164 capkifoliacejE. (honetsuckle family.) 



cd out its characters, and with whom this humhle but channing plant was an 

 especial favorite.) 



1 . li. Iiorealis, Gronov. — Moist mossy woods and cold bogs ; common 

 northward, but towards the south of rare occurrence as far as New Jersey, and 

 along the mountains to Maryland. Jime. (Eu.) 



2. SYniPHORICARPUS, Dill. Snowbebkt. 



Calyx-teeth short, persistent on the fruit. Corolla bell-shaped, regularly 4-5- 

 lobed, with as many short stamens inserted into its throat. Ovary 4-celled, only 

 2 of the cells with a fertile ovule ; the berry therefore 4-celled but only 2-seeded. 

 Seeds bony. — Low and branching upright shrubs, with oval short-petioled 

 leaves, which are downy Underneatli and entire, or wavy-toothed or lobed on the 

 young shoots. Plowers white, tinged with rose-color, in close short spikes or 

 clusters. (Name composed of <TVfuf)opea, to bear together, and Kapiros, fruit ; 

 from the clustered berries.) 



1. S. OCCidentalis, R. Brown. CWolfberet.) Mowers in dense 

 terminal and axillary spikes ; corolla much bearded within ; the stamens and style 

 protruded; berries white. — Northern Michigan to Wisconsin and westward. — 

 Flowers larger and more funnel-form, and stamens longer, than in the next, 

 which it too closely resembles. 



2. S. racemosus, Michx. (Snowbbret.) Flowers in u, loose and 

 somewhat leafy interrupted spike at the end of the branches ; corolla bearded in- 

 side ; berries large, bright white. — Rocky banks, from W. Vermont to Penn- 

 sylvania and Wisconsin : common in cultivation. June - Sept. Berries re- 

 maining until winter. 



3. S. vulgaris, Michx. (Indian Currant. Coral-berry.) Mowers 

 in small close clusters in the axils of nearly all the leaves; corolla sparingly 

 bearded ; berries small, dark red. — Rocky banks, W. New York and Penn. to 

 Illinois, and southward : also cultivated. July. 



3. LiOIVICIlBA, L. Honeysuckle. Woodbine. 



Calyx-teeth very short. Corolla tubular or funnel-form, often gibbous at the 

 base, irregularly or almost regularly 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary 2 - 3-celled. 

 Berry several-seeded. — Leaves entire. Plowers often shovry and fragrant. 

 (Named in honor of Lonicer, a German botanist of the 16th century.) 



§ 1. CAPRIF6LIUM, Juss. — Twining shrubs, with the flowers in sessile whorled 

 clusters from the axils of the {often connate) upper leaves, and forming interrupted 

 terminal spikes : calyx-teeth persistent on the {red or orange) berry. 



# Corolla trumpet-shaped, almost regularly and equally 5-lobed. 

 1. li. sempervlrens, Ait. (Trumpet Honeysuckle.) Flowers in 

 somewhat distant whorls ; leaves oblong, smooth ; the lower potioled, the upper- 

 most pairs united round the stem. — Copses, New York (near the city) to Vir- 

 ginia, and southward: common also in cultivation. May- Oct. — Leaves 

 deciduous at the North. Corolla scentless, nearly 2' long, scarlet or deep red 



