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2 L. flava. Wild-ydlow H. Flowers in a terminal, 2 (or more)-whor!ed spike, pale 



yellow. Leaves glaucous. W. S. 



3 L. grata. Wi/d-siveet H. Fls. in terminal and axillary whorls, reddish white. 



4 L. Caprifo'lium. Italian H. Fls. in a single, terminal whorl, red, yel., and v/hite. 



5 L. parviflo'ra. Sniall-fl. H. Leaves oblong, smooth and glaucous beneath. 



Flowers V long, yellowish and purplish, or crimson. 



6 L. hirsu'ta. Hairy H. Leaves broad-oval, hairy and downy, green (not 



glaucous). Flowers sulphur-yellow. N. 



7 L. Periclym'enum. Woodbine II. Fls. whorled, capitate, red and yellow, sweet- 



scented. Leaves deciduous. Berries red. t 



8 L. Japon'icum. Japan 11. Flowers in pairs, axillary, sweet-scented, deeply 



two-lipped, reddish. Leaves evergreen, t 



9 Corolla gibbous at base, lobes more or less irregular. Wild 10-12 



9 L. Tartar'icum. Tartarian H. Corolla scarcely gibbous, lobes spreading, 



equal, rose-color, handsome. Leaves cordate, obtuse, f 



10 L. cilia'ta. Fly H. Corolla lobes short, erect, nearly equal. Berries red. 



11 L. oblongifo'lia. Swamp Fly II. Corolla deeply ringent. Pedicels long. Berries 



double, purple. Shrub 3-4f. high, swamps. N. 



12 L. coBru'lea. Biueberried II. Corolla lobes short, subequal, yellow. Pedicels 



very short. Berries double, blue. N. 



4. DIERVIL'LA. Bush Honeysuckle. 



Calyx tube oblong, limb 5-cleft. Corolla twice as long, limb 5-cleft and 

 nearly regular. Stamens 5. Capsular fruit 2-celled, many-seeded. — 

 Small erect shrubs with opposite leaves and axillary flowers. 



D. trif'ida. Stem about 2f. high, branching. Leaves ovate, serrate, ending in a 

 long, narrow point. Peduncles 1-3-flowered, the ovaries slender, about luilf as 

 long as the greenish-yellow corolla. Hedges and woods. June. 



5. SAMBU'CUS. Elder. 



Calyx small, 5-parted, Corolla regular, rotate, 5-cleft into obtuse lobes. 

 Stamens 5. Stigmas sessile. Berry globose, pulpy, 3-seeded. — Shrub« 

 (5- 6f. high) or perennial herbs with pinnate or bi-pinnate leaves. Flowers 

 (white) in cymes. 



S. Canaden''sis. Sweet E. Leaflets 7-11. Cymes flat. Berries dark-purple. June, 

 S. pu'bens, Red E. Leaflets 5-7. Cymes oblong, pauicled. Berries red. May. 



