158 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



form, 5-cleft, often irregularly. Stamens 5. Style filiform. 

 Stigma capitate. Berry 3-celled, few-seeded. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



* Flowers capitate-verticillate. Berry solitary, 3-celled, crowned by the 

 calyx. LOMCERA. 



1. L. flava Sims : leaves ovate, glaucous beneath, with a cartilagin- 

 ous margin'; upper ones connate-perfoliate ; spikes verticillate, termi- 

 nal ; corol ringent ; segments oblong, obtuse. Caprifolium flavum 

 EU.C. fraseri Pursh. 



HAB. Catskill mountains, N. Y. S. to Car. June, July. *>. 

 Shrub twining, very smooth. Flowers bright yellow. 



YeUow Honeysuckle. 



2. L. hirsuta Eat. : leaves broad oVate and obovate, pubescent and* 

 ciliate, glaucous beneath ; upper ones connate-perfoliate., nearly 

 smooth ; spikes verticillate, terminal, subcapitate, glandular-pubes- 

 cent. Caprifolium pubesccns Goldie. 



HAB. Rocky woods. N. S. June. *>. Shrub climbing. Flow- 

 ers yellow, pubescent. Berries orange. Distinct from the pre- 

 ceding. Rough Woodbine. 



3. L. parriflora Lam. : leaves deciduous, glaucous beneath, all con- 

 nate-perfoliate ; spikes verticillate, in heads, subsessile ; corol ringent ; 

 gibbous at base ; filaments bearded. Caprifolium parrijlorum Pursh. 

 C. bracteosum Mich. 



HAB. Rocky woods. N. Y. to Car. N. to Subarc. Amer. June, 

 July. *?. Shrub twining. Flotcers yellow, smaller than in 

 either of the preceding. 



4. L. grata Ait. : leaves perennial, obovate, slightly mucronate, re- 

 ticulate and paler beneath ; - upper ones connate-perfoliate ; spikes ver- 

 ticillate, approximate ; corol ringent, with the tube long. Caprifolium 

 gratum Pursh. 



HAB. Mountains. N. Y. to Car. June Sept. *> . Shrub climb- 

 ing or erect. Flowers scarlet. 



5. L. sempercirens Ait. : leaves oblong, glaucous beneath, shining 

 above, the upper ones connate-perfoliate ; spikes verticillate, some- 

 what naked, terminal ; corol nearly equal, with the tube ventricose 

 above. Caprifolium sempercirens Mich. 



HAB. Stony dry woods. N. Y. to Car. May Aug. J> . Shrub 

 climbing. Leaves evergreen. Flowers crimson. 



** Pedicels axillary, in pairs. Berries in pairs, distinct or more or lest 

 connate, %-celled, many-seeded. XYLOSTEUM. 



6. L. ciliata Muhl.: stem erect ; leaves opposite, ovate and subcor- 

 date, ciliate on the margin, younger ones villous beneath ; tube of the 

 corol calcarate at base, ventricose above ; segments short, acute ; style 

 eiserted ; berries distinct. Xylosteum eiUatum Pursh. Torr. 



