JG2 POPULAR FLORA. 



Honeysuckle. Lonic'era. 



Teeth of the calyx very short. Corolla tubular below, irregular and 2-lipped, four lobes belonging 

 to one lip and one to the other, except in No. 1. 



§ 1. Twining woody phiiits: flowers long, crowded in little hgads at the end of the branches, or in ses- 

 sile v.horls in the axils of the uppermost leaves. 



* Corolla long and narrow, appearing regular, the 5 short lobes nearly equal. 



1. Trumpkt H. Uppermost pair of leaves united into one rounded body; corolla red, yellowish inside 



(also a j-ellow variety), scentless. Wild S. and cultivated. L. sempcrvirens. 



* * Corolla 2-lipped: uppermost leaves on the flowering branches united round the stem into one flat 



or cup-shaped body, except in No. 2. 



2. Common H. or Woodbine. Leaves all separate; flowers purple-red outside, large, sweet-scented; 



berries red. Cultivated; as also the next. L. Pendymenum. 



3. Italian H. Leaves glaucous ; flowers blush-colored, sweet-scented; berries yellow. L. Caprifulium. 



4. Wild S\veet-H. Flowers smaller; otherwise nearly as in No. 3. S. and cultivated. L. grata. 



5. AV'iLD Yellow-H. Leaves thick, very glaucous both sides; several pairs united, flowers pale yel- 



low; the tube rather long. W. and S. L. fiava. 



6. Small-fl. H. Leaves glaucous; flowers small, yellowish and purplish or crimson. L. pnriyijlbra. 



7. Haiuy H. Leaves, (Stc. hairy, dull green, not glaucous ; flowers clammy, orange. N. L. hirsida. 



§ 2. Twining: leaves all separate, a pair of flowers in the axil of some of them, on a short 2-leaved foot- 

 stalk. Cult, from Japan and China. 



8. Japan 11. Slender, hairy; corolla deeply 2-lipped, reddish outside, white inside, sweet. L.Japonica. 



§ 3. Upright bushes: leaves all separate; flowers two on an axillary peduncle; their two ovaries often 

 united at the base or into a double berry (Fig. 392): corolla short, irregular. 



9. Taktap.ian H. Very smooth ; leaves somewhat heart-shaped; flowers rose-color, handsome, in 



spring. Cultivated for ornament. L. Tartdrica. 



10. Fly H. Leaves petioled, ovate or heart-shaped, thin, a little hairy below and on the margins; 

 corolla almost equally 5-lobed, greenish-yellow; ovaries separate. Woods, N. L. ciliata. 



11. Swamp Fly-H. Leaves sessile, oblong; peduncles long; corolla deeply 2-Iipped, whitish. In 

 swamps, N. L. oblunyifdlia. 



!Elder. Sambhcus. 



1. Common Elder. Leaflets 7 to 11, smooth; cymes flat; berries dark purple. S. Canadensis. 



2. Red-bei:iued E. Stems more woody; leaflets 5 or 7, downy beneath; cymes convex or pyramid- 



like ; berries bright red. Cold woods, N. ; fl. spring. S. jmhens. 



Viburnum. Viburnum. 



Shrubs or small trees, which have a varietj^ of names. Leaves simple. Cymes flat. Fruit beiTy-like, 

 ■with one flat stone. To the genus belongs the Laurestinus, cultivated in houses. All the following 

 are wild in this country; but a variety of No. 6 is well known as a cultivated ornamental shrub. 

 Flowering in spring or early summer. 



* Flowers all alike, small and perfect: fruit blue or black. 



1. Naked V. or Wythe-rod. Leaves thickish, entire, or wavy-toothed. Swamps, X. T'. nudum. 



