L66 CAPRIFOLIACEJE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



8. L.. Oblongifolia, Muhl. (SWAMP FLY-HONEYSUCKLE.) Branches 

 upright ; leaves oblong, downy when young, smooth when old ; peduncles long and 

 tlender ; bracts almost none; corolla deq>ly 2-lipped ; beiries (purple) formed by the 

 union of t/ie two ovaries. Bogs, N. New York to Wisconsin. June. Shrub 

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



L. TATARICA, the TARTARIAN HONEYSUCKLE ; L. CAPRIF6LIUM, the 

 COMMON HONEYSUCKLE ; and L. PERICLYMENUM, the true WOODBINE, are 

 the commonly cultivated species. 



4. DIER VII^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-celled, 2-valved, septicidal, many-seeded. Low, uprjght shrubs, with 

 ovate or oblong pointed serrate leaves, and cymosely 3 - several-flowered pedun- 

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

 who sent it from Canada to Tournefort.) 



1 . I>. ti'ificUl, Mcench. Leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed, petioled ; 

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

 Rocks ; common, especially northward. June - Aug. Flowers honey-color, 

 not showy. 



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

 in those of S. W. Virginia. 



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



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

 at the base, somewhat equally 5-lobed, 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 ooWov, a bone, alluding to three bony 

 seeds, or rather nutlets.) 



1. T. perfoliiktlllll, L. Softly hairy (2 -4 high) ; leaves oval, abruptly 

 narrowed below, downy beneath; flowers dull brownish-piu-ple, mostly flush-mi. 

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



2. T. angllSti folium, L. Smaller ; bristly-hairy ; leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering to the base ; flowers greenish-cream-color, mostly single in the axils. 

 8. Pennsylvania to Illinois, and southward. May. 



6. SAMBIICUS, Tourn. ELDER. 



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

 ing 5-cleft limb. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Fruit a berry-like juicy drupe, con- 

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

 bruised, pinnate leaves, sen-ate pointed leaflets, and numerous small uiul wbito 



