68 CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



stamens and bearded style included; berries small, red. Along- streams and 

 bordering uplands; July; common but confined mostly to the southern. half 

 of the state; Lee, Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren, Wapello, Appanoose, Monroe, 

 Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Union, Clark, Adams, Taylor, Page, Montgomery, 

 Fremont, Pottawattomie, Harrison, Monona, Shelby, Ida, Woodbury, Sioux, 

 Lyon, and Story counties. (S. symphoricarpos (L.) MacM.) 



S. occidentalis Hook. Wolfberry Leaves petioled; flowers larger than 

 those of the preceding, spicate, axillary, terminal; corolla bearded within; 

 stamens and glabrous style exserted; berries white. Upland woods; June- 

 July; frequent; Emmet, Lyon, Dickinson, Shelby, Pottawattomie, Fremont, 

 Page, Winnebago, Story, Fayette, and Winneshiek counties. 



LONICEI^A L. Bushy or climbing shrubs, with opposite entire leaves, and 

 usually showy flowers. Calyx-tube subglobose; teeth 5, very short. Corolla 

 tubular or funnel-form; limb in 4 or 5 often unequal lubes. Stamens 5, ex- 

 serted. Stigma capitate. Ovary 2— 3-celled, becoming a few-seeded berry. 



L. sullivantii Gray. Honeysuckle. Stems climbing, 3-6 feet high; leaves 

 glabrous, often much glaucous, sessile, mostly connate-perfoliate, oval or ob- 

 ovate, the upper pair forming an orbicular disk; corolla pale yellow, hairy 

 within, tube half inch long, limb shorter; filaments nearly glabrous; berries 

 red. Woods; June; commoD; Winneshiek, Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, 

 Fayette, Jackson, Delaware, Muscatine, Johnson, Henry, Fremont, Pottawat- 

 tomie, Winnebago, Chickasaw, Cerro Gordo, and Emmet counties. 



L. glauca Hill. Stems 3-4 feet high, usually bushy; leaves glabrous, less 

 glaucous, oblong, upper pairs connate; flowers greenish yellow or purplish, 

 tube short, limb nearly as long, hirsute within; style and base of the fila- 

 ments hirsute; berries yellow. Woods: May-June; common; Winneshiek, 

 Allamakee, Fayette. Story, and Emmet counties, specimens referred to this 

 species have been collected in Delaware, Johnson, Cerro Gordo, Henry, and 

 Calhoun counties. (L. dioica L.) 



L. tartarica L. Bush Honeysuckle. An erect glabrous shrub, 5-10 feet 

 high, with ovate short petioled leaves, and pinkish or whitish flowers on axil- 

 lary bracted peduncles. Frequently cultivated; has been collected along the 

 Volga river, Fayette county, probably an escape. 



DIERVILLA Moench. Leaves petioled, ovate, acuminate, serrate. Flow- 

 ers in axillary cymes. Calyx-tube oblong, the limb of 5 linear segments. 

 Corolla funnel-form, nearly regular, 5-lobed, twice the length of the calyx. 

 Stamens 5, exserted. Fruit a capsule, 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 



D. trifida Moench. A small shrub, 4-6 feet high, with taper-pointed 

 leaves, and pale yellow flowers; capsule oblong, with a slender beak, crowned 

 with the persistent calyx-lobes. Bluff thickets; June-July; infrequent; 

 -Winneshiek, Fayette, and Muscatine counties. (D. dlervilla (L ) MacM.) 



SAMBUCUS L. Small shrubs, with simple pinnate leaves, and small 

 cymose white flowers. Calyx-lobes small, 5 or none. Corolla-limb 5-cleft, 

 spreading, segments obtuse. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Fruit a pulpy berry, 3- 

 seeded. 



S. canadensis L. Common Elder. Stems more or less woody, 4-10 feet 

 high, with a large white pith, leaflets 5-11, ovate-oblong, acuminate, smooth; 

 fruit dark purple. Rich soil, fields and open woods; June-July; common. 



S. racemosa L. Iied-bcrried Elder. Stems woody, 3-10 feet high, with a 

 reddish-brown pith; leaflets 5-7, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly downy 

 beneath; cymes panicled; fruit red. Woods; flowers in May, fruit ripe in 



