288 DICOTYLEDONS. 



until the snow arrives. The flower is gamosepalous and gamopetalous. 

 The corolla is bell-shaped, with four lobes. The lobes are blue in color, 

 somewhat spreading, and beautifully fringed on the margin. The members 

 of the gentian family have opposite, simple leaves, and no stipules. The 

 ovary has a single cavity, but is formed of two united carpels as shown by 

 the two stigmas, and usually two placentae. 



549. Lesson XVIII. The honeysuckle family (caprifoli- 

 aceae). — The members of this family are mostly shrubs (a few 

 herbs) with opposite leaves. Flowers are gamosepalous and 

 gamopetalous. The ovary is 2-5 -celled, and coherent with the 



Fig. 388. 

 Partridge-berry (Mitchella repent. 



Fig. 389. 

 Wild honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliata). 



tube of the calyx. The corolla is tubular, or wheel-shaped, and 

 the stamens are inserted on its tube. The fly-honeysuckle (Loni- 

 cera ciliata), shown in fig. 389, is an example, with a tubular or 

 funnel-shaped, nearly regular corolla. The corolla has a small 

 spur at the base, and the flowers are in pairs. 



550. The twin flower (Linnaea borealis) occurs in cold situa- 



