XL. CAPRIFOLIA‘CEE: : SYMPHORICA’RPOS. 54] 
pubescent. Peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves. Bracteas oblong, ciliated. Berries joined 
together to the middle, globose. Corollas lucid, of 
the form of those of L. alpigena. Ovarium tomen- 
tose. Leaves like those of Cotonedster vulgaris 
(Don’s Mill.) An erect 
shrub. Georgia, about 
Teflis. Height 3ft. to 
4ft. Introduced in 1824. 
Flowers greenish yellow; 
April and May. Fruit 
blood-coloured, some- 
times pointed as in jig. 
1008.; ripe in August. 
A very neat little bush, 
which makes very good 
garden hedges. 
1008. L. ibérica. 1009. L. ibérioa. 
Genus V. 
Labial 
SYMPHORICA’RPOS Dill. Tur St. Prrer’s Wort. Lin, Syst. 
Pentandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Dill. Elth., p. 371.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 338. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 451. 
Synonymes. Symphoric&rpa Neck. Elem. p. 220.; Symphdria Pers. Ench. 1. p. 214.; Anisdnthus 
Willd. Rel. ; Lonicera sp. Lin. : 
Derivat: From phored, to accumulate, and karpos, fruit ; species bearing the fruit in groups. 
How it obtained the name of St. Peter’s Wort we have not been abie to ascertain. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tube globose; limb small, 4—5-toothed. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, almost equally 4—5-lobed. Stamens 5, hardly exserted. Stigmas 
semiglobose. Ovarium adnate. Berry 4-celled. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; oval, quite entire. Flowers 
on short peduncles, axillary or many together, bibracteate, small, white or 
rose-coloured, on short pedicels.—Shrubs erect, bushy, oppositely branched ; 
natives of Europe and North America; of the easiest culture in common 
garden soil; and readily increased by suckers, which they throw up in abun- 
dance. 
g 1.8. vutea‘ris AZichr. The common St. Peter’s Wort. 
Snorgmes,Lonicera Srmporicarpos Lim. Sp. M9. 8, parviora Deaf, Cat; Symmphbitaeonigle- 
Mmerata Pers. Ench. 1. p. 214.; Symphdria glomerata Pursh Sept. p. 162. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t.115.; and our sig. 1010. 
Spec. Char, §c. Flowers disposed in axillary 
capitate clusters, composed of nearly sessile 
racemules. Corolla white. Berries red, size 
of hempseed ; but, in America, according to 
Pursh, the flowers are small, red and yellow, 
and the berries purple. Branches brown, 
smooth. Leaves elliptic ovate, obtuse, glau- 3) 
cous, and pubescent beneath. The berries are 
numerous, and ripen in winter. (Don’s Mill.) 
An erect bushy shrub. Virginia, Carolina, 
and Pennsylvania, in sandy dry fields. Height 
3ft. to 6ft. Introduced in 1730. Flowers 
small, red and yellow ; August and September. 
Fruit purple ; ripe in December. sists abiapiaciea top cutearne 
