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THE FLORA. 



L. borea'lis. The only species, a fine little plant, found in mcist woods in cool cli- 

 mates. It has long, thread-like, creeping stems, rooting at the joints, the up- 

 right branches about 3' high. Leaves small, roundish. Flowers in pairs, rose- 

 colored, nodding, at the top of the slender stalk. June. 



2. SYMPIIORICARTUS. Snow berry. 



Calyx tube globose, limb 4 6-toothed. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-5-lobeil 

 regular. Stamens 45, short. Fruit a globose berry, 4-celled but only 

 2-seeded, 2 cells being empty. Small erect shrubs with oval, entire leaves, 

 rose-white flowers in short clusters. 



* Stamens and style included (i. ., no f , longer than the corolla) 1, 2 



* Stamens and bearded style exserted (extending out of the corolla). . . .3 



1 S. racemo'sus. Cult. Fls. in loose, leafy racemes. Berries snow-white, large. 

 >l S. occidenta'lis. Wolf-berry. Fls. in dense, nodding spikes: Berries white. N.-W 

 8 S. vulga'ris. Coral-berry Fls. in axillary heads. Berries red. M. S. W. 



3. LONICE'RA. Honeysuckle. 



Calyx tube globular, limb 5-toothed, 

 very short. Corolla tubular or funnel-form, 

 limb 5-cleft, irregular or almost regular. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary 2 or 3-celled. Berry 

 few-seeded. Climbing or erect shrubs, 

 with opposite and often connate leaves 

 (that is, their bases growing together 

 around the stem), entire on the margins. 



S Stem climbing, flowers sessile, whorled (in 



pairs in one species) a 



\ Stem mostly erect, leaves never connate, 



flowers in pairs 2 



Upper pair or pairs of leaves united (con- 

 nate) at base b 



a Leves all distinct, corolla ringent, (In 



gardens only.) 7, 8 



D Corolla tube gibbous (swelled out on one side) 



at Lase, limb rigent....5, 6 

 b Corolla tube equal and slender (not gibbous) Flowers and the 



at the base 1 



1 Corolla ringent, lower lip linear, upper 4-lobed 2-4 



1 L. sempervi'rens. Trumpet H. Cor. trumpet-shaped, nearly regular, scarlet 



Fig. 496. Trumpet H xieysuek. 

 nnate leaves. 



