132 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [_CL. V. 



vered by the scales of the corolla. Germen nearly globular, 

 covered by the tube of the corolla. Style erect, short ; stigma 

 knobbed. Capsule globular, one-celled, its lower half closely 

 invested by the calyx. Seeds numerous, small, angular, cover- 

 ing the globular, central receptacles. Name doubtful. 117. 



1. S. Valerandi. Water Pimpernel. Common Brook-weed. Leaves 

 inversely egg-shaped, obtuse ; clusters many- flowered ; partial 



flower-stalks, each with a small bractea. Smooth, pale-green : 



stem erect, round, about a foot high : flowers small, white. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July : grows in watery places, on gravelly 

 soil : not common. Eng. Sot. vol. x. pi. 703. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 

 324. 366. 



33. LONI'CEBA. HONEYSUCKLE. 



Calyx superior, small, of one leaf, with five deep segments. 

 Corolla of one petal, tubular ; tube oblong, bulging at one side ; 

 limb deeply divided into five revolute segments, one of which is 

 more deeply separated. Filaments awl-shaped, arising from the 

 upper part of the tube ; anthers oblong. Germen roundish. 

 Style thread-shaped, as long as the corolla ; stigma bluntly 

 knobbed. Berry roundish, with one or more cells, its lower 

 half closely invested by the calyx. Seeds several, roundish, 

 compressed. Named after Adam Lonicer, a German botanist. 



118. 



1. L. Caprifolium. Pale Perfoliate Honeysuckle. Flowers gaping, 



whorled, terminal ; upper leaves confluent and perfoliate. A 



twining shrub, with smooth stem and leaves : flowers yellowish 

 with a reddish tube, six together : berries elliptical, brownish- 

 orange. Flowers in May and June : grows in woods and thickets : 

 rare. Frequent about Edinburgh. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 799. 

 Eng. FL vol. i. p. 326. 367. 



2. L.Pericly'menum. Common Honeysuckle, or Woodbine. Flowers 

 gaping, in imbricated, terminal, egg-shaped heads ; leaves all dis- 

 tinct. A twining shrub, well known for the delicious odour of 



its flowers, which are yellowish or white, with deep-red streaks. 

 Flowers in June and July : grows in thickets, hedges, and the 

 clefts of rocks : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 800. Eng.Fl. vol. 

 i. p. 327. 368. 



3. L. Xylosteum. Upright Honeysuckle. Flower-stalks with two 



flowers ; berries distinct ; leaves entire, downy. A shrub with 



an erect stem, four or five feet high : stalked, egg-shaped, acute 

 leaves : small cream-coloured or reddish flowers, and scarlet ber- 

 ries. Flowers in July : grows in thickets and rocky places : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 916. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 327. 369. 



34. KHA'MNUS. BUCKTHORN. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, funnel-shaped, coloured inter- 

 nally; limb with five, sometimes four acute, equal segments. 

 Petals five or four, small, converging, sometimes wanting. 

 Filaments awl-shaped, short, arising from the mouth of the 

 calyx ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen roundish. Style 

 cylindrical, short ; stigma with two, three, or four lobes, Berry 

 roundish, with two, three, or four cells. Seeds one in each 

 cell, rounded on the outer side, flattened on the inner. Name 

 signifies a branch. 119. 



