P5XTAXBRIA UeXOeYXlA 159 



2. L. obata 1 Jilt* Stem volubile, climbing; leaves sub-perennial, 

 abovate, ovate and oval, glaucous and rcticulately veined beneath, the 

 upper pairs mostly connate-porfoliate, lower ones distinct; flowers in 

 Kjbterminal and terminal sessile verticils ; corolla ringent ; tube long, 

 not gibbous at base ; filaments smooth. Beck, Bot. p. 158. 

 \>. virginianal Marsh. Arbust. p. 80. 



Oaprifoliurn gratum 1 Pursh, Am.\* p. 161. Nutt. Gen. 1. p. 138. 

 FJL Sk. I. p. 272. Lin (If. Eney. p. 170. 



Grateful, on agreeable Loxicera. Tulgo — Wild Honeysuckle. 



Stem 10 t r > 15 or 26 f et long branching and twining, trailing unless supporlod ; 

 \)vc young branches often quite pilose. Leaves 1 to .2 or 3 inches long, and an inch 

 to an inch and half u ide, mostly opposite (mostly in 3>s, WillJ.), rather obtuse, of- 

 ten slightly emarginate ; two or 3 of the upper pairs connate, the inferior ones dis- 

 tinct, sessile, or Often on short petioles. Flatters in verticils of about 6, in the ax- 

 ils of the two or three upper pairs of connate leaves. C rolla externally red or 

 purplish) the limb at first nearly white, s^on becoming tawny yell »w ; the tube an 

 i ich or more in length, tapering to the base, smooth within. Stamen* exserted. 

 &yU about as long as the stamens. Berries orange red when mature. 



/.'(A Moist rocky woodlands; Ridley creek; Brandy wine : rare. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



( ' s. This agrees so nearly with the description of L. grata, that I suppose it to 

 i. that species. It was found al >ng Ridley creek, by IVJr. Geo. W. Hall, in 1831 ; 

 and als.) al ipg the Brandywine, above the forks, in 1 ,,; : by J^hn Ruttbr, Esq. 

 In warm situations, the loaf buds arc very open and loose, and young leaves are often 

 expanded, during the winter. Our plant has much general resemblance to the 

 Cbmm >n cultivated II meysucklo (L peri lymenuni), and would be quite ornameH- 

 \-A f >r arbours an<! portic s ; but the flowers have aim >si too strong an od >r to be 

 perfectly agreeable. II n jysuckh s have always been favorite plants; and the 

 grca! English Bard thus beautifully alludes t > thorn:— 



"And bid her steal into the pleached bower, 



•' vVht re Iljn eysuckles, rij>en'J by'lhe sun, 



'•Forbid the sun to enter;— like favorites, 



"Made proud by Princes ; that advance their pride 



"Against that powor that bred it."— 



Much ado about Nothins. Act, 3. Si. 1. 

 V \\r or Gve additijnal species of this interesting genus have been found in the 

 I'. Stales. 



121. TRIOSTETJM. L. tfutt. Gen. 216. 

 [Greek, Tret's, three, and Osteon^ a bone ; in reference to its three bony seeds ] 



Calyx 5-parted; segments lance-line. ir, about as long as the corolla. 

 Corolla tubular, suliequally 5-lobed, gibbous at base. Stamens inclu- 

 ded. Stigma capitate. Berry 3-cclled, 3-seeded, crowned by the ea- 

 I v x-segmenta. 



Herbaceous, rarely suffruticose : stem simple ; leaves oppposite, subconnate ; 

 lowers axillary, subsessile, bracteate. Aat. Or J, 191. Lhtdl. Caprifoliace^. 



.1. T. fkrfoliatum, L. Leaves lance-oval, or spatulatc-ovatc, acu* 

 uiinate, entire, abruptly narrowed at base, connate, pubescent beneath ; 

 axils 1 to 3-flowered ; flowers sessile, dark purple. Becky Bot. p. 157. 

 T. majns. J\Ix. Am. I. p. 107. 

 P+rnroirATE Triostevm. Tujg* — Horse Gentian. Wild Coffee. 



