13S PENTAKTDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



212. CAPRIFOLIUM. Tournefort. Juss. (^Cov^l- 



Honey-suckle.) 



Calix 5-toothed, bracteate at the base. Co- 

 rolla loii]^ and tubulous, 5-cleft. Berry 3-celled, 

 many-seeded, distinct. 



Shrubs with twining stems; leaves connate at the base; 

 flowers sessile, terminally capitate, or axillary verticillate, 

 verticills 6-flowered. 



Species. 1. C. sempervirens. "2. gratum. (C Jlaviim is 

 probably a variety of this species.) o. pawiflonun. This 

 species I have observed as far westward as Fort Mandan 

 on the Missouri, and am inclined to believe the C. ciliosiwi 

 of Pursh a mere variety of it. 



Of this g-enus, so much esteemed in the gardens for its 

 beauty and its odor, there are besides the above species, 

 the C. Penchjmenum or Woodbine of Europe, and the C. 

 japoniciLTn. 



213. XYLOSTEUM. TournJ, Juss. 



Flowers by pairs on the summit of the same 

 peduncle. — Calix 5-toothed, bracteate at the 

 base. Corolla 5-cleft or 5-!obed, nearly equal, 

 or irregular and bilabiate. Berries by pairs, 

 united entirely, or only at the base, 2-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



Krect shrubs; peduncles 2-(lowered, axillary, solitary. 



Species. 1. X. ciHatum. Pursh. Very distinct from 

 X- tataricum; the variety /3. album, of Mr. Pursh bearint^' 

 ^vhite berries is Symphona racemosa of Michaux,'now cul- 

 tivated in several gardens near Philadelphia from seeds 

 collected by the late governor Lewis. 2. villosum. 



Of this genus there are five species in Europe, one in 

 Tartary, one in Barbary, one in Asia Minor, and another 

 in Japan. 



214. SYMPHORIA. Persoon, Juss. 



Calix small, 4-toothed, bracteolate at the base. 

 Corolla tubular, short, 5-cleft, subequal. Stig- 

 ma globose. Bory ovate, small; crowned with 



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