132 PENTANDHIA MONOGYNIA. QcL. V. 



the corolla. Germen nearly globular, covered by the tube of the 

 corolla. Style erect, short; stigma knobbed. Capsule globular, 

 one-celled, its lower half closely invested by the calyx. Seeds 

 numerous, small, angular, covering the globular, central recep- 

 tacles. Name doubtful. 117. 



1. 5. Valerandi. Water Pimpernel. Common Brook-weed. Leaves 

 inversely egg-shaped, obtuse ; clusters many-flowered ; partial flower- 

 stalks, each with a small bractea. Smooth, pale-green : stem erect, 



round, about a foot high : flowers small, white. Perennial : flowers in 

 July : grows in watery places, on gravelly soil: not common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. x. pi. 703. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 324. 366. 



33. LONl'CERA. HONEYSUCKLE. 



Calyx superior, small, of one leaf, with five deep segments. 

 Corolla of one petal, tubular; tube oblong, bulging at one side; 

 limb deeply divided into five revolute segments, one of which is 

 more deeply separated. Filaments awl-shaped, arising from the 

 upper part of the tube; anthers oblong. Germen roundish. Style 

 thread-shaped, as long as the corolla; stigma bluntly knobbed. 

 Berry roundish, with one or more cells, its lower half closely in- 

 vested by the calyx. Seeds several, roundish, compressed. 

 Named after Adam Lonicer, a German botanist. 118. 



1. L. Caprifulium. Pale Perfoliate Honeysuckle. Flowers gaping, 



whorled, terminal ; upper leaves confluent and perfoliate. A twining 



shrub, with smooth stem and leaves : flowers yellowish with a reddish 

 tube, six together: berries elliptical, brownish-orange. Flowers in May 

 and June: grows in woods and thickets: rare. Frequent about Edin- 

 burgh. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 799. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 326. 367. 



2. L. Pericly'menum. Common Honeysuckle, or Woodbine. Flowers 

 gaping, in imbricated, terminal, egg-shaped heads ; leaves all distinct. 



A twining shrub, well known for the delicious odour of its flowers, 



which are yellowish or white, with deep-red streaks. Flowers in June 

 and July : grows in thickets, hedges, and the clefts of rocks : common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 800. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 327. 368. 



3. L. Xylosteum. Upright Honeysuckle. Flower-stalks with two 



flowers ; berries distinct ; leaves entire, downy. A shrub with an 



erect stem, four or five feet high: stalked, egg-shaped, acute leaves: 

 small cream-coloured or reddish flowers, and scarlet berries. Flowers in 

 July: grows in thickets and rocky places: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. 

 pi. 916. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 327. 369. 



34. RHA'MNUS. BUCK-HORN. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, funnel-shaped, coloured internally; 

 limb with five, sometimes four acute, equal segments. Petals five 

 or four, small, converging, sometimes wanting. Filaments awl- 

 shaped, short, arising from the mouth of the calyx ; anthers 

 roundish, two-lobed. Germen roundish. Style cylindrical, short ; 

 stigma with two, three, or four lobes. Berry roundish, with two, 

 three, or four cells. Seeds one in each cell, rounded on the outer 

 side, flattened on the inner. Name signifies a branch. 119. 



