300 LXXI CAPRIFOLIACER. Symrnoniganens. 
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small, yellow flowers, which are longer than their peduncles. Leaves ovate, 
oval, obovate and oblong, ending abruptly. May, June. 
11. L. Tarrarica. Tuartarian Honeysuckle—Stems erect, much branched; 
lws. ovate, cordate, obtuse, smooth, shining and dark green above, paler beneath, 
entire, on short petioles ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 2-flowered ; segments of the 
corolla oblong, obtuse, equal.—An elegant and much admired shrub, from Rus- 
sia. Grows from 4 to 10f high. Leaves 1—2’ by 3—1%’, coriaceous. Flowers 
small, pale purple, varying to pure white, fragrant. Apr.—Jn. + 
2, DIERVILLA. Tourn. 
In honor of Dierville, a French surgeon, discoverer of the original species. 
Calyx tube oblong, limb 5-cleft; corolla twice as long, fannel- 
shaped ; limb 5-cleft and nearly regular; stamens 5; capsular fruit 
2-celled (apparently 4-celled from the projecting placentze), many- 
seeded.— Shrubs, with opposite, serrate, deciduous leaves. 
D. rriripa. Mench. (D.'Tournefortii. Michz. D. Canadensis. Muhl.) Bush 
Honeysuckle—Lwvs. ovate, acuminate, on short petioles; ped. axillary and 
terminal, 1—3 flowered ; caps. attenuate above.—A low shrub, not uncommon 
in hedges and thickets, Can. to Car. Stem about 2f high, branching. Leaves 
2—4’ by 1—13’, finely serrate, ending in a long, narrow point. Ovaries slender, 
4—5” long, about half the length of the greenish yellowcorolla. Stamens and 
style much exserted. Stigma capitate. Jn. 
3. TRIOSTEUM. 
Gr. rpets, three, vcreov, a bone; 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, subequal ; 
stamens 5, included ; stigma capitate, lobed ; fruit drupaceous, crown- 
ed with the calyx, 3-celled, 3-seeded ; seeds ribbed, bony.—% Herba- 
ceous, rarely suffruticose. 
T. PERFOLIATUM. Fever-wort. 
Tas. oval-acuminate, connate; fis. axillary, verticillate or clustered —A 
coarse, unattractive plant, growing in rocky woods. Stem simple, stout, erect, 
round, hollow, 3—4f high, covered with soft, clammy hairs. Leaves 6’ by 3’, 
entire, abruptly contracted at base, yet always connate, nearly smooth above, 
pubescent beneath. Flowers sessile, in clusters of 5 or 6. Corolla dull pur- 
ple, viscid-pubescent, the limb in 5 rounded lobes. Fruit a rather dry drupe, 
somewhat 3-sided, crowned with the long, leafy, spreading calyx segments, 
orange-colored when mature, containing 3 bony nuts or seeds. June.—The 
root is large and fleshy, and in much repute in medicine, having many of the 
properties of Ipecacuanha. 
4,.SYMPHORICARPUS. 
Gr. cvy, together, g~epw, to bear, kapros, fruit; bearing fruit in close clusters. 
Calyx tube globose, limb 4—5-toothed ; corolla funnel-shaped or 
bell-shaped, the limb in 4—5 subequal lobes; stamens 4—5, inserted 
on the corolla; stigma capitate; berry globose, 4-celled, 2-seeded 
(2 opposite cells abortive)—Small shrubs, with entire ls. and small fis. 
1. S. RaceMosus. Michx. (Symphoria. Pers.) Snow-berry. 
Fis. in terminal, loose, interrupted, often leafy racemes; cor. campanu- 
late, densely bearded within ; sty. and sta. included.—A smooth, handsome shrub, 
2—3f high, common in cultivation, and native in Western N. Y., Canada, &c. 
Leaves oval or oblong, the margin often wavy, nearly or quite smooth, paler 
beneath, on short petioles. Corolla rose-color, the throat filled with hairs. Ber- 
ries large, round or ovoid, of a snowy white, and very ornamental when ma- 
ture. July, Aug. 
2. S. occiDENTALIS. R. Br. Wolf-berry. 
Ls, ovate, obtusish ; spikes dense, axillary and terminal, subsessile, nod 
