186 CAPKIFOLIACE.K. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



Mississippi, and northward. May. A tree 30 -50 high, witli widely 

 spreading branches. Leaves rather thick, dark green, 2' -5' long. Fertile 

 peduncles 1-J-'- 3' long. Drupe -J' long. 



2. N. Caroliniana, Poir. Branches, leaves, etc. tomeutose when young, 

 at length nearly smooth ; leaves short-petioled, varying from lanceolate to 

 orbicular, obtuse, sometimes slightly cordate; peduncles short, the fertile ones 

 1 - 2-flowered ; drupes oval, blue. Ponds and swamps, in the lower districts. 

 April - May. A large tree, or in pine-barren swamps sometimes a mere 

 shrub. Leaves l'-2' long. Peduncles '-!' long. Drupe smaller than in 

 the last. 



3. !N. uniflora, Walt. Leaves large, loug-petioled, ovate or oblong, acute, 

 entire or sharply toothed, tomentose beneath, the lower ones often cordate ; 

 fertile peduncles elongated, 1 -flowered; drupes ovate-oblong, dark blue. 

 Deep swamps and ponds, middle and lower districts. April. A large tree. 

 Leaves 4' -6' long. Drupe 8"- 12" long. 



* * Sterile flowers capitate. 



4. N. capitata, Walt. (OGEECHEE LIME.) Leaves large, short-petioled, 

 oblong, oval, or obovate, mucronate or acute, tomentose beneath ; flowers 

 below the leaves, the fertile ones perfect, solitary, on very short peduncles ; 

 drupe oblong, red. Swamps, Florida and Georgia, near the coast, and 

 westward. A small tree. Leaves 3' -5' long. Drupe 1' long, agreeably- 

 acid. 



DIVISION II. MONOPETALOUS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 



Floral envelopes double, consisting of both calyx and 

 corolla ; the latter of more or less united petals. 



ORDER 70. CAPRIFOLIACE^. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



Chiefly trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves, and no stipules. Calyx 

 tube adherent to tlie ovary, the limb 4-5-toothed or lobed. Corolla 

 tubular or rotate, 4- 5-1 obed. Stamens as many as the lobes of tin- 

 corolla, and alternate with them, inserted on its tube. Ovary *J-~)- 

 celled, with 1-many pendulous ovules in each cell. Fruit mostly 

 baccate or drupaceous. Seeds anatropous. Embryo small, in tin- 

 axis of fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



* Corolla tubular. Style slender. Stigma capitate. 



1. SYMPHORICARPUS. Corolla campanulate. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. Erect shrubs. 



2. DIERVILLA. Corolla funnel-shaped. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Erect 



shrubs. 



3. LONICERA. Corolla tubular. Berry 1 - 3-celled. Chiefly woody vines. 



4. TRIOSTEUM. Corolla tubular. Drupe bony, 3 - 5-seeded. Herbs. 



