1G6 CAPRIFOLIACEJZ. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



8. It. ofrlongifolia, Muhl. (SWAMP FLY-HONEYSUCKLE.) Branches 



upright ; A./r.s ohtnmj, downy when young, smooth when old; judni/r/ix lomj and 

 slender; bracts almost )<une ; corolla deeply 2-lipped ; for/vV.s (pvrple) farmed ly the 

 union of the two ovaries. Bogs, N. Nuw York to Wisconsin. June. Shrub 

 2 -4 high. Leaves 2' -3' long. Corolla ' long, yellowish-white. 



L. TATARICA, the TARTARIAN HONEYSUCKLE ; L. CAPUIFOLIUM, the 

 COMMON HOXKVSUCKLE ; and L. PEHICLY'MENUM, the true WOODBINE, are 

 the commonly cultivated species. 



4. DIERVIL,L,A, Tourn. BUSH HONEYSUCKLE. 



Calyx-tube tapering at the summit; the lobes slender, awl-shaped, persistent. 

 Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, almost regular. Stamens 5. Pod ovoid-oblong, 

 pointed, 2-eelled, 2-vaIved, septicidal, many-seeded. Low, upright shrubs, with 

 ovate or oblong pointed serrate leaves, and c'ymoscly 8 several-flowered pedun- 

 cles, from the upper axils, or terminal. (Named in compliment to M. Dierville, 

 who sent it from Canada to Tourncfoit.) 



1. D. trtfida, Moench. Leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed, petioled ; 

 peduncles mostly 3-flowered ; pod long-beaked. (D. Canadensis, Muhl.) 

 Roeks ; common, especially northward. June -Aug. Flowers houey-colos, 

 not showy. 



D. SESSILIF6LIA, Buckley, of the mountains of North Carolina, may occur 

 hi those of S. W. Virginia. 



5. TRIOSTEUUI, L. FEVER-WORT. HORSE-GENTIAN. 



Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, leaf-like, persistent. Corolla tubular, gibbous 

 at the base, somewhat equally 5-lobcd, scarcely longer than the calyx. Stamens 

 5. Ovary mostly 3-celled, in fruit forming a rather dry drupe, containing as 

 many angled and ribbed 1 -seeded bony nutlets. Coarse, hairy, perennial herbs, 

 leafy to the top ; with the ample entire pointed leaves tapering to the base, but 

 connate round the simple stem. Flowers sessile, and solitary or clustered in 

 the axils. (Name from rpeis, three, and oore'oi/, a bone, alluding to three bony 

 seeds, or rather nutlets.) 



1. T. perfolmtlim, L. Softly hairy (2 -4 high) ; Itares oral, abruptly 

 narrowed below, downy beneath; ilowers dull brownish-purple, mostly clustered* 

 Rich woodlands; not rare. June. Fruit orange-color, ' long. 



2. T. august ilolBii Hi, L. Smaller; bristly-h<u'ri/ ; lms lancctJutc, 

 tapering to the base ; flowers greenish-cream-colo'r, mostly single in the axils. 

 S. Pennsylvania to Illinois, and southward. May. 



6. SAMBtJCUS, Tourn. ELDER. 



Calyx-lobes minute or obsolete. Corolla urn-shaped, with a broadly spread- 

 ing 5-eleft limb. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Fruit n berry-like juicy drupe, con- 

 taining .3 small seed-like nutlets. Shrubby plants, with a rank smell when 

 bruised, pinnate leaves, serrate pointed leaflets, and numerous small and wince 



