, pubescent beneath ; flowers mostly solitary, yellowish. 



— Shady rich soil among the mountains. June. — Plant smaller than the last. 



