186 C.VI'KIFOLIACE.K. (HOXEYSLXKLE FAMILY.) 



Missi8si|)]>i, ami nuitliward. May. — A trco 30°-50' '"'g''. witli widely 

 spreadiiij; luaiK'lie.-*. Leaves ratlier thick, dark green, 2-5' lung. Fertile 

 peduncles H'-3' long. Drupe y long. 



2. N. Caroliniana, Poir. Branches, leaves, etc. tonientose when young, 

 at lenglli nearly .<niuoih ; leaves short-pelioled, varying from lanceolate to 

 orbicular, obtuse, sometimes slightly cordate ; peduudes short, the fertile ones 

 1 -2-Ho\vered ; drupes oval, blue. — Ponds and swamps, in the lower districts. 

 April -May. — A large tree, or in pine-barren swamps sometimes a mere 

 shrub. Leaves l'-2' long. Peduncles ^'-I'long. Drupe smaller than in 

 the last. 



3. N. uniflora, Walt. Leaves large, l<>ng-J)etiolet^ ovate or oblong, acute, 

 entire ur shari)ly toothed, tomeutose beneath, the lower ones often cordate; 

 fertile peduncles elongated, 1-flowered; drupes ovate-olilong, dark blue. — 

 Dee]) swamps and ponds, middle and lower districts. April. — A large tree. 

 Leaves 4' -6' long. Drupe 8" -12" long. 



* » Sterile /lowers capitate. 



4. N. capitata, Walt. (Ogeechee Lime.) Leaves large, short-petioled, 

 oblong, oval, or obovate, mucronate or acute, toraentose beneath ; flowers 

 below the leaves, the fertile ones perfect, solitary, on very short peduncles ; 

 drupe oblong, red. — Swamps, Florida and Georgia, near the coast, and 

 westward. — A small tree. Leaves 3' -5' long. Drupe 1' long, agreeably 

 acid. 



DiviJ^iON IL IMONOPETALOUS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 



Floral envelopes double, consistin^u of both calyx and 

 corolla ; the latter of more or less united petals. 



Order 70. CAPKIFOLIACE^. (Honeysuckle Family.) 



Chiefly trees or slirub.s, with opi)osite leaves, and no stipules. Calyx 

 tube adherent to tlie ovary, the limb 4-5-toothed or lobed. Corolla 

 tubular 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. Seeds anatropous. Embryo smaU, in the 

 axis of fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 

 * Corolla tubular. Style slender. Stifrma capitate. 



1. SYMPHORICARPUS. Corolla camiianulate. Berry 4-celled, '-'-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, 3 - 5-seeded. Herbs. 



