XL. CAPRIFOtlA'CE-ffi: SYMPHORICA RPOS. 



541 



1008. L. il^rics. 



pubescent. Peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. Bracteas oblong, ciliated. Berries joined 

 together to the middle, globose. Corollas lucid, of 

 the form of those of L. alpigena. Ovarium touien- 

 tose. Leaves like those of Cotoneaster vulgaris 

 (Don's Mill.) An erect 

 shrub. Georgia, about 

 Tcflis. Height 3ft. to 

 4ft. Introduced in 1824. 

 Flowers greenish yellow; 

 April and May. Fruit 

 blood-coloured, some- 

 times pointed as in Jig. 

 1008.; ripe in August. 



A very neat little bush, 

 which makes very good 

 garden hedges. 



1 009. L. ibferioa. 



GENUS V. 



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LJ&JLlL 



SYMPHOTUCA'RPOS Dill. THE ST. PETER'S WORT. Lin. Syst. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Dill. Elth., p. 371. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 338. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 451. 



Synonymes. Symphoridirpa Neck. Elem. p. 220. ; Symphbria Pers.Ench.l. p. 214. ; Anisanthus 



W illd. Rel. ; Lonicera sp. Lin. 

 Derivation. From sumpkoreo, to accumulate, and karpos, fruit ; species bearing the fruit in groups. 



How it obtained the name of St. Peter's Wort we have not been able to ascertain. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tube globose; limb small, 4 5-toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, almost equally 4 5-lobed. Stamens 5, hardly exserted. Stigmas 

 semiglobose. Ovarium adnate. Berry 4-celled. (Don's Mi/I.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; oval, quite entire. Flowers 

 on short peduncles, axillary or many together, bibracteate, small, white or 

 rose-coloured, on short pedicels. Shrubs erect, bushy, oppositely branched ; 

 natives of Europe and North America; of the easiest culture in common 

 garden soil; and readily increased by suckers, which they throw up in abun- 

 dance. 



& 1. S. VULGA'RIS Michx. The common St. Peter's Wort. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 100. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 339. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 451. 

 Synonymes. Lonicera Symphorica"rpos Lin. Sp. 249. ; S. parviflbra Desf. Cat. ; Symphoria conglo- 



merata Pers. Ench. 1. p. 214. ; Symphbria glomerata Pursh Sept. p. 162. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 1. 115. ; and our Jig. 1010. 



Spec. Char. y $c. Flowers disposed in axillary 

 capitate clusters, composed of nearly sessile 

 racemules. Corolla white. Berries red, size 

 of hempseed ; but, in America, according to 

 Pursh, the flowers are small, red and yellow, 

 and the berries purple. Branches brown, 

 smooth. Leaves elliptic ovate, obtuse, glau- 

 cous, and pubescent beneath. The berries are 

 numerous, and ripen in winter. (Don's Mill.) \ 

 An erect bushy shrub. Virginia, Carolina, 

 and Pennsylvania, in sandy dry fields. Height 

 3ft. to 6ft. Introduced in 1730. Flowers 

 small, red and yellow ; August and September. 

 Fruit purple; ripe in December. 



