CAPRIFOLIACE^. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 1G9 



Divisiox II. MONOPETALOUS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 



Floral envelopes double, consisting of both calyx and 

 corolla ; the latter of more or less united petals. 



Order 69. CAPRIFOLTACE7E. (Honeysuckle Family.) 



Chiefly trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves, and no stipules. Calyx- 

 tube adherent to the ovary, the limb 4 - 5-toothed or lobetl. Corolla tubu- 

 lar or rotate, t - 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 small, in the axis of fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



* Corolla tubular. Style slender. Stigma capitate. 



1. SYMPHORICARPUS. Corolla campanulate. Berry 4-celled, 2-seedetl. Erect shrubs. 



2. DIERVILLA. Corolla funnel-shaped. Capsule 2-celled, 2-Talved, many-seeded. Erecc 



shrubs. 

 3 LONICERA. Corolla tubular. Berry 1 - 3-celled. Chiefly woody vines. 



4. TRIOSTEUM. Corolla tubular. Drupe bony, 3- 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 1-seeded. 



1. SYMPHORICARPUS, Dill. Snowberry. 



Calyx-tube globose, the limb 4 - 5-toothcd, persistent. Corolla campanulate, 

 nearly regular, 4-5-Iobe(l. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the throat of the corolla. 

 Ovary 4celled, 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 clusters; corolla smoothish within; l)erries red. (Symphorea glome- 

 rata, Pers.) — Dry soil among the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July- 

 Sept. —Shrub 2° -3° high. 



2. DIERVILLA, Tourn. 



Calyx oblong or cylindrical, naiTowed 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 deciduous 

 leaves, and axillary and terminal cymosc flowers. 



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

 pubescent, especially on the veins above ; peduncles mostly 3-flowered ; capsule 

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