CAruiroi.iACEJi. (iioneysucklk family.) 205 



minute or deciduous; corolla deeply 2-lipped (^' lonp, yellowish-white); berries 

 (purple) uniud or nearly distinct. — Bogs, Nortlicrn New York to Wisconsin. 

 June. — yiinib 2° - 5° hij,-li. Leaves 2' - 3' lon■,^ 



4. DIERVILLA, Tourn. Blsii-IIoxevsuckle. 



Ciilyx-tiihe tapering at the summit ; the lobes slender, awl-shaped, persistent 

 Corolla funnel-forin, 5-lobed, almost regular. Stamens 5. I'od ovoid-oblong, 

 pointetl, 2-celled, 2-valved, scpticidal, many-seeded. — Low, upright shrubs, 

 with ovate or oblong pointed serrate leaves, and cymosely 3 - several-tlowcrcd 

 peduncles, from the u|)per axils, or terminal. (Named in compliment to M. 

 Ditrville, who brought it from Canada to Tournefbrt.) 



1. D. trifida, Maueh. Leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed, pctioled ; pe- 

 duncles mostly .'J-llowered ; pod long-beaked. (D. Canadensis, Mufd.) — Kocks: 

 common, especially northward. June -Aug. — Flowers hone\' -color, not showy, 

 like the Japanese sjieeies cultivated under the name of Weigkla. 



D. SESSinF(')LiA, Buckley, of the mountains of North Carolina, may 

 occur in those of S. W. Virginia. 



5. TRIOSTEUM, L. Fever-wokt. IIokse-Gentiak. 



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 ratlier dry drupe, containing as 

 many angled and ribbed 1 -seeded bony nutlets. — Coarse, hairy, perennial 

 herbs, leaty 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 rpfls, three, and uareot>, a bone, alluding to 

 three bony seeils, or rather nutlets.) 



1. T. perfoliatum, L. S(;flli/ kiiri/ (2°-4° higli); leaves oval, abruplli/ 

 narrowed helnw, downy i)eneath ; flowers brownish-jjurple, mostly clustered. — 

 Rich woodlands : not rare. June. — Fruit orange-color, h' long. 



2. T. angUStifblium, L. Smaller; brisdy-huiry ; leaves lanceolate, tajier- 

 ing to the base; flowers greenish-creani-color, mostly single in the axils. — S. 

 Pennsylvania to Illinois, and southward. May. 



6. SAMBUCUS, Touru. Elder. 



Calyx-lobes minute or obsolete. Corolla open urn-sliaped, with a broadly 

 spreading 5-eleft limb. Stamens 5. Stignias ."5. Fruit a berry-like juicy 

 drupe, containing 3 small seed-like nutlets. — Shrubby plants, with a rank 

 smell when bruised, pinnate leaves, serrate jwinted leaflets, and numerous small 

 and white flowers in comj)ound cymes. (Name from aap^vKt], an ancient nm- 

 sical instrument, sui)posed to have been made of Elder-wood.) 



1. S. Canadensis, L. (Common Elder.) Stems scarcely woody 

 (5°- 10° hi-h) ; l:itih/s 7-11, oUoii'j, mostly smooth, the lower often 3-partcd ; 

 ci/mts flat : fruit lliirk-jiin-jile. — Piich soil, in oikmi ])Iaces. June. — Pitli white. 



2. S. pilbens, Michx. (RED-nLKUiLD Elder.) Stems woody (2° - IS® 

 high), the bark warty; leajlets 5-7, ovate-lanccolalc, doivny undcrncalli ; cyiiiLS 



