294 CAPRIFOLIACEiE. LiNNiEA. 



Group 1. Ovary coherent loith the' calyx (inferior), 2 - several-celled, tvith one or 

 many ovules in each cell. Seeds albuminous. Stamens inserted on the corolla. 



Order LI. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. Juss. The Honeysuckle Tribe. 



Calyx 5- (rarely 4-) toothed or cleft. Corolla tubular or sometimes rotate, 

 regular or irregular. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, and alter- 

 nate with them (rarely one of them wanting). Style filiform. Fruit usually 

 a berry or drupe, rarely capsular. — Shrubs or rarely herbaceous plants, with 

 opposite leaves which are destitute of stipules. Inflorescence various. 



Tribe I. LONICEREJE. R. Brown. 



Corolla tubular ; the limb sometimes irregular. Style filiform. Raphe on the outer side of 



the ovule. 



Subtribe 1 . CxPRiFOLiiE, Torr. & Gr. Fruit baccate, or sometimes nearly dry. Testa of 



the seed crustaceous or coriaceous. 



CONSPECTUS OF THE GENERA. 



1. LiNNjEi. Limb of the calyx S-parted. Corolla regular, somewhat campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens didynamous. 



Ovary 3-ceIIed ; two of the cells abortive. Fruit dry, one-seeded. 



2. Symphoricarpos. Calyx 4 - 5-toothed. Corolla campanulate, short, nearly regular, 4 - 5-lobed. Berry 4-celled ; 



2 of the cells abortive ; 2 opposite ones fertile and one-seeded. 



3. LoNicERA. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 5-cleft, often ringent ; the tube more or less elongated. Stamens 5. Berry 



1 - 3-celIed, few-seeded. 



4. DiERViLLi. Calyx with linear segments ; the tube elongated. Fruit capsular, 2-celled, 2-valved. 



1. LINN^A. Gron. in Linn. gen. no. 744 ; Endl. gen. 3332. LINN^A. 



[ Named in honor of the immortal Swedish naturalist.] 



Calyx-tube ovate ; the limb 5-parted, with lanceolate-subulate segments, deciduous. Corolla 

 turbinate-campanulate, 5-lobed, nearly equal. Stamens 4, didynamous, included, inserted 

 toward the base of the corolla. Ovary 3-celled ; two of the cells with several abortive 

 ovules ; the third with a single fertile ovule suspended from the summit. Fruit ovoid- 

 globose, dry and indehiscent, 3-celled (the 2 sterile cells smaller), one-seeded. — A creeping 

 or trailing evergreen, with broadly oval sparingly crenate-toothed leaves, abruptly narrowed 

 into a petiole. Peduncles filiform, terminating the short ascending branches, bearing 2 

 pedicellate nodding flowers. Corolla purplish rose-color, or nearly white. 



