Order OC.—HONEYSUCKLES. 215 



COHORT II. 



THE GAMOPETALOUS EXOGENS. 



Essentu.l Character. — Flowering plants (Pii^nogamia) 

 -with their stems growing by additions to the outside in lay- 

 ers (ExoGENs), their seeds inclosed in a seed-vessel or pericarp 

 (AngIospekms), their flowers with a double perianth and 

 tlieir petals nnited (Monopetal^:). 



Order LXYI. CAPRIFOIJACE.E. Honeysuckles. 



Slirubs and Aer5s, often twining, with opposite leaves ; -with 



flowers clustered and often fragrant, 5-parted and often irregular; 



corolla monopetalous, tubular or rotate ; 



stamens on the tube of the corolla, often one less than its lobes ; 



ovary adherent to the calyx ; style 1 ; fruit a berry, drupe, or capsule ; 



embryo small, in fleshy albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



1 Corolla tubular. Stigma capitate, on u slender style 2 



1 Corolla rotate, deeply 5-lobed. Stigmas 3, rarely 5, sessile. Shrubs c 



2 Herbs a 



2 Shrubs.... b 

 a Stamens 4, capsule 3-celled. A trailing evergreen. Tivin-Jluuer. Linn^'a. 1 



a Sta. 5, drupe bony, 3-5-celled. Erect, unbranched. Fever-root. Thios'tetm. 

 b Cor. bell-shaped, reg'r. Berry glob., 4-colled, 2-seeded. SvMrnoniCAit'pus. 2 

 b Cor. tubular, lobes unequal. Berry 2-3-cclled, few seeded, c. Lonice'ra. S 

 b Corolla funnel-shaped. Capsule 2-eelled, many-seeded, c. Diervil'la. 4 

 c Leaves pinnate. Berry globose, pulpy, 3-seeded. Elder. Sambu'ccs. 5 



c Leaves simple. Drupe flattish, 1-soeded. Handsome shrubs. Viuun'M-M. 



1. LlNNiE'A. Twin-flower. 

 Calyx tube ovate, limb 5-parted, deciduous, with 2 bractlets at base. 

 Coroha bell-shaped, limb a little irregular, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, 2 longer 

 than the other 2. Capsule 3-celIed, but only 1 -seeded, 2 of the cells being 

 empty. — A trailing evergreen herb, dedicated to Linr.;cus, the first and 

 greatest of botanists. 



