CAPRIFOLIACE^. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 187 



* * Corolla rotate. Stigmas 3-5, sessile. Flowers in cymes. 



5. SAMBUCUS. Leaves pimiate. Berry 3-5-seeded. 



6. VIBURNUM. Leaves simple. Drupe 1-seeded. 



1. SYMPHOmCAilPUS, Bill. Sxowberry. 



Calvx tube globose, the limb 4 - 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla campanu- 

 late, uearly 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. 



1. S. vulgaris, Michx. Leaves oval, downy beneath; flowers in small 

 axillary clu.sters ; corolla smoothish within ; berries red. — Dry soil among 

 the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July - Sept. — Shrub 2"^ - 3° high. 



2. DIERVILLA, Touru. 



Calyx oblong or cylindrical, narrowed above, with 5 subulate teeth. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Capsule 2-celled, septicidally 2-valved, 

 many-seeded. — Low shrubs, with ovate or oblong acuminate serrate decidu- 

 ous leaves, and axillary and terminal cymose flowers. 



1. D. triflda, Moench. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, distinctly petioled, 

 pubescent, especially on the veins above ; peduncles mo.stly 3-flowered ; cap- 

 sule ovoid-oblong, narrowed into a neck above. — Mountains of North Caro- 

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



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

 somewliat clasping; peduncles many-flowered; capsule cylindrical-oblong, 

 narrowed into a short neck above. — Mountains, Alabama to North Carolina. 

 — Leaves and capsule larger than in the last species. 



3. LONICERA, L. Woodbine, Honeysuckle. 



Caly^i ovoid, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, 5-cleft, often bilabiate, and gib- 

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

 each cell. Berry 1 -3-celled, several-seeded. Seeds bony. — Erect or twin- 

 ing shrubs, with entire, often connate leaves. Flowers by pairs or in spiked 

 whorls. 



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

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

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

 out, yellow within. — Margins of swamps. 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 

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

 May. — Young branches often hairy. Corolla 1 h' long, with a red or purplish 

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



