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into four rounded lobes : in reality, it is composed of 

 five petals, one of which is separate for about a quarter 

 of its length, and constitutes the undivided lip, while 

 the other four are united nearly to their very points, 

 and form the upper lip. Five stamens arise from the 

 tube of the corolla ; the style is long and thread- 

 shaped, and ends in a pin-headed stigma. The fruit 

 is a succulent berry, containing one or two bony seeds 



(fig. 6.). 



Such is the Honeysuckle, the essence of whose 

 character, consisting in having an inferior, many- 

 celled, few-seeded ovary, and monopetalous flowers, 

 is found in Symphoria, one of whose species bears 

 balls of snow-white fruit, whence it has gained the 

 name of Snow-berry ; and in the St. Peters Wort 

 (Dier\illa), the fruit of which is dry and tapering. 

 It is here also that is stationed the interesting Linncea 

 borealis, with its delicate rosy bells, and creeping 

 stems ; by which it is said that the humble and 

 neglected fate and early maturity of the great Swedish 

 naturalist, whose name it bears, were typified, at the 

 time it received its modern title. 



Do not imagine that because the Honeysuckle 

 twines, and Linnsea trails, all the tribes are twiners, 

 or trailers. On the contrary, if you are acquainted 

 with either the Snow-berry or the St. Peter's Wort, 

 already mentioned, or with the Tartarian and Fly 

 HoneysLLckles of the gardens, you will already be 

 aware that many species are upright branching 

 bushes. This is more particularly the case with 

 some other genera. The Elder, of which I long 



