896 Oedee 66.— CAPEIFOLIACB^ 



gent, lips a third the length of the tube, strongly revolute. — ^Native of Europe. 

 Greatly admired in cultivation for its beauty and fragrance. Fls. of various 

 hues, red, yellow and white. Jn. — Aug. f 



11 L. parvifldra Lam. I/vs. smooth, shming above, glaucous beneath, oblong, all 

 sessile or connate, the upper pair perfoliate ; fls. in hds. of 1 or more approxi- 

 mate whorls; cor. ringent, tube glabrous, short, gibbous at base; fll. bearded. 



A small, smooth, shrubby climber. In rocky woods. Can. and U. S. St. 8 to lOf 

 long. Lva. wavy and revolute on the margin, very glaucous on the underside. 

 Fls. lather small. Cor. 1' in length, yellow, tinged with dull red, gibbous at 

 base, the short limb in curved segments. Sta. and sty. exserted. Berries 

 orange-colored. May, Jn. 



|3. Lvs. large, pubescent beneath, all except the upper pair distinct, the lower 

 petiolate ; fls. pubescent — Ohio (Sullivant) and westward. (L. Douglasii, DC.) 



12. L. hirsilta Baton. Lvs. hairy above, soft-mllous beneath, veiny, broad-oval, 

 abruptly acuminate, the upper pan- connate-perfoliate ; fls. in verticillate spikes; 

 cor. ringent ; fll. bearded. — A climber of coarser aspect, in woods N. Eng. to 

 Mich, and Can., twining about trees to the height of 15' to 20f. The whole plant 

 is more or less hairy. Lvs. pale green, not shining, the edges and the upper side 

 ciliate with scattered hairs, fls. large, numerous, greenish yellow, in whorled, 

 axillary and terminal clusters. Limb of cor. spreading. Sty. and sta. exserted, 

 Jn. (C. pubescens Goldie.) 



5. DIERVIL'LA, Tourn. Bush Honeysuckle. (In honor of Dier- 

 ville, a French surgeon, discoverer of the original species.) Calyx tube 

 oblong, limb 5-cleft ; corolla twice as long, funnel-shaped, limb 5-cleft 

 and nearly regular ; stamens 5 ; capsular fruit 2-celled (apparently 

 4-cellcd from the projecting placentse), many-seeded. — Shrubs, with 

 opposite, serrate, deciduous lvs. 



1 D. tr£fida Moench. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, on short petioles ; ped. axillary and 

 terminal, 1 to 3-ftowered ; caps, atimuate above. — A low shrub not uncommon in 

 hedges and thickets. Can. to Car. St. about 2f high, branching. Lvs. 2 to 4' by 



1 to IJ', flnely serrate, ending in a long, narrow point. Ova. slender, 4 to 6" 

 long, about half the length of the greenish yellow corolla. Sta. and sty. much 

 exserted. Stig. capitate. Jn. 



2 D. sessilifolia Buckley. I/iis. glabrous, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, sessile or siibampkxicaul ; peduncks 3 to 5-flowered, crowded in the axils 

 above ; caps, cylindrie-oblong, short-beaked, crowned with the subulate-setaceom 

 calyx teeth. — High mountains of N. Car. (Buckley). Shrub 2 to 4f high. Leaves 



2 to 4' long. Mowers sessile or pedicillate. Jn., Jl. 



6. SAffl'BUCUS, L. Elder. (Lat. sambuca, musical instrument, said 

 to have been made of the elder.) Calyx small, 5-parted ; corolla 5-cleft, 

 Segments obtuse ; stamens 5 ; stigma obtuse, small, sessile ; berry glob- 

 ous, pulpy, 3-seeded. — Shrubs or perennial herbs, with odd-piunate or 

 bipinnate lvs. Fls. in cymes. 



1 S. Canadensis L. St. shrubby ; cymes fastigiaie, 5-rayed ; Ifls. 3 to 5 pairs 

 with an odd one, oblong-oval, acuminate, smooth. — A common shrub 6 to lOf 

 high, in thickets and waste grounds, U. S. and Can. St. filled with a light and 

 porous pith, especially when young. Lfta. serrate, the lower ones often binate or 

 trifoliate. Petioles smooth. Fls. numerous, in very large (2f broad in Ind.) level- 

 topped cymes, white, with a heavy odor. Berries dark purple. May — Jl. 



2 S. ptLbens Mx. St shrubby; cymes paniculate and pyramidal; Ifls. oval- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, in 2 or 3 pairs, with an odd one, and with the petiole pubes- 

 cent beneath. — A common shrub, in hilly pastures and woods, Hudson's Bay to 

 Can., growing 6f high, more or less. Lvs. simply and unequally pinnate; Ifts. 

 sharply serrate, very pubescent when young. Fls. in a close, ovoid thyrsus or 

 panicle. Cor. white. Berries scarlet, small. Jn. 



/3. LEUOOCAEPA T. & G. Berries white. Catskill Mountains. (Mr. J. Hogg, 

 fide T. & G.) 



