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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 3^ liigh. Leaves small, roundish. Flowers in pairs, rose- 

 colored, nodding, at the top of the slender stalk. Jave. 



2. SYMPHORICARTUS. Snow berry. 



Calyx tube globose, limb 4-5-toothed. 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. ^., not longer than the corolla) 1, 2 



* Stamens and beai'ded 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. vulga'ris. Goral-herry. 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, 

 iimb 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. 



S Stem climbing, flowers sessile, whorled (in 



pairs in one species) a 



I 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. )....?, 8 

 1) 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 11. Cor. trumpet-shaped, nearly regular, scarlet. 



Fi%. 496. Trumpet HoneysuckN 

 Flowers and the connate leaves. 



