378 CAPRIFOLIACE^. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



Cymes many -flowered^ fiattish^ developing after leaves. Petals setulose 

 outside; drupe globular, .005 in diameter, black — May and June — 

 Thickets and woods ; middle and subalpine zone of Lebanon to l^usairy 

 Mountains, Cassius, Amanus, and northward. 



Sect. II. Gamopetaloe. Petals more or less united into a 4-5- 

 (rarely fewer, or 6-co -) lobed corolla. 



Order LII. CAPRIFOL.IACEiE. (Honeysuckle Family.) 



Shrubs, or perennial lierhs, with opposite leaves, stipules 

 or interpetiolar, the calyx-tuhe coherent with the ^-6-celled 

 ovary, its limh (in ours) ^-lohed or -toothed., the stamens 

 as many as lohes of tulular, fun^iel-shajyed, campanulate, 

 or wheel-shaped, regular or bilabiate corolla, and inserted 

 on its tube — Fruit (in ours) a berry, crowned with minute 

 calyx-lobes. Embryo small in fleshy albumen. 



* Corolla regular, wheel- or funnel-shaped. Inflorescence cymosc 

 1. SAMBUCUS, Herbs or shrubs, with pinnate, deciduous leaves. 



2 VIBURNUM, Shrubs, with undivided, (in ours) leathery, evergreen leaves. 



* Corolla bilabiate, tubular or funnel-shaped. Inflorescence axillary. 

 3. LONICERA. Climbing or non-climbing shrubs. Flowers twin or capitate. 



1. SAMBUCUS, L. Elder. Bailasdn. Balasdn. 



Corolla rotate, with 5, at length reflexed lobes. Stigmas 3, sessile. 

 Berry (in ours) black, 1-celled by abortion of septa, 3-5-seeded — Herbs 

 or shrubs, with pinnate leaves, and corymbose cymes of white flowers. 



1. S. Ebiilus, L. % Bailasdn. B-imdaraun. .6 to 1, herbaceous. 

 Leaflets oblong -lanceolate, serrate, glabrous ; stipules leaf-like, ovate, 

 serrate. Cymes ternate at base — Summer — Thickets ; coast, and 

 mountains to subalpine regions, from Lebanon to Amanus, and north- 

 ward. 



2. S. nigra, L. 5 l^lack Elder. 4 to 6. Leaflets ovate-lanceo- 

 late to obovate, serrate, glabrous ; stipules obsolete. Cymes 5-Q-bra7iched 

 at base — Spring — Cultivated, and subspontaneous. A tea, made of 

 the blossoms, is used as a sudorific drink in fever. 



2. "VIBUR.1VUM, L. Arrowwood. Laurestlnus. 



Corolla rotate-campanulate, 5-lobed. Stigmas 3, sessile. Berry 

 1-celled by abortion of septa, 1-seeded, (in ours) blue-black —Shrubs, 

 with evergreen, leathery leaves and corymbose cymes of white flowers. 



V. Tiuus, L. 5 ^ ^^ ^' Leaves ovate-oblong, entire, bearded 

 at axils of veins on under surface of leaf ; stipules — Spring — Mid- 

 dle and lower mountain regions ; Carmel, Tabor, Lebanon and north- 

 ward. 



Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, or irregularly campauulate, 

 with bilabiate limb. Style undivided ; stigma 3-lobed. Berry with 

 three, 2-3-ovuled cells, at maturity 1-celled by abortion. 



