253 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



lanceolate or linear segments ; umbels terminal, large, with 

 numerous crowded rays, the inner ones very short, the outer 

 much longer, and closing over after flowering ; bracts of both 

 involucres usually divided into 3-5 long linear lobes; fruit 

 covered with prickles. — Fields, pastures, and waste places, 

 especially near the sea. Fl. June, July. 



Var. maritimus : leaves somewhat fleshy with shorter seg- 

 ments ; umbels more spreading, and prickles more flattened. — 

 Sea coasts. 



(133) Bryonia. Bryony. 



B. dioica : tuberous ; stems climbing to a great length 

 by means of spirally-twisted tendrils; leaves palmately 5-7- 

 lobed, the lobes toothed; flowers dioecious, the males broadly- 

 campanulate pale yellow in stalked racemes, the females 

 smaller nearly rotate; berries red. — Red Bryony. — Hedges 

 and thickets. Fl. June to September. 



(134) Lonicera. Honeysuckle. 



L. Periclymenum : shrub ; stems scrambling over bushes 

 and trees to a considerable height; leaves ovate or oblong, 

 the lower ones contracted, stalked, the upper ones rounded 

 and closely sessile, but not united ; flowers closely sessile, in 

 terminal stalked heads, pale yellow, reddish outside. — Wood- 

 bine. — Woods and hedges. Fl. June to September. 



(135) Linnaea. 



L. borealis : evergreen ; stems creeping and trailing to the 

 length of one foot or more; leaves opposite, small, broadly- 

 ovate ; flowering branches short, erect, with 2-3 pairs of 

 leaves, two-flowered ; flowers bell-shaped, gracefully drooping, 



