1GG CAritlFOLIACEiE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



8. \j. oblongifolia, Miilil. (Swamp Fl\'-Honeysuckle.) Branches 

 upright ; leaves oblong, downy when young, smootli when old ; peduncles long and 

 slender ; bracts almost none ; corolla deeply 2-lipped ; baries {purple) formed by the 

 union of the two ovaries. — Bogs, N. New York to Wisconsin. June. — Shrub 

 2° - 4° high. Leaves 2' - 3' long. Corolla i' long, yellowish-white. 



L. TatArica, the Tartarian Honetsuckle ; L. Caprif6lium, the 

 Common Honeysuckle ; and L. Periclymenum, the true Woodbine, are 



the commonly cultivated species. 



4. DIERTIjLLiA, Tourn. Bush Honeysuckle. 



Calyx-tube tapering at the summit ; the lohes slender, awl-shaped, persistent. 

 Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, almost regular. Stamens 5. Pod ovoid-oblong, 

 pointed, 2-cellcd, 2-valved, septicidal, many-seeded. — Low, upright shrubs, with 

 ovate or oblong pointed sen-ate leaves, and cymosely 3 - several-flowered pedun- 

 cles, from the upper axils, or terminal. (Named in compliment to M. Dierville, 

 who sent it from Canada to Tournefort.) 



1. I>. tl'lfMa, Meeneh. Leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed, petioled ; 

 peduncles mostly 3-flowcred ; pod long-beaked. (D. Canadensis, Muld.) — 

 Rocks; common, especially northward. June -Aug. — Flowers honey-color, 

 not showy. 



D. sessilifolia, Buckley, of the mountains of North Carolina, may occur 

 in those of S. W. Virginia. 



5. TBIOSTBUM, L. Fever-wort. Horse-Gentian. 



Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, leaf-like, persistent. Corolla tubular, gibbous 

 at the base, somewhat equally 5-lobcd, scarcely longer than the calyx. Stamens 

 5. Ovary mostly 3-cclled, in fruit forming a rather dry drupe, containing as 

 many angled and ribbed I -seeded bony nutlets. — Coarse, hairy, perennial herbs, 

 leafy to the top ; with the ample entire pointed leaves tapering to the base, but 

 connate round the simple stem. Flowers sessile, and solitary or clustered in 

 the axils. (Name from rpeiy, three, and oareov, a bone, alluding to three bony 

 seeds, or rather nutlets.) 



1. T. perfoEifitHEU, L. Softly hairy (2° -4° high) ; haves oval, abruptly 

 narrowed below, downy beneath ; flowers dull brownish-purple, mostly clustered- 

 — Rich woodlands ; not rare. June. — Fruit orange-color, \' long. 



2. T. assg-iasSii«IsMa81, L. Smaller; bristly-hairy; leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering to the base ; flowers grecnish-cream-color, mostly single in the axils. — 

 S. Pennsylvania to Illinois, and southward. May. 



6. SAMBtlCtTS, Tourn. Elder. 



Calyx-lobes minute or obsolete. Corolla urn-shaped, with a broadly spread- 

 ing 5-cleft limb. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Fruit a berry-like juicy drupe, con- 

 taining 3 small seed-like nutlets. — Shrubby plants, with a rank smell when 

 bruised, pinnate leaves, serrate pointed leaflets, and numerous small and white 



