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THE FLORA. 



L. borea'lis. The only species, a fine little plant, found in moist woods in cool cli- 

 mates. It has long, thread-like, creeping stems, rooting at the joints, the up- 

 right hranches about 3' higli. Leaves small, roundish. Flowers in pairs, rose- 

 colored, nodding, at the top of the slender stalk. June* 



2. SYMPHOEIOAR'PUS. Snow-berry. 



Calyx tube globose, limb 4-5-toothed. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed, 

 regular. Stamens 4^-5, short. Fruit a globose berry, 4-ceIled but only 

 2-seeded, 2 cells being empty. — Small erect shrubs with oval, entire leaves, 

 rose-white flowers in short clusters. 



* Stamens and style included (i. «., not longer than the corolla) .... 1, 2 



* Stamens and bearded style exserted (extending out of the corolla) 3 



1 S. racemo'sus. Cult. Fls. in loose, leafy racemes. Berries snow-"w)iite, large. 



2 S. occidenta'lis. Wolf-berry. Fls. in dense, nodding spikes. Berries white. N.-W, 



8 S. vulga'ris. Ooral-lerry. Fls. in axillary heads. Berries red. M. S. W. 



3. LONIOE'EA. Honeysuckle. 



Calyx tube globular, limb 5-toothed, 

 very short. OoroUa tubular or funnel-form, 

 limb 6-cleft, irregular or almost regular. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary 2 or 3-celled. Berry 

 few-seeded.' — Climbing or erect shrubs, 

 with opposite and often connate leaves 

 (that is, their bases growing together 

 around the stem), entire -on the margins. 



§ Stem climbing, flowers sessile, whorled (in 



pairs in one species) ... .a 

 § Stem mostly erect,' leaves never connate, 



flowers in pairs 2 



a Upper pair or pairs of leaves united (con- 

 nate) at base b 



a Leaves all distinct, corolla ringent, (In 



gardens only.) 7, 8 



b Corolla tube gibbous-(8weHpd out on one side) 



at base, limb ringent. . . .5, 6 

 b Corolla tube equal and slender (not gibbous) 

 at the base....l 



1 Corolla ringent, lower lip linear, upper 4-lobed 2-4 



1 L. sempenri'rens. Trumpet H. Cor. trumpet-shaped, nearly regular, scarlet. 



M%. 496. Trumpet Honeysuckle. 

 Flowers and the connate leaves. 



