296 CAPRIFOLIACE^. Symphoricarpus. 



the calyx acute. Corolla about three lines long, rose-color. Berries globose and roundish- 

 obovoid, very white and opake, 4-5 lines in diameter, spongy and somewhat juicy ; the 2 

 abortive cells each containing about 3 shrivelled ovules. Seeds elliptical, compressed ; the 

 testa thick and coriaceous. 



Rocky banks of rivers, mostly on limestone. On the Black River, near Watertown ; 

 Rochester ; Falls of Niagara, &c. Fl. June - July. Fr. August - October. 



2. Symphoricarpus vulgaris, Michx. Indian Currant. 



Spikes axillary, almost sessile, in little glomerate heads ; corolla campanulate, the lobes 

 smoothish inside ; stamens and bearded style included. — Michx. fl. \. p. 106 ; DC. prodr. 4. 

 p. 339; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 4. Lonicera Symphoricarpos, Linn. sp. 1. p. 175. 

 Symphoria conglomerata, Pers. syn. 1. p. 215. S. glomerata, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 161 ; Nutt. 

 gen. 1. p. 139; Toir. fl. 1. p. 246. Symphoricarpus, Dill. hort. Elth. t. 278. 



A shrub 2-3 feet high, with numerous erect purplish and pubescent branches. Leaves 

 entire or undulate, on shorter petioles than in the preceding species, tomentose-pubescent 

 underneath. Spikes or little heads not one-fourth part the length of the leaves, 6 - 10-flowered. 

 Corolla about 2 hues long, greenish-red ; the tube bearded inside. Berries about the size of 

 a small currant, dark red, globose. 



Banks of rivers. Yates county {Dr. Sartwell). 



3. J^ONICERA. Li?in. ; Endl. gen. 3337. HONEYSUCKLE. 



Xylosteon, Caprifohum, ChaMjEcerasus and Periclymenum, Tourn. 



[ In honor of Adam Lonicer, a German botanist of the 16th century.] 



Calyx-tube ovoid or nearly globose ; the limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnel-form 

 or campanulate, often gibbous at the base ; the limb 5-cleft, nearly regular, or ringent. 

 Stamens 5. Stigma capitate. Berry 2 - 3-celled, or by obliteration 1-celled, few-seeded. 

 Seed crustaceous. — Climbing or erect shrubs. Leaves entire ; the upper ones often connate. 

 Flowers axillary and pedunculate, or in sessile heads or whorls, often fragrant. 



^ 1. Caprifolium, Juss. Stem climbing : leaves often connate: flowers sessile, i)i verlicillate-capitate 

 clusters : berries never connate, often one-celled when mature, crowned xoith the persiste7it limb 



of the calyx. 



* Pbriclymenum, Tourn, Corolla, nearly regular. 



1. Lonicera sempervirens, Ait. Scarlet or Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



Leaves oblong and elliptical, smooth above, glaucous and slightly pubescent underneath, 

 the lower ones somewhat petioled, the upper connate-perfoliate ; flowers in somewhat distant 

 whorls ; corolla trumpet-shaped, with short and broad nearly equal lobes. — Ait. Keio. (ed. 1.) 



