XL. CAPRIFOHA CEiE : DIERVI LL^. 



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Synonyme. V. O'pulus edillis Michx. Ft. 



Bor. Amer. I. p. 180. 

 Mngriipins- Our Jin- 9('.0. from a specimen 



in Dr. Lindley's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves 3-lobed, 

 bliintish behind, and 3-nerved. 

 Lobes very short, denticnlately 

 serrated ; serratures acumi- 

 nated. Petioles glanduhir. 

 Outer flowers of corymb ra- 

 diant. A smaller and more 

 upright shrub than the pre- 

 ceding species. The berries of 

 the same colour and size ; but, 

 when completely ripe, more 

 agreeable to eat, and f'recjuently 

 employed as a substitute for 

 cranberries. It does not seem 

 to differ much from F. Oxy- 

 coccos, except in the broader 

 base of the leaf. ( Don',t Mill.) ^ 

 Canada to New York, on the 

 banks of rivers. Height o ft. 

 to 10 ft. Litroduced in 1812. 

 Flowers white ; July. Fruit 

 as in the preceding species. 



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960. V. 10.) frdiUe. 



Sect. II. LoNICE^R^. 



Genus III. 



DIERVl'LLJ Tourn. The Diervilla. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 



Monogynia. 



Identification. Tourn. .Act. Ac. Par., 1706. t. 7. f. 1. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. 

 Synonymcs. Lonicera sp. L. ; Weigcla Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 6. ; Weigel/a Pers. Ench. 1. p. 176. 

 Derivation. Named by Tournefort, in compliment to M. Dierville, a French surgeon, who was the 

 first to introduce D. canadensis into Europe. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tube oblong, bibracteate at the base ; limb 5-cleft. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 3 5-clett, spreading twice the length of the calyx. 

 Stamens 5, somewhat exserted. Stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, acute, 

 1-celled. Seeds numerous, minute. (Dun's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; ovate, acuminated, ser- 

 rated. Flowers in axillary [leduncles, bibracteate, usually dichotomous. 

 Shrubs, deciduous. North America. Common soil, and suckers. Five 

 species, natives of Japan, and figured by Sieboldt, are probably h;u-dy, but 

 they have not yet been introduced. 



J* 1. D. canade'nsis Willd. The Canadian Diervilla. 



; Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 222. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 



i Si/nnnymes. Lonicera Diervilla Lin. Mat. Med. p. 62. ; D. Tournefort/i Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 



I 1. p. 107. ; D. hftmilis Fers. Ench. 1. p. 214. ; D. lOtea Pursh Sept. 1. p. 162. ; D. trifida Mcench 



, Meth. 492. ; D. acadiensis Du Ham. Arb. 1. t. 87. 



. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1796. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 116. ; and our f^s. 961. and 962. 



Spec. Char., S/'c. Leaves on short petioles, ovate, acuminated, serrated, and, 

 as well as the oetioles, e;labrous. Fruit a dry brown capsule. Root 



