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POPULAR FLORA. 



Honeysuckle. Lonicera. 

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

 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 axUs of the uppermost leaves. 



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



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



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



* * 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 all separate ; flowers pui*ple-red outside, large, sweet-scented ; 



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



3. Italian H. Leaves glaucous ; flowers blush-colored, sweet-scented; berriesyellow. L, Caprifblium. 



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



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



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



6. Small-fl. H. Leaves glaucous; flowers small, yellowish and purplish or crimson. L. parvijtdra, 



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



§ 2. Twining: leaves all separate, a pair of flowers in the axil of some of them, on a short 2-leaved foot- 

 stalk. Cult, from Japan and China. 



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



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

 united at the base or into a double berry (Fig. 302): corolla short, irregular. 



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



spring. Cultivated for ornament. L. Taridrica. 



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. cillaia. 



11. Swamp Fly-H. Leaves sessile, oblong; peduncles long; corolla deeply 2-Iipped, whitish. Li 

 swamps, N. L. obkmgifdlia 



Elder. SamUtcm. 



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



2. Red-berried E. Stems more woody; leaflets 5 or 7, downy beneath; cymes convex or pvramid- 



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



Viburnum. Viburnum. 

 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 Laurestin us, cultivated in houses. All the following 

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

 Flowering in spring or early summer. 



* Flowers all alike, small and perfect: fruit blue or black. 

 . Naked V. or Wythe-rod. Leaves thickish, entire, or wavy-toothed. Swamps, N. T'. nudwit, 



