— WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
DIVISION II. 
MONOPET’ ALOUS EX’OGENS. 
LORAL ENVELOPES, consisting of both calyx and corolla,—the petals 
more or less united. 
Oxper XXXVI. CAPRIFOLIA’CEZ. (Hoyeysvcxre Famity.) 
Mostly shrubs, often twining, rarely herbs, with opposite leaves without eosin Calyx ad- 
herent to the ovary. Corolla tubular or rotate, i or irregular. Stamens as many as 
the lobes of the corolla, and smear with the em—or rarely 1 fewer—inserted into the 
tube. Ovary 2- 5-celled ; > style long an nog . capitate stigma—or 3- be tay 
a baccate, "or sometimes dry, antel l-celled by abortion. Embryo in 
eshy albumen. 
a i. Coole tubular, 0} a Rs it lobed, sometimes 2-lipped. 
e stigma capita! 
Corolla tubular, m wh irregularly 5- lobed. Stamens as many 
as the lobes of the corolla. Berry several-seeded. . LONICERA, 
Corolla bell-shaped, im ular. mis sto ed. 2. SYMPHORICARPUS. 
Corolla tubular, gib pbous at base. Fruit with 3-5 vie, § seeds. 3. TRIOSTEUM. 
§ 2. Corolla wheel-shaped, regula and aa deply& 4 eet Stigmas 
mostly 3, sessile. flores 
Leaves pinnate 
. Berry reo 4, SAMBUCUS. 
Leaves simple. Fruit a dru ss wie 1 flat stone. 5. VIBURNUM. 
1. LONICE’RA, L. Howneysuck.e. 
[Dedicated to the memory of Adam Lonicer, an old German Botanis' 
Calyz-teeth very short. Corolla tubular or ee often taal at 
oi irregularly or nearly regularly 5-lobed. Ovary 2-3-celled. Berry 
weral-seeded. Twining or upright shrubs ; upper leaves often connate ; 
ai axillary. 
1 L. gra’ta, Ait. Leaves sub-perennial, obovate, 2—3 upper pairs 
connate, the lower ones sub-petiolate ; corolla not gibbous at base, tube 
Seema Lonicera. Wild Honeysuckle. American Woodbine. 
"Stem 10-20 feet long, branching, the young branches often pilose. Leaves 1-3 inches 
— rather obtuse and often 8) ier coat glaucous and reticulately vane ‘be- 
Flowers in verticils of about 6, in the axils of the upper connate leaves ; corolla 
externally red or purplish, limb at ‘arst a white, soon becoming tawny yellow,— 
the an inch or more in length, tapering to the base, smooth within. Stamens exserted, 
— equalling the style. Berries orange red at maturity, crowned with a 
New York, Pennsylvania, and westward. Often cultivated. May. 
Obs, This and other eee of Honeysuckle are favorite plants for 
decorating arbors and porticoes. Most of them are delig t 
when in mn bin, are much frequented by the exquisitely beautiful 
Among those m ost commonly cultivated are the Italian Honeysuckle, 
a. Capriro’ EM) ta glaucous leaves, fragrant blush-colored flowers 
and yellow berries ; the Woodbine (L. Perrc.y’wenv) with the leaves 
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