ORDER LXY. CAPRIFOLIACEJE. 34:1 



Genus II— DIERVIL'LA. Tourn. 5—1. 



(In honor of M. Dierville, who sent the species to Europe.) 



Calyx oblong, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-form, with 5 unequal 

 segments. Stamens 5. Style 1. Capsule 2 — 4-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



1. D. Canadensis, (Muhl.) A small shrub. Leaves ovate, serrate, 

 acuminate, on short petioles, glabrous; peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 3-flowered. Corolla small. — Yellow. \ • June — July. Mountains. 



D. trifida, Mcench. Bush-Honeysuckle. 



Gexus III.— CAPRIFO'LIUM. Romer, 5— 1. (Lonicera, L.) 

 (From caper, a goat, and folium, a leaf.) 



Calyx 5-toothed, very small. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft, 

 often irregular, with a long tube. Stamens 5. Style 1, fili- 

 form. Fruit 3-celled, few-seeded. Leaves entire, often connate. 



1. C semperyi'rexs, (Mich.) Stem twining, running over trees. 

 Leaves oblong, oval, smooth on the upper surface, glaucous, and some- 

 what hairy on the under, the lower ones petiolate, the upper connate. 

 Flowers in verticillate spikes. Calyx very small, persistent. Corolla 

 funnel-form, with 5 acute segments. Stamens inserted into the tube 

 near the summit. Fruit red, with 4 seeds in each cell. — Bright red. 

 *? . April — Oct. In damp soils. 



English Honeysuckle. Woodbine. Lonicera sempervirens, Ait. 



2. C. flavi'm, (Ell.) Stem twining, running over shrubs. Leaves 

 oval, slightly cordate, glabrous, obtuse, deciduous, glaucous underneath, 

 connate at the base. Flowers in terminal, verticillate spikes. Corolla 

 nngent, the upper lip broad, 4-cleft, rtflexed, lower one entire, reflexed ; 

 tube hairy within. — Yellow, or orange. If. March — April. Upper 

 dist. Car. Lonicera Jtava, Sims. 



3. C. gra'tum, (Pursh.) Stem twining. Leaves perennial, obovate, 

 mucronate, pale underneath, upper ones connate. Flowers in verticil- 

 late spikes. Corolla ringent, with a long tube. — Scarlet. If. June — 

 Sept. Mountains. Lonicera grata, Ait. 



4. C. PAiivino rum, (Pursh.) Stem twining. Leaves deciduous, con- 

 nate, glaucous beneath. Floviers nearly capitate, with large, perfoliate 

 bracts. Corolla ringent, gibbous at the base. — Yellow, if. June — 

 July. Mountains. Lonicera parvijlora, Lam. 



Gexus IV.— TRIOS'TETJM. L. 5—1. 

 (From treis, three, and osteon, a bone, having three bony seeds.) 



Calyx 5-cleft, with linear-lanceolate lobes, as long as the co- 

 rolla. Corolla tubular, nearly equally 5-lobed, gibbous at the 

 base. Stamens 5. Style 1. Berry 3-celled, 3-seeded, crown- 

 ed by the calyx. 



1. T. perkolia'tum, (L.) Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves connate, 

 spatulate, lanceolate, scabrous above, tomentose beneath, acuminate. 

 Flowers axillary, verticillate, sessile. Calyx persistent, with linear seg* 



