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ends of the branches. Tube of the calyx ovoid or globular, the 
limb 5-toothed or truncate. Corolla tubular, more or less gib- 
bous at base, the limb mostly bilabiate. Stamens 5, inserted on 
the tube of the corolla, Ovary. 2 celled with several pendulous 
ovules in each cell becoming a few-several-seeded berry. 
C. ciliosum Pursh. FJ. 160. Lonicera ciliosa Poir Stems twining or 
depressed and almost prostrate, 2-20 feet long, slender, leaves ovate or — 
oval, glaucous beneath, usually ciliate, otherwise glabrous 2-3 inches 
long, uppermost 1 or 2 pairs connate into an oval or orbicular disk : whorls 
of flowers single and terminal or rarely 2 or 3 and occasionally from 
the axils of the penultimate pair of leaves. Corolla glabrous or spar- 
ingly pilose-pubescent. vellow or crimson-scarlet, the limb slightly bilab- 
iate, very much shorter than the elongated tube; stamens and style but 
little exserted. Common in wooded districts, California to British Col- 
umbia and Montana. 
C. hispidulum Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1761, Lonicera hispidula Doug!. 
Stems slender, twining or trailing, 2-10 feet long, hirsute or pilose-hispid 
when young: leaves rather rigid, ovate or cordate, obtuse, 6-12 lines long, 
glaucous and villous-hirsute beneath, glabrous aboye, the lower ones peti- 
oled, the upper one or two pairs connate-perfoliate: whorls of flowers 
en slender peduncles; flowers small, rose-color, 6-10 lines long, strongly 
bilabiate, the linear, lower lip nearly as long as the gibbous tube; fila- 
ments slightly hairy below, exserted: ovaries glabrous. Common on 
rocky places, western Oregon and Washington. 
C. Californicum Lonicera Californica T. & G. Stems slender, twin- 
ing or trailing 6-10 feet or more long; branches glabrous: leaves some- 
what coriaceous; ovate-oblong, 1-2 inches long, glabrous, glaucous be- 
neath, not ciliate, uppermost usually connate-perfoliate: flowers in rather 
distinct whorls, the peduncle and rachis clothed with glandular and his- 
pid hairs intermixed ; corolla 6-8 lines long, yellowish, bilabiate, the short 
tubes conspicuously gibbous, lower lip linear, the upper with four very 
short, rounded lobes: ovaries glandular On dry rocky hillsides, Southern 
Oregon to Califurnia ; 
OrpdeER XLVIII. RUbKIACEAL B. Juss. Hort. Train 1759. 
Trees shrubs or herbs with opposite or whorled entire leaves 
and regular flowers: Tube of the calyx adherent to the ovary, 
the limb mostly 4-5-parted or. toothed. Corolla inserted upon 
the summit of the calyx tube, composed of as many united 
petals as there are lobes of the calyx, mostlv valvate in the 
bud Stamens inserted into the tube of the corolla, equal in 
number and alternate-with its lobes: anthers introrse. Ovary 
2-celled with a single ovule in each. cell, or 3-several-celled 
with 1-several ovules in each cell. Style single, sometimes 
with 2 or more lobes or stigmas. Seeds anatropous o1 am- 
phitropous, solitary, few or numerous in each cell. Embryo 
straight or slightly curved, in the axis or at the extremity of 
copious, densely fleshy or horny albumen. 
1. Galium. Herbs with whorled leaves and no apparent stipules: fruit 
2-lobed and 2-seeded Gatti e 
2. Kelloggia. Herbs with. oppesite leaves and stipules between the 
petioles; flowers in cymes; fruit 2 lobed and 2-seeded. 
