CAPRIFOLIACEJE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 1G9 



Division II. MOXOPETALOUS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 



Floral envelopes' double, consisting of both calyx and 

 corolla ; the latter of more or less united petals. 



Okder 69. CAP1UFOLIACEJE. (Honeysuckle Family.) 



Chiefly trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves, and no stipules. Calyx- 

 tube adherent to the ovary, the limb 4 - .3-toothed or lobed. Corolla tubu- 

 lar or rotate, 4 - 5-lobed. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, and 

 alternate with them, inserted on its tube. Ovary 2 — 5-celled, with 1- 

 rnany pendulous ovules in each cell. Fruit mostly baccate or drupaceous. 

 Seeds anatropous. Embryo small, in the axis of fleshy albumen. 



.Synopsis. 



* Corolla tubular. Style slender. Stigma capitate. 



1. SYMPHORICARPUS. Corolla campanulate. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. Erect shrubs. 



2. DIEUVILLA. Corolla funnel-shaped. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Erect 



shrubs. 

 3 LOXICERA. Corolla tubular. Berry 1 -3-cel led. Chiefly woody vines. 

 4. TBIOSTEUM. Corolla tubular. Drupe bony, 3- 5-seeded. Herbs. 



** Corolla rotate. Stigmas 3-5. sessile. Flowers in cymes. 

 .'. SAMBUCUS. Leaves pinnate. Berry 3 -5-seeded. 

 G. VIBURNUM. Leaves simple. Drupe 1-seeded. 



1. SYMPHORICARPUS, Dill. Showbbkkt. 



Calyx-tube globose, the limb 4-5-toothed, persistent. Corolla campanulate, 

 nearly regular, 4- 5-lobed. Stamens 4 -5, inserted on the throat of the corolla. 

 Ovary 4- celled. 2 of the cells with several abortive ovules, the other two with a 

 single suspended fertile ovule in each. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds bony. 

 — Erect shrubs with entire leaves, and white or reddish flowers in axillary 

 spikes or dm 



1. S. vulgaris, Michx. Leaves oval, downy beneath; flowers in small 

 axillary clusters; corolla smoothish within; berries red. (Symphorea glome- 

 rata, Pers.) — Dry soil among the mountains, Georgia, and northward. July- 

 Sept. — Shrub 2° -3° high. 



2. DIERVILLA, Toura. 



Calyx oblong or cylindrical, narrowed above, with 5 subulate teeth. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Capsule 2-celled, septicidally 2-valved, 

 many-seeded. — Low shrub*, with ovate or oblong acuminate serrate deciduous 

 leaves, and axillary and terminal cymose flowers. 



1. D. triflda, Mreneh. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, distinctly petioled, 

 pubescent, especially on the veins above; peduncles mostly 3-flowered ; capsule 



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