2D. Family CAPRIFOLIACE^. (Honeysuckle Fam.) 



Flowers, variously clustered. Corolla of united petals, tubular or 

 wheel-shaped, inserted on the calyx. Stamens, as many as the 

 lobes of the corolla, and inserted on it. Seed-case, two- to five- 

 celled, adherent to the calyx. 



Leaves, simple or compound, opposite. 



Fruit, a berry, drupe, or capsule. 



(a) Leaves compound. 



Guide to the Genera. 



(i) Sambiicus (Elders). 



(a) Leaves simple, toothed or lobed (except ) 



in Withe-rod) corolla regular, fruit a > (2) Viburnum (Arrow-woods, etc.). 



one-seeded drupe. ) 



(a) Leaves simple, entire. 



(b) Corolla regular ; fruit a two-seeded ) , , c , . , , c , . \ 



u " (3) Symphoncarpos (Snowberry, etc.). 



(b) Corolla irregular ; fruit a two- to [ f , Lo nicera (Flv-Honevsuckles ) 

 three-seeded berry. ) x ^' J J ' 



(a) Leaves simple, toothed; corolla only) 



slightly irregular ; fruit a many- > (5) Diervilla (Bush-Honeysuckle), 

 seeded capsule. ) 



(1) Genus Sambucus, Tourn. (Elder.) 



Fig. 56. Common Elder. S. Canadensis, L. 



Flowers, white, small, with a heavy odor, in clusters that 

 are flat, five to seven times parted, and five to eight 

 inches in diameter. Corolla, five-cleft, with the lobes 

 blunt. Calyx, small. Stamens, five. May, July. 



Leaves, compound, opposite. Leaflets, five to eleven 

 (oftenest seven), two to four inches long, egg-shape 

 to oblong and reverse egg-shape, mostly smooth, the 

 lower ones often two- or three-parted, with a rank 



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