Order 66.— CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 3©3 



Cohort 2, GAMOPETAL^J, 



Or Monopetalous Exogens. — Plants having a double peri- 

 anth, consisting of both calyx and corolla, the latter composed 

 of petals partially or wholly united. 



Order LXVL CAPRIFOLIACE^E. Honeysuckles. 



Shrubs, rarely herbs, often twining with opposito leaves, no stipules ; flowers clus- 

 tered and often fragrant, 5-parted and often irregular ; corolla monopetalous, tubular 

 or rotate ; stamens inserted on corolla tube, rarely one less than the lobes; ovary 

 adherent to the calyx; style I, -stigmas 3 to 5; fruit a berry, drupe or capsule 

 Embryo small, in fleshy albumen. 



Genera 16, species 220, chiefly natives of the northern temperate regions, and occasionally 

 found in the alpine parts of the tropical zone. 



Properties. The fever-root <Triosteum perforatum) is a mild cathartic, and in large doses 

 cmetie; the dried and roasted berries are sometimes substituted for coffee. The leaves and 

 hark of the Elder are both emetic and cathartic ; the flowers are sudorific, and the berries 

 laxative. The beauty and fragrance of the Honeysuckle in cultivation is well known. 



TRIBES AND GENERA. 



1. LONICEREJS. Corolla tubular, with a filiform style (a). 



a Herbs.— Corolla 5-lobed, the stamens but 4 Linn^ba. 1 



— Corolla 5-lobed, the stamens 5 Triosteum. 2 



a Shrubs. — Corolla bell-shaped, regular. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded Stmpiioeicabpub. S 



— Corolla tubular, lobes unequal. Berry 2 to 3-celled Lonicera. 4 



— Corolla funnel-form. Capsule 2-celled, oo-seeded Dibrvilla. £ 



■2. SAMBUCEjE. Corolla rotate, deeply 5-lobed. Stigmas sessile (b). 



b Shrubs with pinnate leaves. Berry 8-seeded.. . .Sambuccs. 6 



b Shrubs with simple leaves. Drupel-seeded Viburnum. I 



1. LINNvE'A, Gron. Twin-flower. (Dedicated to Carl Von 

 Linne, the most renowned of naturalists.) Calyx tube ovate, limb 5- 

 parted, deciduous; bractlcts at base 2; corolla campanulate, limb sub- 

 squal, 5-lobed ; stamens 4, 2 longer than the other ; berry dry, 3- 

 celled, indehiscent, 1-seeded (2 cells abortive). — ~H- A trailing, evergreen 

 herb, widely disseminated throughout the northern temperate zone. 

 Fed. 2-flowered. 



L. bore alia Gron. The only species, native of moist, shady, rocky soils, gener- 

 ally in evergreen woods, from lat. 39° to the Arc. Sea. It has long, creeping, 

 filiform, brownish sts., rooting and branching their wholo length, and covering 

 the ground in large patches. Lvs. small, opposite, petiolate, roundish, with ob- 

 tuse lobes or teeth, and scattered hairs. Ped. filiform, slightly hairy, about 3' 

 high (the only erect part of the plant), the lower part leafy, the upper furnished 

 with a pair of minute, linear, opposite bracts, and terminating with 2 pedicellate, 

 nodding flowers. The corolla is rose-colored and very fragrant. Jn. 



2. TRIOS'TEUM, L. Fever-wort. (Gr. rpea;, three, ooreov, a 

 oone ; from the three bony seeds.) Calyx tube ovoid, limb 5-parted, 

 segments linear, nearly as long as the corolla ; corolla tubular, gibbous 

 at base, limb 5-lobed, snbequal ; stamens 5, included ; stigma capitate, 

 lobed ; fruit drupaceous, crowned with the calyx, 3-celled, 3-seeded; 



