291 CAPRIFOLIACEiE. Linn^a. 



Group 1. Ovary coherent with the calyx (inferior J, 2 - several-celled, with one or 

 many ovules in each cell. Seeds albuminous. Stamens inserted on the corolla. 



Order LI. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. Juss. The Honeysuckle Tribe. 



Calj'x 5- (rarely 4-) toothed or cleft. Corolla tubular or sometimes rotate, 

 regular or irregular. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, and alter- 

 nate with them (rarely one of them wanting). Style filiform. Fruit usually 

 a berry or drupe, rarely capsular. — Shrubs or rarely herbaceous plants, with 

 opposite leaves which are destitute of stipules. Inflorescence various. 



Tribe I. LONICERE^. R. Brcnen. 



Corolla tubular ; the limh sometimes irregular. Style filiform. Raphe on the outer side of 



the ovule. 



Subtribe 1. Caprifoli^, Torr. & Gr. Fruit baccate, or sometimes neaj-ly dry. Testa of 

 the seed crustaceous or coriaceous. 



CONSPECTUS OP THE GENERA. 



1. LiNKjEA. Limb of the caljTC 5-partC(l. Corolla regular, somewhat campanulate, 5-Iobed. Stamens didynamous. 



Ovary 3-cclled ; two of the cells abortive. Fruit dry, one-seeded. 

 8. Stmphoricarpds. Calyx 4 - 5-tootlied. Corolla campanulate, short, nearly regular, 4 - 5-Iobcd. Berry 4-celled ; 



2 of the cells abortive ; 2 opposite ones fertile and one-seeded. 



3. LoKicERi. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 5-cleft, often ringent ; the tube more or less elongated. Stamens 5. Berry 



1 - 3-celled, few-seeded. 



4. DiERviLLA. Calyx with linear segments ; the tube elongated. Fruit capsular, 2-celled, 2-valvcd. 



1. LINNyEA. Gron. in Linn. gen. no. 744 ; Endl. gen. 3332. LIXN.ea. 



[ Named in honor of the immortal Swedish naturalist.] 



Calyx-tube ovate ; the limb 5-parted, with lanceolate-subulate segments, deciduous. Corolla 

 turbinate-campanulate, 5-lobed, nearly equal. Stamens 4, didynamoUs, included, inserted 

 toward the base of the corolla. Ovar)'^ 3-celled ; two of the cells with several abortive 

 ovules ; the third with a single fertile ovule suspended from the summit. Fruit ovoid- 

 globose, dry and indehiscent, 3-celled (the 2 sterile cells smaller), one-seeded. — A creeping 

 or trailing evergreen, with broadly oval sparingly crenate-toothed leaves, abruptly narrowed 

 into a petiole. Peduncles filiform, terminating the short ascending branches, bearing 2 

 pedicellate nodding flowers. Corolla purplish rose-color, or nearly white. 



