170 HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



§ 3. Shrvbi-or- some low trees, with smaU fioweri in bread cymes, short andimdelg 

 open deiply b-lcbed regular afroUa, 1-3 sessile stigmas, and berry-like fnat, 

 containing 1-3 seeds or rather seed-like stones. Calyx-teeth on the ovary very 

 short or obscure ; stamens 6. 



6. VIBURNUJI. Leaves simple. Fruit containing a single flat or flattish stone. 



7. SAMBUCOS. Leaves pinnate, and the oblong or lancfeolato leaflets serrate. 



Fruit containing 3 seeds or rather small seed-like stones. 



1. IjINNJSA, TWIN-FLO wee. (Named for Linnmus.) Only one 

 species, , ■ m . i. > . 



Ii. bore^lis. Mossy vroods and cold bogs N. : creeping stems bearing 

 round-ovijl and sparingly crenate somewhat hairy small leaves, and in early 

 Slimmer the sweet-scented flowers ; corolla purple and whitish; hairy inside. 



2. TEIOSTEUM; PE-VERWORT, HORSE-GENTIAN. ^ Greek for 

 three bones, from the 3 bony seeds or rather stones.) The root has been used 

 in medicine, and the seeds for coffee. In rich soil : fl. early summer. 



T. perfolid^tuin,' the common speraes, is -softly hairy, 2° -4° bfgh, with 

 oval leaves abruptly narrowed at base, and brownish-purple flowers. 



T. arigUStifdliUth',' chiefly' S., a smaller and bristly-hairy plant, with nar- 

 rower lanceolate leaves morfe tapering at base, and greenish or cteam-colored 

 flowers. 



3.",SYMPHOI{.IOABPXTS. . (Name from the Greek, denotes crowded 

 fruits.) Wild on rocky banks, especialTy W. & S., and cult, for the orna- 

 ' mental insipid berries. Flowers white dr slightly rose-calor; produced all 

 summer. < . . i 



S. racemdsus, Snowbbbet. Clusters of flowers in interrupted leafy 

 spikes (rather than racemes) terminating ,the branches ; berries snow-white, in 

 autumn. Cpmmon in gardens. 



S. vulgaris, CoRAt,-BERRT, Indian Ctjrkant. Short clusters of flowers 

 in. the axils of most of the leaves ; berries small, dark red. 



4. LOWICilllA, HONEYSUCKLE, WOODBINE. (Named for an old 

 German herbalist, Lonitzer, latinized Lonicerus. ) 



§ 1. True Honetsucklbs, with tunning stems (in one wild species slightly so)^ 



# Corolla with very long tube and 5 short almost regular lobes. 

 L. 'semp^rrirens, Trumpet H. Wild from New York S., and com- 

 monly, cult. Leaves evergreen (as the name denotes) only at the S., diickish, 

 pale, beneath, tlje lower oblong, the uppermost pairs united round the ^teni"; 

 flowers scentless, in spiked whorls, 2' long, scarlet with yellow inside (also 

 a yellow variety), produced all summer; berries red. 



» » Corolla strongly 2-lipped; lower tip nairow, upper one broad and 4rl6b^. 

 1- The 2toi uppermost pairs of leaves united round the stem in the form of an oval 

 tti- rounded disk or shallow cup, the flowers sessile in their axils, or partly in 

 leafless spiked whorls beyond ! berries red or orange. 

 ++ European Honeysuckles, cultivated for ornament .' flowers purple and white or 

 ' ' turning yellowish inside, sweet-scented, in swnmer. 



_ L. OaprifdliUm, Common European H., has leaves smooth on botli 

 sides, and flowers usually only in early summer. 



L. £tnlsca, Italian or Perpetual H., has the leaves downy beneath 

 and blunter, and flowers through the summer. 



++ -M- Wild species, tcith flowers smooth and nearly scentless, except the first species, 

 in late sprint/ or early summer! leaves smooth {except me variety) and 

 glaucous or tchiiish beneath. • 



Ii. gr&ta, Sweet Wild H. Wild in Middle States and S., sometimes 

 cult. : leaves obov^te ; corolla white with a pink or purple slender tube, fading 

 yellowish, fragrant. 



