170 CAPRIFOLIACEuE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



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

 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, nar- 

 rowed into a short neck above. With the preceding. Leaves and capsule 

 larger than in that species. 



3. LONTCEBA, L. WOODBINE. HONEYSUCKLE. 



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

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

 Berry 1 - 3-celled, several-seeded. Seeds bony. Erect or twining 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. (Caprifolium, Ell.) Margins of swamps, Florida, and 

 northward. 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 bi- 

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

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

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



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

 leaves oval or obovate, the upper pairs connate ; whorls of flowers crowded, ter- 

 minal; corolla slender, bilabiate. Banks of rivers in the upper districts of 

 Georgia and South Carolina. June and July. Corolla 1 ' long, bright yellow ; 

 the 4-cleft limb nearly as long as the tube. 



4. L. parviflora, Lam. Smooth; stem twining; leaves elliptical, glau- 

 cous beneath, all more or less connate ; 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. 



4. TRIOSTEUM, L. FEVER-WORT. 



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

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

 with a single ovule in each 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 and July. Stem 2 4 high. 

 Leaves 4' -7' long. 



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

 acuminate, hirsute above, pubescent beneath ; flowers mostly solitary, yellowish. 



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



