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on slender axillary peduncles. Calyx small. Corolla salverform, 

 blue or white, yellow in the throat, smooth. Capsule laterally com- 

 pressed, 2-lobed, shorter than the calyx. Common on open ground.* 



2. H. patens Ell. Small Bluets. Annual; stem erect, branched 

 at the base, forking above; smooth, 2-4 in. high. Lower leaves oval 

 to ovate, petioled, the upper narrower and sessile. Flowers solitary, 

 on slender, axillary peduncles, blue or white. Calyx small. Lobes 

 of the corolla about as long as the tube. Stamens and style project- 

 ing or included. Capsule compressed, as long as the calyx. Common 

 on dry, open ground.* 



3. H. purpurea L. Large Bujets. Perennial ; stem stout, erect, 

 simple or branched, smooth or downy, 4-angled, 8-12 in. high. Leaves 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sessile or short-petioled, 3-5-nerved, often 

 hairy-fringed on the margins. Flowers in terminal cymes, purple to 

 nearly white. Corolla funnelform, the tube longer than the limb, 

 hairy within. Stamens and style projecting or included. Capsule 

 compressed-globose, much shorter than the calyx. In dry, open 

 woods.* 



4. H. longifolia Gaertn. Long-Leaved Bluets. Perennial ; stem 

 erect, branched, smooth, 4-angled, 8-12 in. high. Leaves sessile, the 

 lower oblanceolate or spatulate, the upper linear, 1-nerved. Corymbs 

 terminal, few-flowered. Corolla light purple to white, the lobes much 

 shorter than the tube. Capsule compressed-globose, nearly as long as 

 the calyx. In dry, open woods.* 



96. CAPRIFOLIACE^. Honeysuckle Family 



Mostly shrubs. Leaves opposite, without true stipules. 

 Mowers epigynous, often zygomorphic. Corolla tubular or 

 ■wheel-shaped. Stamens usually as many as the corolla lobes 

 and inserted on the corolla tube. Fruit a berry, drupe, or 

 capsule. 



I. DIERVILLA Mill. 



Low, upright shrubs. Leaves taper-pointed, serrate. Mowers 

 in loose terminal or axillary clusters or cymes. Calyx with a 

 limb of 5 linear divisions. Corolla funnel-shaped, almost regu- 

 larly 6-lobed. Stamens 6. Ovary slender, ^-celled, ripening 

 into a 2-valved, many-seeded pod. 



1. D. Lonicera Mill. Common Bush Honeysuckle. Bushy, 1-4 

 ft. high. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, petioled. Peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered. Pods tapering to a slender point. Rocks, especially N. 



