146 COMPOSITAE 



11. Not variegated. (Hall's honeysuckle). L. japonica. 

 Leaves golden-veined. (Golden h.). var. aureo-reticulata. 



12. Corolla deeply 2-lipped: fragrant. L. Caprifolium 

 Corolla with short nearly equal lobes. 13. 



13. Flowers bright red. (Trumpet h.). L. sempervirens. 

 Flowers bright yellow. L. sempervirens flava, 



DIEBVILLA. Bush Honeysuckle. 



Deciduous shrubs with rather stout twigs with 2 or 3 often 

 hairy longitudinal lines; roundish homogeneous pale pith; 

 rather low triangular leaf-scars', opposite or in whorls of 3, 

 with 3-bundle-traces and with transverse or decurrent lines 

 from their angles; no stipule-scars; oblong mostly appressed 

 solitary sessile buds 1 with several pairs of rather loose pointed 

 scales; simple short-stalked toothed leaves; moderate or rather 

 large perfect funnel-shaped gamopetalous flowers in axillary 

 clusters; and narrow inferior capsules with small seeds. 



1. Flowers small (scarcely 15 mm. long), yellow. (Diervilla). 2. 

 Flowers distinctly larger, white to deep red. (Weigelia). 3. 



2. Twigs rounded: leaves distinctly petioled. D. Lonicera. 

 Twigs 4-angled: leaves nearly sessile. D. sessilifolia. 



3. Calyx-tube nearly as long as the lobes. D. florida. 

 Sepals narrow, parted to the base. 



D. japonica, D. floribunda, and X D. hybrida. 



LEYCESTEBIA. 



Deciduous shrubs or half shrubs with excavated pith; op 

 posite simple leaves; moderately small gamopetalous perfect 

 flowers in nodding leafy terminal clusters; and small red in- 

 ferior few-seeded berries. 

 Leaves ovate or lance-ovate: flowers purplish. L. formosa. 



Family COMPOSITAE. Sunflower Family. 

 The largest family of plants, widespread and of much 

 floricultural value, including the chrysanthemum of florists, 

 and many bedding plants: rarely woody. Cocklebur, dog- 

 fennel, dandelion, thistle, white weeds, etc., are familiar exam- 

 ples of composite weeds; and artichoke, oyster-plant and chi- 

 cory are grown in the garden. 



