340 ORDER LXV. CAPKIFOLIACEJS. 



the calyx when the corolla is wanting and inserted upon them. 

 Ovary 1 -celled. Fruit baccate, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed ana- 

 tropous ; cotyledons sometimes united. Flowers dioecious. 

 Parasitical, evergreen plants, with fleshy, coriaceous leaves. 



Genus I.— VIS' CUM. Tourn. 20—4. 

 (From Discus, sticky, on account of the sticky nature of the seeds.) 



Sterile florets with a coriaceous, 3 — 4-parted calyx ; segments 

 triangular, erect. Anthers many-celled, opening by pores. 

 Fertile flowers, with the limb of the calyx obsolete. Petals 4, 

 coriaceous. Stigma sessile. Fruit pulpy ; branches terete. 



Mistletoe. 



1. V. flaves'cens, (Pursh.) A small shrub, growing parasitically on 

 the branches of most trees ; branches opposite or verticillate. Leaves 

 cuneate, obovate, nearly sessile, 3-nerved, obtuse. Flowers in spikes. 

 Fruit yellowish-white, pellucid. — Yellowish. *> . April — May. Com- 



MONOPETALJE. 



Flowers in which the petals are firmly united, forming a tube 

 of greater or less length. There are a few cases in which the 

 petals are separate, or nearly so. 



Order LXV.— CAPRIFOLIA'CE^E. {Honeysuckle Family.) 



Calyx superior, 4 — 5-toothed, generally bracteate. Corolla 

 superior, lobed, sometimes irregular, with the segments alter- 

 nating with those of the calyx. Stamens 4 — 5. Ovary! — 5- 

 celled, cohering with the calyx. Ovules pendulous, few. Style 

 1, exserted. Stigmas 1 — 3. Fruit indehiscent, generally 

 fleshy, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1 — 5-celled. Seeds 

 1 — 2, or several in each cell. Shrubs with opposite leaves, ex- 

 stipulate. 



Genus I— SYMPHORICAR'PUS. Dill. 5—1. (Symphoria, Pers.) 

 (From sumpJioreo, to bear together, and karpos, fruit.) 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla with 5 nearly equal segments. 

 Stamens 5. Fruit 4-celled, 4-seeded, sometimes 2-celied by 

 abortion. 



1. S. vulga'ris, (Mich.) A small shrub. Leaves broad-lanceolate, en- 

 tire, nearly sessile. Flotoer* smalt, numerous?, clustered, axillary. Fruit 

 Surple, crowned by the calyx. — Red and yellow. "U- July — Sept. 

 [ountains. 8 — 4 feet. Indian Currant. 



