ORDER LXV. CAPKIFOLIACEyE. 341 



Genus II.— DIERA^IL'LA. Tourn. 5—1. 

 (In honor of M. Dierville, who sent tho species to Europe.) 



Calyx oblong, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-form, with 5 unequal 

 fiegments. Stamens 5. Stt/lcl. Capsuled — 4-cellei;l, many- 

 seeded. 



1. D. Canaden'sis, (Muhl.) A small shrub. Leaves ovale, serrate, 

 acuminate, on short petioles, glabrous; peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 3-flowered. Corolla small. — Yellow, ^i . June — July. Mountains. 



D. trijida, Mccnch. Biish- Honey suckle. 



Genus III.—CAPRIFO'LIUM. Romer, 5— 1. {Lonicera^'L.) 

 (From caper, a goat, and/oZi«?», a leaf.) 



Calyx 5-tootbed, very small. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft, 

 often irregular, with a long tube. Stamens 5. Style 1, fili- 

 form. I'ruit 3-celled, few-seeded. Leaves entire, often connate. 



1. C. sempervi'rens, (Mich.) Sic7n twining, running over trees 

 Leaves oblong, oval, smooth on the upper surface, glaucous, and som 

 what hairy on the under, the lower ones petiolate, the upper connate. 

 Flowers in verticillate spikes. Calyx very small, persistent. Corolla 

 funnel -form, with 5 acute segments. Stamens inserted into the tube 

 near the summit. Frtiit red, with 4 seeds in each cell. — Bright red. 

 ^ . April — Oct. In damp soils. 



English Honeysuckle. Woodbine. Loniccra scmpervirens, Ait. 



2. C. fla'vum, (Ell.) Stem twining, running over shrubs. Leaves 

 oval, slightly cordate, glabrous, obtuse, deciduous, glaiicous untlernoalli, 

 connate at the base. Flowers in terminal, verticillate spikes. Corolla 

 ringent, the upper lipbroad, 4-cleft, reflexed, lower one entire, rt-flexed; 

 tube hairy within. — Yellow, or orange, 1^. jMarch — Apiil. Up})er 

 dist. Car, Loniccra fava, Sims. 



3. C. gua'tum, (Pursh.) Stem twining. Leaves perennial, obovato, 

 mucronate, pale underneath, upper ones connate. Flowers in verticil- 

 late spikes. Coro/Za ringent, with a long tube. — Scarlet. If. June — 

 Sept. Mountains. Loniccra grata, Ait 



4. C, parviflo'rum, (Pursh.) Stem twining. Leaves deciduous, con- 

 nate, glaucous beneath. Flowers nearly capitate, with large, perfoliate 

 bracts. Corolla ringent, gibbous at the base. — Yellow. If. June — 

 July, Mountains, Loniccra parvijforn. Lam. 



Genus IV.— TRIOS 'TEUM. L, 5—1. 

 (From ireis, three, and osteon, a bone, liaving three bony seeds.) 



Calyx 5-cleft, Avith linear-lanceolate lobes, as long as the co- 

 rolla. Corolla tubular, nearly equally 5-lobed, gibbous at tho 

 base. Stamens 5. Style I. ^erry 3-celled, 3-seeded, crown- 

 ed by the calyx. 



1. T. perfolia'tum, (L.) Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves connate, 

 epatulate, lanceolate, scabrous above, tomentose beneath, acuminate. 

 Flowers axillary, verticillate, sessile. Calyx persistent, with linear fog- 



