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ered : flowers greenish-purple ; pedicels erect ; fruit dry, densely 

 bristly. May-September. On dry soil. 



3. G. ciRC^EZAXs Michx. Wild Licorice. Perennial; stems 

 several, erect, smooth or pubescent, 12-18 in. high; leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, oval to ovate, obtuse at the apex, strongly 3-nerved, pubes- 

 cent ; cymes long-peduncled, repeatedly branched ; flowers nearly 

 sessile, greenish-purple; pedicels at length recurved; fruit with 

 hooked bristles. ]\Iay-August. Tn dry, open woods. 



4. G. HispiDULUM Michx. Bedstraw. Perennial, from yellow 

 roots ; stems diffusely branched, smooth or slightly roughened, pubes- 

 cent at the joints, erect or decumbent, 1-2 ft. long ; leav^es 4 in a 

 whorl, narrowly oval, acute, rough on the margins and mid-vein; 

 peduncles 1-3-flowered ; flowers white ; pedicels becoming reflexed ; 

 fruit a bluish-black, roughened berry. May-September. On dry, 

 sandy soil. 



119. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



Trees, shrubs, woody vines or herbs ; leaves opposite, simple 

 or pinuately compound, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; 

 flowers perfect, regular or irregular, mostly in terminal cymes ; 

 calyx tube adherent to the ovary, 3-5-lobed; corolla rotate 

 to tubular or urn-shaped, 3-5-lobed, sometimes bilabiate ; sta- 

 mens inserted in the tube of the corolla and alternate with 

 its lobes ; ovary 2-5-celled, ovules 1 in each cell, style slen- 

 der, capitate or 2-o-lobed ; fruit a 1-6-celled capsule, drupe 

 or berry. 



T. SAMBUCUS. 



Shrubs ; leaves pinnatcly compound ; flowers white, regu- 

 lar, in large, terminal cymes ; calyx tube ovoid, minutely 

 3-5-toothed or truncate ; corolla rotate, 3-5-lobed ; stamens 

 5, inserted in the. base of tlio corolla; ovary 3-5-celled, style 

 short, 3-i)art('(l ; fruit berry-like, mostly o-celled. 



S. Canadknsis L. Em>kr. A brancliiiig shrub 0-10 ft. high ; 

 stem weak, pith very large ; leaves odd-pimiate ; leaflets 7-11, ovate 

 to oval, acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, short-stalked, 

 serrate, smootii or slightly jtulu'sceiit; cymes broad, flat-topped, 

 5-rayed ; flowers small ; fruit })ur]»lish-black. May-.Iuly. Common 

 on low ground and along fences. 



