162 POPDLAE FLORA. 



' Honeysuckle. Lonicera. 

 Teeth of the calyx very short. Corolla tubular below, irregular and 2-lipped, four lobes belonging 

 to one lip and one to the other, except in No. 1. 



§ 1. Twining woody plants : flowers long, crowded in little heads at the end of the branches, or in ses- 

 sile v/horls in the axils of the uppermost leaves. 



* Corolla long and narrow, appearing regular, the 5 short lobes nearly equal. 



1. Teumpet H. Uppermost pair of leaves united into one rounded body; corolla red, yellowish inside 



(also a yellow variety), scentless. Wild S. and cultivated. L. sempervirens. 



* * Corolla 2-lipped: uppermost leaves on the flowering branches united round the stem into one flat 

 or cup-shaped body, except in No. 2. 



2. Common H. or Woodbine. Leaves n/Z separate; flowers purple-red outside, large, sweet-scented ; 



berries red. Cultivated ; as also the next. L. Pevidymenum. 



3. Italian H. Leaves glaucous ; flowers blush-colored, sweet-scented; berries yellow. L. Caprifolium. 

 i. Wild Sweet-H. Flowers smaller; otherwise nearly as in No. 3. S. and cultivated. L. grata. 



5. W^ILD Yellow-H. Leaves thick, very glaucous both sides; several pairs united, flowers pale yel- 



low; the tube rather long. W. and S. L. flava. 



6. Small-fl. H. Leaves glaucous ; flowers small, yellowish and purplish or crimsoii, L. parvifibr'a. 



7. Hairy H. Leaves, &c. hairy, dull green, not glaucous ; flowers clammy, orange. N. L. kirsitta. 



§ 2. Twining: leaves all sepai'ate, a pair of flowers in the axil ofs5meof them, on a short 2-leaved fo^fl 

 stalk. Cult, from Japan and China. j^^H 



8. Japan H. Slender, hairy; corolla deeply 2-lipped, reddish outside, white inside, sweet. L.JwMniea. 



^ 3. Upright bushes : leaves all separate ; flowers two on an axillary peduncle ; their twoovanEs often 

 united at the base or into a double berry (Fig. 892): corolla short, irregular. fl' 



9. Taktakian H. Very smooth; leaves somewhat heart-shaped; flowers rose-color, imndsome, in 



spring. Cultivated for ornament. jLTarUiriea. 



10. Fly H. Leaves petioled, ovate or heart-shaped, thin, a little hairy below and on the margins; 

 corolla almost equally 5-lobed, greenish-yellow ; ovaries separate. Woods, N. L. ciliata. 



11. Swajip Fly-H. Leaves sessile, oblong; peduncles long; corolla deeply 2-lipped, whitish. In 

 swamps, N. _ L. oblon<jifblia. 



' Ellder. Samhucus. 



1. Common Elder. Leaflets 7 to 11, smooth; cymes flat; berries dark purple. S. Canadensis. 



2. Ked-bebried E. Stems more woody; leaflets 5 or 7, downy beneath; cymes convex or pyramid- 

 > like ; berries bright red. Cold woods, N.; fl. spring. S.puhens. 



Viburnum. Yibiirnuin. 

 Shrubs or small trees, which have a variety of names. Leaves simple. Cymes flat. Fruit berry-like, 

 with one flat stone. To the genus belongs the Laubestinus, cultivated in houses. All the following 

 are wild in this country; but a variety of No. 6 is well known as a cultivated ornamental shrub. 

 Flowering in spring or early summer. 



>1 , * Flowers all alike, small and perfect: t|;uit blue or black. 



1. Naked V. or Wythe-uod. Leaves thiokish, entire, or wavy-toothed. Swamps, N. V. nudum. 



