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THE FLORA. 



L. borea'lis. The only species, a fine little plant, found in moist woods in cool cli- 

 mates. It has long, thread-like, creeping stems, rooting at the joints, the up- 

 right branches about S'' high. Leaves small, roundish. Flowers in pairs, rose- 



Leaves smal 

 colored, nodding, r.t the top of the slender stalk. June. 



2. SYMPHORIOAETUS. Snow berry. 



Calyx tube globose, limb 4-5-tootlied. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed, 

 regular. Stamens 4-5, short. Fruit a globose berry, 4-celled but only 

 2-seeded, 2 cells being empty. — Small erect shrubs with oval, entire leaves, 

 rose-white flowers in short clusters. 



♦ Stamens and style included (i. e., not longer than the corolla) 1, 2 



* Stamens and bearded style exserted (extending out of the corolla) 3 



1 S. racemo-'sus. Cult. Fls. in loose, leafy racemes. Berries snow-white, large. 



2 S. occidenta'lis. Wolf-berry. Fls. in dense, nodding spikes. Berries white. N.-W. 



3 S. vxilga''ris. Coral-berry. Fls. in axillary heads. Berries red. M. S. W. 



3. LONICE'RA. Honeysuckle. 



Calyx tube globular, limb 5-toothed, 

 very short. Corolla tubular or funnel-form, 

 jinib 5-cleft, irregular or almost regular. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary 2 or 3-celled. Berry 

 few-seeded. — Climbing or erect shrubs, 

 with opposite and often connate leaves 

 (that is, their bases growing together 

 around the stem), entire on the margins. 



§ Stem climbing, flowers sessile, whorled (in 



pairs in one species) a 



§ Stem mostly erect, leaves never connate, 



flowers in pairs 2 



a Upper pair or pairs of leaves united (con- 

 nate) at base b 



a Leaves all distinct, corolla ringent, (In 



gardens only.) 7, 8 



b Corolla tube gibbous (swelled out on one side) 



at base, limb ringent 5, 6 



b Corolla tube equal and slender (not gibbous) 



at the base 1 



1 Corolla ringent, lower lip linear, upper 4-lobed 2-4 



1 L. sempervi'rens. Trumpet II. Cor. trumpet-shaped, nearly regular, scarlet. 



Fig. 496. Trumpet Honeysuckle. 

 Flowers and the connate leaves. 



