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POrL'LAU FLOHA. 



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Honeysuckle. Lonickra. 



'I'oetli of the cnlyx vory Hlioit. Corolla tulxilm below, ino}{ular anl 2-lippeil, four lobes belongs 

 ill},' to oik; lij) uihI oho to the other, except in No. i. 



H 1. Twining woody plants : flowers long, crowded in little heads at the end of the branches, or ia 

 HCHHile whorls in the axils of the uppertnoHt leaves. 



* Corolla loni; and narrow, a]pj)eann^ regular, the 5 Rh"rt lohes nearly o(iual. 



1. TlU'MI'KT H. Tr|)perniost i)air of leaves iniited into one roun led body ; corolla red. yellowish 



innido (also a yellow variety), scentleHs. Wild S. and cnltiv itcd. L. nt in}ii'rvn'fns. 



* * Corolla 2-lipped : ui)j»erniost leaves on the flowering branchos united round the stem into one 

 flat or cupuhajied body, except in No 2. 



2. Common U. or Woodhink. Leaves nil nrpftratc ; floweis i)Uri)lored outside, laru;e, sweet- 



scented; Iterriea red. Cultivated; as alsd the next. L, I'tvirlijnicnuin, 



3. Italian H. Leaves glaucous ; flowers l)luHh-coloured, sweet-scented ; berries yellow. 



L. (Jdprifiilium. 



4. Wii.lt SWKl-yr-H. Flowers smaller ; otherwise nearly as in No, 3, S. and cultivated, L, (/rata. 



5. WiMi Yki,I.o\v-IL Leaves thick, very glaucous both siiles; several pairs united, flowers palo 



yellow ; the tube rather long. W. and S. L. Jtitva. 



6. Smali.-FL. H. Leaves ghuicous ; flowers small, yellowish and purplish or crimson. L. fixrvijldva. 



7. IIaikv If. Leaves, &c., hairy, dull green, not glaucous ; (lowers clammy, orange. N. L. hinnita. 

 § 2. Twining : leaves all separate, a pair of flowers in the axil of some of them, on a short 2-leaved 



f()otst:ilk. Cult, from .lapan and China. 



8. Japan H. Hlomler, hairy ; corolhi deeply 2-lipped, reddish outside, white inside, sweet. 



L. Jnp'mica, 



§ 3. TTpright bushes: leaves all sejjarate ; (lowers two on an axillary ]>eduncle ; their two ovaries 



often united at the base or into a dotilde berry (Fig. 392): coiolla short, irregular. 



9. TahTAUIAN H. Very smooth ; leaves somewhat heart-shaped ; (lowers rose-colour, handsome, 



in si)ring. Cultivated for ornament. L, l\trt(irica. 



10. Fl.Y H. Leaves pctioled, ovate oi' heait-shaiied, thin, a little hairy below and on the margins; 

 corolla almost eipially 5-lobed, greenisli-yiHow ; o\aries separate. A\'oods. N. L. ciliuta, 



11. Swamp Fr.Y-H. Leaves sessile, oblong ; peduncles long ; corolla deeply 2-Iippcd, whitish. In 

 swamps, N. L. oblunyifoUa. 



Elder. Sainlitcus. 



1. Common Elder. Leaflets 7 to 11, smooth ; cymes flat ; berries dark purple. .Si. Canadensis. 



2. Kkd-bkukikI) I']. Stems more woody ; leaflets 5 or 7. downy beneath ; cymes convex or pyramid- 



like ; berries bright red. Cold woods, N.; fl. spiing. ii. jniOciis. 



Viburnum. Vilnlmum. 



Shrubs or small trees, wliich have a variety of nanie.s. Leaves simple. Cymes flat. Fruit 

 berry-liko, with one flat stone. To the genus belongs the Lauuk.stim's, cultivated in houses. All 

 the following are wild in this country ; but a varieiy of No. 6 is well known as a cultivated 

 ornamental shrub. Flowering in spring or early summer. 



* Flowers all alike, small ami i)erfect : fruit blue or black. 

 1. Naked V. or Wytiik-UOD. Loaves thickish, entire, or wavy-toothed. Swamps, N. V. nudum. 



