384 CAPRIFOLTACE^. [part ii. 



distinct. The genus Caprifolium embraces all 

 the climbing species, the flowers of which are 

 disposed in whorls, and the upper leaves are 

 connate, that is, growing together at the base, 

 so that two appear only one leaf, with the stem 

 passing through it. A single leaf of this kind 

 is called perfoliate. The flowers spring from 

 the axils of the leaves, and are what are called 

 ringent, that is, they are composed of five pe- 

 tals, four of which grow together, almost to 

 the tip, wMe the fifth is only attached to the 

 others about half its length, and has the loose 

 part hanging down. Flowers of this kind, 

 with their lower part forming a tube, and their 

 upper part widely open, are said to be gaping. 

 In the Trumpet Honeysuckle (C. semper vir ens) 

 the tube of the corolla is very long, and the 

 lobes of the limb nearly equal ; and the flowers, 

 instead of springing from the axils of the 

 leaves, form terminal spikes, each consisting 

 of three or more whorls of flowers. 



The Snowberry {Symphoria racemosa) bears 

 considerable resemblance to the upright Honey- 

 suckles. The flowers are funnel-shaped, and 

 four or five lobed. The berry has four cells, 

 but two of the cells are empty, and the others 

 have only one seed in each. The leaves are 

 oval, quite entire, and not connate. 



Leycesteria is a very handsome shrub, with 



