No. ii.— Family CAPRIFOLIACEjE. (Honeysuckle 



Fam.) 



Flowers, tubular, narrow bell-form, or funnel-form. Petals, 

 five, united. Stamens, inserted on the corolla and as 

 many as its lobes, — or in Linnaea (i) one less than 

 the lobes. Styles, one. Stigmas, three to five. 

 Seed-case, two- or three-celled, adherent to the calyx. 



Leaves, simple, opposite, entire — or sometimes in Linnaea 

 (i) very slightly lobed, or wavy — without real 

 stipules. 



Fruit, one- to several-seeded. A berry or a capsule. 



GUIDE TO THE GENERA. 



Herbaceous, Stamens 4. (1) Linnaea (Twin-Flower). 

 Woody, Stamens 5. (2) Lonicera (Honeysuckles). 



(1) Genus LinnAa, Gr. 



Named for Linnasus, who especially loved the delicate Linntia borealis that is 



described below. 



Fig. 44. — Twin-Flower. L. borealis, L. 



Flowers, nodding, very fragrant, in pairs on long stems 

 from the axils of the leaves. Corolla, rose-color to 

 whitish, narrow bell-shape, five-lobed, soft-hairy at 

 the throat. Calyx, five-toothed. Stamens, four, in 

 two pairs of different length. Seed-case, adherent to 

 the calyx, three-celled (two of the cells abortive). 



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