20. Family CAPRIFOLlACE^. (Honeysuckle Fam.) 



Flowers, variously clustered. Corolla of united petals, tubular or 

 wheel-shaped, inserted on the calyx. Stamens, as many as the 

 lobes of the corolla, and inserted on it. Seed-case, two- to five- 

 celled, adherent to the calyx. 



Leaves, simple or compound, opposite. 



Fruit, a berry, drupe, or capsule. 



GUIDE TO THE GENERA. 



(a) Leaves compound. (i) Sambucus (Elders). 



(a) Leaves simple, toothed or lobed (except } 



in Withe-rod) corolla regular, fruit a V (2) Viburnum (Arrow-woods, etc.). 



one-seeded drupe. j 



(a) Leaves simple, entire. 



(b) Corolla regular ; fruit a two-seeded | (3) Symphoricdrpos (Snowb erry, etc.). 



it ' tW - t0 (4) Lonicera (Fly-Honeysuckles.) 



(a) Leaves simple, toothed ; corolla only ) 



slightly irregular ; fruit a many- 1- (5) Diervilla (Bush-Honeysuckle). 

 seeded capsule. ) 



(i) Genus SAMBUCUS, Tourn. (Elder.) 

 Fig. 56. Common Elder. S. Canaddnsis, L. 



Flowers, white, small, with a heavy odor, in clusters that 

 are flat, five to seven times parted, and five to eight 

 inches in diameter. Corolla, five-cleft, with the lobes 

 blunt. Calyx, small. Stamens, five. May, July. 



Leaves, compound, opposite. Leaflets, five to eleven 



(oftenest seven), two to four inches long, egg-shape 



to oblong and reverse egg-shape, mostly smooth, the 



lower ones often two- or three-parted, with a rank 



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