170 CAPRIFOLIACE^. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



OVOid-oblong, narrowed into a nock above. — Mountains of North Carolina. 

 June. — Stem 2° -4° high. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



2. D. sessilifolia, Buckley. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, closely sessile and 

 Bomewhat clasping; peduncles many-flowered; capsule cylindrical-oblong, nar- 

 rowed into a short neck above. — With the preceding. — Leaves and capsule 

 larger than in that species. 



3. LONICERA, L. Woodbine. Honeysuckle. 



Calyx ovoid, 5-toothcd. Corolla tubular, 5-cleft, often bilabiate, and gibbous 

 near the base. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, with several ovules in each cell. 

 Berry 1 -3-celled, several-seeded. Seeds bony. — Erect or twining shrubs, with 

 entire, often connate leaves. Flowers by pairs or in spiked whorls. 



1. L. sempervirens, Ait. Stem twining; leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 pale and tomentosc beneath, the upper pair shorter and connate ; spikes ter- 

 minal ; whorls distinct; corolla nearly equally 5-lobed, scarlet or orange with- 

 out, yellow within. (Caprifolium, Ell.) — Margins of swamps, Florida, and 

 northward. April -Sept. — Leaves perennial. Corolla 2' long. 



2. L. grata, Ait. Stem twining; leaves obovate, glaucous beneath, the 

 2 or 3 upper pairs connate; whorls of flowers axillary and terminal; corolla bi- 

 labiate, the tube long and slender. — Mountains of Carolina, and northward. 

 May. — Young branches often hairy. Corolla 1 V long, with a red or purplish 

 tube and a white limb, changing to yellow. Berry orange-red. 



3. L. flava, Sims. Smooth and somewhat glaucous ; stem scarcely twining ; 

 leaves oval or obovate, the upper pairs connate ; whorls of flowers crowded, ter- 

 minal ; corolla slender, bilabiate. — Banks of rivers in the upper districts of 

 Georgia and South Carolina. June and July. — Corolla 1' long, bright yellow; 

 the 4-eleft limb nearly as long as the tube. 



4. L. parviflora, Lam. Smooth; stem twining; leaves elliptical, glau- 

 cous beneath, all more or less connate; whorls of flowers crowded, peduncledj 

 corolla short, bilabiate, gibbous at the base; stamens hairy below. — Mountains 

 of North Carolina. — June. — Corolla 8" -10" long, yellow and purplish. 



4. TRIOSTEUM, L. Fever-wort. 



Calyx ovoid, with 5 leafy linear-lanceolate persistent lobes. Corolla tubular, 

 equally S-lofcd, rather longer than the calyx. Stamens 5. Ovary ."-celled, 

 with a single ovule in each cell. Fruit a dry drupe containing 3 bony nutlets. 



— Perennial hairy herbs, with large leaves, narrowed but connate at the base, 



and Bessile axillary (lowers. 



1. T. perfoliatum, L. Stem soft-hairy; leaves oval, acuminate, entire, 

 hairy above, tomentose beneath ; flowers commonly clustered, brownish-purple. 



— Shady woods in the upper districts. June and July. — Stem 2°-4° high. 



Leaves 4'- 7' long. 



2. T. angUStifolium, L. Stem hirsute; leaves lanceolate or oblong, 

 acuminate, hirsute ahuvc, pubescent beneath; flowers mostly solitary, yellowish. 



— Shady rich soil among the mountains. June. — Plant smaller than the last. 



