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Doctor DARWIN, also, refers to the delightful genus, in the fol- 

 lowing lines: 



" Fair LOMCERA prints the dewy lawn, 

 And decks with brighter blush the vermil dawn ; 

 Winds round the shadowy rocks, and pansied vales, 

 And scents with sweeter breath the summer gales ; 

 With artless grace and native ease she charms, 

 And bears the horn of plenty in her arms." 



2. ]j. parviflora, Lam. Leaves deciduous, oblong, upper pair 



connate, all others closely sessile; corolla gibbous at base, tube 



short. 



SMALL-FLOWERED LONICERA. 



Stem 6 to 8 or 10 feet long, somewhat twining, branches smooth. Leaves 2 to 3 

 or 4 inches long, obtuse, very glaucous beneath. Flowers generally in single ter- 

 minal pedunculate heads, which are composed of 2 or 3 verticils : corolla yellowish, 

 with tinges of purple externally, the tube about half an inch long, gibbous near 

 the base on the lower side, hairy within. Stamens somewhat exserted, a little 

 shorter than the style. Berries reddish orange, when mature. 

 7/o6. Banks of the Schuylkill : rare. FL May. Fr. July. 



174. DIERVII/L.AJ 



[Named after M. Dieri-iUe, a French Surgeon, who sent it to Tournefort.] 

 Calyx-tube bibracteate at base, tapering at summit; segments subu* 

 late. Corolla nearly regularly 5-lobed. Capsule ovoid-oblong, 2- 

 celled, 2-valved, septicidal, many-seeded. Upright slender shrubs : 

 leaves petiolate, serrate ; peduncles cymose, axillary and terminal. 



1. 1>. trifida, Moench. Leaves ovate, acuminate, smooth ; pedun- 

 cles subterminal, mostly 3-flowered; capsule acuminate. 

 D. Canad6nsis, Willd. $ FL Cestr. ed. 2. p. 157. 

 TRIFID DIERVILLA. Bush Honeysuckle. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high, branching ; branches smooth, often slightly quadrangular. 

 Leaves 2 to 5 inches long, ciliate; petioles % to % an inch in length. Peduncles 

 in the axils of the superior leaves, half an inch to an inch long, 2- to 3-flowered; 

 jvdicels bracteate at base. Corolla greenish-yellow. 

 Hob. llocky woodlands : frequent. Fl. June. Fr. Sept. 



175. TRIOS'TEIIM, L. 



[Gr. Treis, three, and Osteon, a bone ; from its 3 bony seeds, or nuts.] 

 Calyx-tube ovoid ; seg ments lance-linear, foliaceous, persistent. Co- 

 rolla gibbous at base, nearly equally 5-lObed. Berry drupaceous^ 

 rather dry, 3-celled, with 3 bony 1 -seeded nuts. Perennial hairy 

 herbs : leaves sub-connate, entire, tapering at base ; flowers axillary, 

 sessile, bracteate. 



1. T. perfoliatum, L. Softly hairy; leaves spatulate-ovate, 



abruptly narrowed at base ; axils 1- to 3-flowered ; flowers dark 



brownish-purple. 



PERFOLIATE TRIOSTEUM. Horse Gentian. Wild Coffee. 



Stem 2 to 3 or 4 feet high, simple, somewhat viscid while young. Leaves 4 to 6 

 or 7 inches long, and 2 to 3 or 4 inches wide, often narrowed almost to a petiole at 

 base, but always connate, the margin ciliate-pubescent. Corotta about half an 

 inch long, viscid-pubescent. Berry ova!, orange color when mature. 

 Hub. Rocky woods; fence-rows, &c.: frequent. Fl. May. Fr. Sept. 



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