188 CAPRIFOL1ACE.E. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



3. L. flava, Sims. Smooth and somewhat glaucous ; stem scarcely twin- 

 ing; leaves oval or obovate, the upper pairs connate ; whorls of flowers 

 crowded, terminal ; corolla slender, bilabiate. Banks of rivers in the upper 

 districts. June- July. Corolla 1' long, bright yellow; the 4-cleft limb 

 nearly as long as the tube. 



4. L. glauca, Hill. Smooth ; stem twining ; leaves elliptical, glaucous 

 beneath, 2' -3' long, the upper pairs coimate; whorls of flowers crowded, 

 peduncled ; corolla short, bilabiate, gibbous at the base ; stamens hairy below. 

 Mountains of North Carolina. June. Corolla 8"- 10" long, yellow and 

 purplish. 



5. L. Sullivantii, Gray. Smooth and glaucous ; leaves oval or obovate- 

 obloug, 2' - 4' long, nearly all more or less connate ; corolla yellow ; stamens 

 smoothish. (L. parviflora, in part, Flora.) Mountains of Last Tennessee. 

 May-June. Stem 3-6 high. Corolla 1' long. 



4. TRIOSTEUM, L. FEVER-WORT. 



Calyx ovoid, with 5 leafy linear-lanceolate persistent lobes. Corolla tubu- 

 lar, equally 5-lobed, rather longer than the calyx. Stamens 5. Ovary 3- 

 celled, with a single ovule in eacli cell. Fruit a dry drupe containing 3 bony 

 nutlets. Perennial hairy herbs, with large leaves, narrowed but connate at 

 the base, and sessile axillary flowers. 



1. T. perfoliatum, L. Stem soft-hairy ; leaves oval, acuminate, entire, 

 hairy above, tomentose beneath ; flowers commonly clustered, brownish 

 purple. Shady woods in the upper districts. June -July. Stem 2 -4 

 high. Leaves 4' - "' long. 



2. T. angUStifolium, L. Stem hirsute ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, 

 acuminate, hirsute above, pubescent beneath ; flowers mostly solitary, yel- 

 lowish. Shady rich soil among the mountains. June. Plant smaller than 

 the last. 



5. SAMBUCUS, Tourn. ELDER. 



Calyx lobes minute or none. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Fruit 

 a globular baccate drupe, containing three 1 -seeded nutlets. Shrubs, with 

 pinnate leaves, and white flowers, in ample terminal cymes. 



1. S. Canadensis, L. Leaflets 7-11, oblong, serrate, smoothish', acute, 

 the lower ones often 3-parted ; cymes flat, 5-parted ; fruit black. Low 

 grounds, common. June -July. Stem 4 -16 high, the straight young 

 shoots with large pith. 



2. S. pubens, Michx. Leaflets 5-7, oblong, serrate, pubescent beneath ; 

 cymes paniculate, pyramidal; fruit red. Mountains of North Carolina, and 

 northward. June. Shrub G- 10 high. Cymes smaller than in the last. 



6. VIBURNUM, L. HAW, SLOE. 



Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Corolla rotate or somewhat campannlate, 5- 

 lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary 1-3-celled, one of the cells containing a single 

 ovule, the others empty. Drupe baccate, con.ta.ining a single compressed 



