108 History of Hingham. 



Sambucus, Tourn. 



Canadensis, L. Elder, 

 racemosa, L. Red-berried Elder. 



Viburnum, L. 



aeerifolium, L. Maple-leaved Arrow-wood, 

 deutatum, L. Toothed Arrow-wood, 

 cassinoides, L. Withe-rod. 

 Lentago, L. Sweet Arrow-wood. 



Triosteum, L. 



pertbliatum, L. Fever-wort. 



Lonicera, L. 



sempervirens, Ait. Trumpet-Honeysuckle. 

 Dierviila, Tourn. 



trifida, Moench. Bush-Honeysuckle. Very rare. 



40. RUBIACEiE. (M ADDER FAMILY.) 



Trees, shrubs, and herbs. Represented in Hingham but by a 

 single shrub, the Button-bush, and by a few herbs, but among 

 these last is one of rare beauty, far too little appreciated, the 

 Mitchella rcpens, Partridge berry. This sweet little plant adorned 

 with fragrant twin flowers, bright polished evergreen leaves, and 

 showy scarlet berries is worthy of much more notice than is 

 given it. 



Though our species do not furnish products of noticeable value, 

 the family includes plants of great importance to man. Madder, 

 so serviceable in the arts, is from the root of one of the species. 

 Others furnish some of our most-highly prized medicines, as Peru- 

 vian Bark, Quinine, Cinchona, Ipecacuana, etc. Coffee, the 

 common luxury of our tables, is the product of a tree of this 

 family. 



Houstonia, L. 



caerulea, L. Bluets. 



purpurea, L., var. longifolia, Gray. 



Cephalanthus, L. 



occidentalis, L. Button-bush. 



Mitchella, L. 



repens, L. Partridge-berry. 



Galium, L. 



Aparine, L. Cleavers, 

 circrezans, Mx. Wild Liquorice, 

 tritidum, L. Small Bedstraw. 

 asprellura, Mx. Rough Bedstraw. 

 triflorum, Mx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. 



41. composite. (Composite Family.) 



The compound flowers of early botanists. The plants of this 

 order are readily recognized by their flowers being grouped in 



