Order 66.— HONEYSUCKLES. 215 



COHORT II. 



THE GAMOPETALOTJS EXOGENS. 



Essential Character. — Flowering plants (Ph^kogamia) 

 with their stems growing by additions to the outside in lay- 

 ers (ExoGENs), their seeds inclosed in a seed-vessel or pericai-p 

 (AngIospeems), their flowers with a double perianth and 

 their petals united (Monopetal^). 



Order LXVI. CAPRirOLIACE^. . Honeysuckles. 



Shrubs and herbs, often twining, witli opposite leaves ; with 

 ■flowers clustered and often fragrant, 5-parted and often irregular; 

 corolla monopetalous, tubular or rotate ; 



stdmens on the tube of tbe corolla, often one less than its lobes ; 

 ovary adherent to the calyx ; style 1 ; fruit a b^iy, drupe, or capsule ; 

 ernbryo small, in fleshy albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



1 Corolla tubular. Stigma capitate, on a slender style 2 



1 Corolla rotate, deeply S-lobed. Stigmas 8, rarely 5, sessile. Shrubs t 



2 Herbs a 



2 Shrubs b 



a Stamens i, capsule S-oelled. A trailing evergreen. Tvfm-jlower. Linnje'a. 1 



a Sta. 5, drupe~bony, 8-5-celled. Erect, unbranched. Fever-root. Teios'teum. ■ 



b Cor. bell-shaped, reg'r. Berryglob.,4-celled, 2-seeded. Stmphoeioae'ptjs. 2 



b Cor. tubular, lobes unequal. Berry 2-3-oelled, few seeded, c. Lonioe'ba. 3 



b Corolla funnel-shaped. Capsule 2-celIed, many-seeded, e. DrEKvii,'i.A. 4 



o Leaves pinnate. Berry globose, pulpy, 8-seeded. Elder. Sambu'ohs. 5 



c Leaves simple. Dmpe flattish, 1-seeded. Handsome shrubs. Vibce'ntjm. 



I.LINIT^'A. Twin-flower. 

 Calyx tube ovate, limb 5-parted, deciduous, with 2 bractlets at base. 

 Corolla bell-shaped, limb a little irregular, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, 2 longer 

 than the other 2. Capsule 3-oeUed, but only 1-seeded, 2 of the cells being 

 empty.— A trailing evergreen herb, dedicated to Linnsaus, the first and 

 greatest of botanists. 



