396 ORDER 66. CAPRIFOLIACE^E 



gent, lips a third the length of the tube, strongly revolute. Native of Europe 

 Greatly admired in cultivation for its beauty and fragrance. Pis. of various 

 hues, red, yellow and white. Jn. Aug. f 



11 L. parviflora Lara. Lvs. smooth, shining above, glaucous beneath, oblong all 

 sessile or connate, the upper pair perfoliate ; flg. in lids, of 1 or more approxi- 

 mate whorls; cor. ringent, tube glabrous, short, gibbous at base; fil. bearded 

 A small, smooth, shrubby climber, in rocky woods, Can. and U. S. St 8 to 10f 

 long. Lvs. wavy and revolute on the margin, very glaucous on 'the underside 

 Fls. rather small. Cor. 1 in length, yellow, tinged with dull red. gibbous at 

 base, the short limb in curved segments. Sta. and sty. exserted. Berries 

 orange-colored. May, Jn. 



/?. Lvs. large, pubescent beneath, all except the upper pair distinct, the lower 



petiolate ; fls. pubescent. Ohio (Sullivant) and westward. (L. Douglasii, DC.) 



12. L. hirsuta Eaton. Lvs. hairy above, soft-villous beneath, veiny, broad-oval, 



abruptly acuminate, the upper pair connate-perfoliate ; fls. in vertidlMe spikes; 



cor. ringent; fil. bearded. A climber of coarser aspect, in woods N. Eng. to 



Mich, and Can., twining about trees to the height of 15 to 2 Of. The whole plant 



is more or less hairy. Lvs. pale green, not shining, the edges and the upper side 



ciliate with scattered hairs, fls. large, numerous, greenish yellow, in whorled, 



axillary and terminal clusters. Limb of cor. spreading. Sty. and sta. exserted, 



Jn. (C. pubescens Goldie.) 



5. DIERVIl'LA, Tourn. BUSH HONEYSUCKLE. (In honor of Dier- 

 ville, a French surgeon, discoverer of the original species.) Calyx tube 

 oblong, limb 5-cleft; corolla twice as long, funnel-shaped, limb 5-cleft 

 and nearly regular ; stamens 5 ; capsular fruit 2-celled (apparently 

 4-celled from the projecting placenta), many-seeded. Shrubs, with 

 opposite, serrate, deciduous Ivs. 



1 D. trifida Moench. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, on short petioles ; ped. axillary and 

 terminal, 1 to 3-flowercd ; caps, attenuate above. A low shrub not uncommon in 

 hedges and thickets, Can. to Car. St. about 2f high, branching. Lvs. 2 to 4' by 



1 to 1}', finely serrate, ending in a long, narrow point. Ova. slender, 4 to 5" 

 long, about half the length of the greenish yellow corolla. Sta. and sty. much 

 exserted. Stig. capitate. ' Jn. 



2 D. sessilifolia Buckley. Lvs. glabrous, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, sessile or subampkxicaul ; peduncles 3 to 5-jlowered, crowded in the axils 

 above ; caps, cylindric-oblong, short-beaked, crowned with the subulate-setaceous 

 calyx teeth. High mountains of N. Car. (Buckley). Shrub 2 to 4f high. Leaves 



2 to 4' long. Flowers sessile or pedicillate. Jn., Jl. 



6. SAM'BUCUS, L. ELDER. (Lat. sambuca, musical instrument, said 

 to have been made of the elder.) Calyx small, 5-parted ; corolla 5-cleft, 

 segments obtuse ; stamens 5 ; stigma obtuse, small, sessile ; berry glob- 

 ous, pulpy, 3-seeded. Shrubs or perennial herbs, with odd-pinnate or 

 bipinnate Ivs. Fls. in cymes. 



1 S. Canadensis L. St. shrubby ; cymes fastigiate, 5-rayed ; Ifts. 3 to 5 pairs 

 with an odd one, oblong-oval, acuminate, smooth. A common shrub 6 to lOf 

 high, in thickets and waste grounds, U. S. and Can. St. filled with a light and 

 porous pith, especially when young. Lfls. serrate, the lower ones often binate or 

 trifoliate. Petioles smooth. Fls. numerous, in very large (2f broad in Ind.) level- 

 topped cymes, white, with a heavy odor. Berries dark purple. May Jl. 



2 S. pubens MX. St. shrubby; cymes paniculate and pyramidal; Ifts. oval- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, in 2 or 3 pairs, with an odd one, and with the petiole pubes- 

 cent beneath. A common shrub, in hilly pastures and woods, Hudson's Bay to 

 Car., growing 6f high, more or less. Lvs. simply antl unequally pinnate.; Ifts. 

 sharply serrate, very pubescent when young. Fls. in a clse, ovoid thyrsus or 

 panicle. Cor. white. Berries scarlet, small. May, Jn. 



p. LEUCOCARPA T. & G. Berries white. Catskill Mountains. (Mr. J. Hogg, 

 fide T. & G.) 



