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** Corolla rotate. Stigmas 3- 5, sessile. Flowers in cymes. 

 5. SAMBUCUS. Leaves pinnate. Berry 3-5-seeded. 

 C. VIBURNUM. Leaves simple. Drupe 1-seeded. 



1. SYMPHORICARPUS, Dill. SNOWBERRY. 



Calvx tube globose, the limb 4 - 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla campanu- 

 late, nearly regular, 4 - 5-lobeil. Stamens 4 - 5, inserted on the throat of the 

 corolla. Ovary 4-celled, 2 of the cells with several abortive ovules, the other 

 two with a single suspended fertile ovule in each. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds bonv. Erect shrubs with entire leaves, and white or reddish flowers 

 in axillary spikes or clusters. 



1. S. vulgaris, Michx. Leaves oval, downy beneath; flowers in small 

 axillary clusters ; corolla smoothish within ; berries red. Dry soil among 

 the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July - Sept. Shrub 2 - 3 high. 



2. DIERVILLA, Tourn. 



Calyx oblong or cylindrical, narrowed above, with 5 subulate teeth. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Capsule 2-celled, septicidally 2-valved, 

 manv-seeded. Low shrubs, with ovate or oblong acuminate serrate decidu- 

 ous leaves, and axillary and terminal cymose flowers. 



1. D. triflda, Moeuch. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, distinctly petioled, 

 pubescent, especially on the veins above ; peduncles mostly 3-ttowered ; cap- 

 sule ovoid-oblong, narrowed into a neck above. Mountains of North Caro- 

 lina. June. Stem 2 -4 high. Flowers greenish yellow. 



2. D. sessilifolia, Buckley. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, closely sessile and 

 somewhat clasping; peduncles many-flowered; capsule cylindrical-Oblong, 

 narrowed into a short neck above. Mountains, Alabama to North Carolina. 

 Leaves and capsule larger than in the last species. 



3. LONICERA, L. WOODBINE, HONEYSUCKLE. 



Calyx ovoid, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, 5-cleft, often bilabiate, and gib- 

 bous near the base. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, with several ovules in 

 ea^'h cell. Berry 1 -3-celled, several-seeded. Seeds bony. Erect or twin- 

 ing shrubs, with entire, often connate leaves. Flowers by pairs or in spiked 

 whorls. 



1. L. sempervirens, Ait. Stem twining; leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 pale and tomentose beneath, the upper pair shorter and connate ; spikes ter- 

 minal; whorls distinct ; corolla nearly equally 5-lobed, scarlet or orange with- 

 out, yellow within. Margins of swamps. April -Sept. Leaves perennial. 

 Corolla 2' long. 



2. L. grata, Ait. Stem twining ; leaves obovate, glaucous beneath, the 

 2 or 3 upper pairs connate ; whorls of flowers axillary and terminal ; corolla 

 bilabiate, the tube long and slender. Mountains of Carolina and northward. 

 .May. Young branches often hairy. Corolla 1 i' long, with a red or purplish 

 tube and a white limb, changing to yellow. Berry orange-red. 



