XL. CAPIIIFOLIA CE1E I DIEUVI 



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Synonyme. V. 0'pulus edillis Michx. Fl. 



Bor.Amer. l.p. 180. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 9CO. from a specimen 



in Dr. Lindley's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves 3-lobed, 

 bluntish behind, and 3-nerved. 

 Lobes very short, denticulately 

 serrated ; serratures acumi- 

 nated. Petioles- glandular. 

 Outer flowers of corymb ra- 

 diant. A smaller and more 

 upright shrub than the pre- 

 ceding species. The berries of 

 the same colour and size ; but, 

 when completely ripe, more 

 agreeable to eat, and frequently 

 employed as a substitute for 

 cranberries. It does not seem 

 to differ much from V. Oxy- 

 coccos, except in the broader 

 base of the leaf. (Don's Mill.) 

 Canada to New York, on the 

 banks of rivers. Height 5 ft. 

 to 10ft. Introduced in 1812. 

 Flowers white ; July. Fruit 

 as in the preceding species. 



Sect. II. 



GENUS III. 



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DIERVl'LL^ Tourn. THE DTERVILLA. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Act. Ac. Par., 1706. t. 7. f. 1. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. 

 Synonymes. Lontcera sp. L. ; Welgela Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 6. ; \Veigel?a Pers. Ench. 1. p. 176. 

 Derivation. Named by Tournefort, in compliment to M. Dierville, a French surgeon, who was the 

 first to introduce D. canadensis into Europe. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tube oblong, bibracteate at the base ; limb 5-cleft. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 3 5-cleft, spreading twice the length of the calyx. 

 Stamens 5, somewhat exserted. Stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, acute, 

 1-celled. Seeds numerous, minute. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; ovate, acuminated, ser- 

 rated". Flowers in axillary peduncles, bibracteate, usually dichotomotis. 

 Shrubs, deciduous. North America. Common soil, and suckers. Five 

 species, natives of Japan, and figured by Sieboldt, are probably hardy, but 

 they have not yet been introduced. 



j* 1. D. CANADE'NSIS Willd. The Canadian Diervilla. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 222. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 

 Svnonvmes Lonicero Diervillrt Lin. Mat Med. p. 62. ; D. Tournefortz/ Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 



ip 107. ; D. hamilis Pers. Ench. 1. p. 214. ; D. IQtea Pursh Sept. 1. p. 162. ; D. trliida Mcench 



Meth. 492. ; D. acadiensis Du Ham. Arb. 1. t. 87. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1796. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 116. ; and our Jigs. 961. and 962. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves on short petioles, ovate, acuminated, serrated, and, 

 as well as the oetioles, glabrous. Fruit a dry brown capsule. Root 



