G.49] 



CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 



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May to June. Fruit oval, large (J^ in. long), in sessile clusters of 3 

 to 5 rays, black or blue-black, sweet. A tall shrub or small tree, 6 to 

 12 ft. high ; in dry soil or along streams ; New York, south and west. 



GENUS 48. LONICERA. 



Leaves entire, opposite; corolla 5-lobed; berry several- 

 seeded. 



Lonicera Tartarica. (TARTARIAN HONEY- 

 SUCKLE.) Leaves deciduous, oval, heart-shaped; 

 flowers in pairs, showy, pink to rose-red ; in spring; 

 berries formed of the two ovaries, bright red ; ripe 

 in summer. A shrub, often planted and occasion- 

 ally trimmed to a tree-like form, and growing to 

 the height of nearly 20 ft. 



L. Tartdrica. 



ORDER XXIV. COMPOSITE. 



This, the largest order of flowering plants, is made up 

 almost exclusively of herbaceous plants, but contains one 

 shrub or low tree which is hardy from Boston southward 

 near the Atlantic coast. 



GENUS 49. BACCHABIS. 



Leaves simple, deciduous ; heads of flowers small, many- 

 flowered; receptacle naked; pappus of hairs. 



Baccharis halimifolia, L. (GROUND- 

 SEL-TREE.) Leaves obovate, wedge- 

 shaped, crenately notched at end, light 

 grayish in color, with whitish powder; 

 branches angled; flowers white with a 

 tint of purple, blooming in the autumn. 

 A broad, loose-headed, light-colored 

 bush rather than a tree, 8 to 15 ft. high ; 

 wild on sea-beaches, Massachusetts and 

 south, and occasionally cultivated. The 

 plant is dioecious; the fertile specimens 

 are rendered quite conspicuous in autumn 

 by their very long, white pappus. 



B. halimifolia. 



