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tube of the corolla. Leaves opposite and without stipules, but 

 some species of Viblir'num have appendages resembling stipules. 

 Fruit a berry, drupe, or pod. 



Synopsis of tlie Genera. 



* Co&lla tubular, sometimes 2-lipped. Style slender, 



1. L,imm>'a. A trailing or creeping herb, with evergreen oval crenate leaves 



and slender scape-like peduncles which fork at the top into 2 pedicels, 

 each of which bears a pair of nodding narrowly bell-shaped purplish 

 flowers. Stamens 4, 3 shorter than the others. 



2. Symphoricar'pus. Upright branching shrubs, with oval entire short- 



petioled leaves. Flowers in interrupted spikes at the ends of the 

 branches, rose-coloured. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed, with as many 

 stamens. Berries large and white, 4-celled, but only 2-seeded. 



3. Lonice'ra. Upright or twining shrubs, with entire leaves. Corolla 



funnel-form, more or less irregular, often with a projection on one side 

 at the base. Berry several-seeded. 



4. Diervil'la. Low upright shrubs with ovate pointed serrate leaves. Calyx- 



tube tapering towards the top, the teeth slender. Flowers light yellow, 

 peduncles mostly 3-flowered. Corolla funnel-form, nearly regular. Pod 

 slender, pointed. 



5. Trios'teum. Coarse herbs. Lobes of the calyx leaf -like. Flowers brownish- 



purple, sessile in the axils of the leaves. Corolla bulging at the base. 

 Fruit a 3-seeded orange-coloured drupe. 



* * Corolla rotate or urn-shaped, regular, 5-lobed. Flowers white, in 

 broad cymes. 



6. Sambu/cus. Upright shrubs with pinnate leaves, the leaflets serrate. 



Stigmas 3. Fruit purple or red, a juicy berry-like drupe, with 3 seed- 

 like stones. 



7. Vibur'num. Upright shrubs with simple leaves, and white flowers in 



compound cymes. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe. 



1. LINBLE'A, Gronov. TWIN-FLOWER. 

 L. borea'lis, Gronov. Cool mossy woods and swamps. 



a. SYMPHORICAR'PUS, Dill. SNOWBEKRY. 



S. racemo'sus, Michx. (SNOWBERRY.) Corolla bearded inside. 



Flowers in a rather loose spike. Var. pauciflo'ms, Bobbins, is 



low, diffusely branched, and spreading, with two or three flowers 



only, in the axils of the uppermost leaves. Dry rocky hill-sides. 



3. LONICE'RA, L. HONEYSUCKLE. WOODBINE. 

 1. L. parviflo'ra, Lam. (L. glauca, Hill, in Macoun's Cata- 

 logue.) (SMALL HONEYSUCKLE.) 1 'wining shrub, 2-4 feet high, 



