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on slender axillary peduncles. Calyx small. Corolla salverform, 
blue or white, yellow in the throat, smooth. Capsule laterally com- 
pressed, 2-lobed, shorter than the calyx. Common on open ground.* 
2. H. patens Ell. Smaxty Biuers. Annual; stem erect, branched 
at the base, forking above, smooth, 2-4 in. high. Lower leaves oval 
to ovate, petioled, the upper narrower and sessile. Flowers solitary, 
on slender, axillary peduncles, blue or white. Calyx small. Lobes 
of the corolla about as long as the tube. Stamens and style project- 
ing or included. Capsule compressed, as long as the calyx. Common 
on dry, open ground.* 
3. H. purpurea L. Larce Buuets. Perennial; stem stout, erect, 
simple or branched, smooth or downy, 4-angled, 6-12 in. high. Leaves 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sessile or short-petioled, 3—5-nerved, often 
hairy-fringed on the margins. Flowers in terminal cymes, purple to 
nearly white. Corolla funnelform, the tube longer than the limb, 
hairy within. Stamens and style projecting or included. Capsule 
compressed-globose, much shorter than the calyx. In dry, open 
woods.* 
4. H. longifolia Gaertn. Lonc-Leavep Biurts. Perennial; stem 
erect, branched, smooth, 4-angled, 8-12 in. high. Leaves sessile, the 
lower oblanceolate or spatulate, the upper linear, 1-nerved. Corymbs 
terminal, few-flowered. Corolla light purple to white, the lobes much 
shorter than the tube. Capsule compressed-globose, nearly as long as 
the calyx. In dry, open woods.* 
96. CAPRIFOLIACEZ. Honrysuckie FaMiLy 
Mostly shrubs. Leaves opposite, without true stipules. 
Flowers epigynous, often zygomorphic. Corolla tubular or 
wheel-shaped. Stamens usually as many as the corolla lobes 
and inserted on the corolla tube. Fruit a berry, drupe, or 
capsule. 
I. DIERVILLA Mill. 
Low, upright shrubs. Leaves taper-pointed, serrate. Flowers 
in loose terminal or axillary clusters or cymes. Calyx with a 
limb of 5 linear divisions. Corolla funnel-shaped, almost regu- 
larly 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary slender, 2-celled, ripening 
into a 2-valved, many-seeded pod. 
1. D. Lonicera Mill. Common Busn Honrysuckier. Bushy, 1-4 
ft. high. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, petioled. Peduncles 1-3° 
flowered. Pods tapering to a slender point. Rocks, especially N. 
