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HAS. Hills and rocks. Can. and N. S. May, June. 1?. Shrub 

 2 4 feet high. Carol yellow, long, bilabiate. Berries ovate, 

 red. Fly Honeysuckle. 



7. L. villosa Muhl. : leaves oblong and oval, obtuse ; the younger 

 ones as well as the corol villous ; peduncles much shorter than the 

 flower ; berries coadnate. Xylosteum villosum Mich. -X. solonis Eat. 

 X. oblongifolium Goldie. 



HAB. Mountains. Hudson's bay to N. J. May. 1?. Shrub 

 24 feet high. Flowers axillary, yellow. Berries red or purple. 



6. SYMPHORIA. Pers. 



Calyx minute, 4 5-toothed. Corol funnel-form, sub- 

 equally 4 5-lobed. Stamens 5, scarcely exserted. Stigma 

 subglobose. Berry crowned by the calyx, 4-celled, 4-seeded ; 

 2 of the cells' sometimes abortive. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. S. glomerata Pursh: racemes axillary, capitate, glomerate ; leaves 

 opposite, ovate, on short petioles ; flowers small, numerous. & vul- 

 garis Mich. Symphoricarpos vulgaris De Cand. 



HAB. Sandy fields. Penn. to Car. July, Aug. 1?. Shrub 3 4 

 feet high. Corol red and yellow. Berries purple. 



2. S. racemosa Pursh : racemes terminal ; corol bearded within ; 

 leaves elliptical ovate, opposite. Symphoricarpos racemosus Mich. 



HAB. Niagara Falls. N. Y. W. to Miss. July, l?. Shrub 2 3 

 feet high. Corol pale red. Berries large, white. 



7. LINNvEA. Grow. 



Calyx with the tube ovate ; limb 5-parted ; segments lance- 

 olate-subulate. Corol turbinate, subcampanulate, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 4, subdidynainous, included. Stigmas globose. 

 Berry dry, small, ovate-globose, 3-celled, (one cell only bear- 

 ing a perfect seed.) Tetrandria. Monogynia. 



L. borealis Gron, 



HAB. Woods and hills. N. S. N. to Arc. Amer. July. Z{. 

 Evergreen, creeping. Leaves opposite, on short petioles, round- 

 ovate, crenate, slightly hairy. Peduncles erect, long. Flowers 

 2, drooping, pedicelled, white or pale red. Turin Flower. 



ORDER LXIV. RUBIACEJE. De Cand. 



Tube of the calyx adhering to the ovary ; the limb variable, 

 truncate or lobed, consisting of as many sepals as petals, 

 rarely with accessary intermediate teeth. Petals 4 5, rarely 

 3 8, united, inserted on the top of the tube of the calyx. 

 Stamens as many as the lobes of the corol and alternate with 

 them ; anthers oval, 2-celled, turned inwards. Ovary 2 many 



