238 SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



2. C. CANADENSIS (Low Cornel). Herbaceous ; flowering stems low, 

 simple, erect ; rhizoma creeping, somewhat woody ; upper leaves about 6, 

 somewhat verticillate, oval, acute ; involucre 4-leaved, much larger than the 

 flowers ; leaflets broad-ovate, greenish-white, petaloid, inclosing the umbel 

 of greenish-yellow flowers ; drupes red, baccate, rather large, and of a 

 sweetish taste. In damp woods, 4-6' high. May-June. 



SUPERIOR MONOPETALOUS EXOGENS. 

 Order XLIL CAPRIFOLIACE^E {Honeysuckle Family). 



Shrubs, often climbing, rarely herbs. Leaves opposite. Stip- 

 ules none. Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary; limb 4-5-cleft. 

 Corolla regular, or irregular ; limb 4~5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, al- 

 ternate with the corolla-segments when equaling them in num- 

 ber. Ovary 3-5-celled. Style I . Fruit always crowned with the 

 persistent calyx-teeth. Seeds pendulous. 



f Corolla 



CAPRIFOLIACE.E. \ 



f Trailing, evergreen Linn<za. 

 5- -I 



Herbs- 



(^ Erect, not evergreen Triosteum. 

 tubular 



f 2-seeded berry Symj>horicarpus. 

 Shrubs \ 



\ Several-seeded \>erryLonicera. 



f Leaves simple Viburnum. 

 L Corolla rotate < 



[ Leaves pinnate Sambucus. 



I. Lonicera. Calyx-limb with 5 short teeth. Corolla tubular or 

 funnel-form, with a 5-cleft, usually quite irregular limb. Stamens 5. 

 Ovary 2-3-celled. Berry few-seeded, y. 



1. L. SEMPERVIRENS (Trumpet Honeysuckle). Leaves oblong, ever- 

 green, pale beneath, upper pairs connate ; flowers in whorls, almost regular, 

 ventricose above, scarlet without and yellow within, nearly 2' long, inodor- 

 ous. A climbing evergreen, in cultivation. May-August. 



2. L. CAPRIFOLIUM (Italian Honeysuckle}. Leaves deciduous, the upper 

 pair connate ; flowers in a terminal whorl ; corolla ringent, varying through 

 red, yellow, and white, very fragrant. Cultivated species. June-August. 



2. Triosteum. Calyx-limb with 5 linear, foliaceous, persistent 

 teeth. Corolla tubular ; limb with 5 subequal lobes. Stigma capitate. 

 Fruit dry, drupaceous. Seeds 3-angled, bony. 24 



T. PERFOLIATUM (Feverworf). Herbaceous ; stem hollow, pubescent, 

 simple ; leaves ovate, entire, connate, pubescent ; flowers sessile, in verticils 

 of 5-8 ; corolla viscid-pubescent, dull purple, with a curved tube ; fruit some- 

 what 3-sided, orange-colored when ripe. A coarse, hairy plant, 2-3 feet 

 high. June. 



