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WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANT?-, 



DIVISION II. 



MONOPET'ALOUS EX'OGEXS. 



Floral Envelopes, consistiDg of both calyx and corolla — the petals 

 more or less united. 



Oeder XXXYI. CAPKIFOLIA'CE^. (Honeysuckle Family.) 



Mostly shrubs, often twining, rarely herbs, with opposite leaves without stipules. Cahjx ad- 

 herent to the ovary. Corolla tubular or rotate, regular or irregular. Siamens as many as 

 the lobes of the corolla, and alternate with them — or rarely 1 fewer — inserted into the 

 tube. Omry 2 - 5-celled ; style \owg and filiform with a capitate stigma — or 3-5 sessile 

 stigmas. Fruit baccate, or sometimes dry, often 1-celled by abortion. Embryo in the 

 axis of fleshy albumen. 



^ 1. Corolla tubular, often irregularly lobed, sometimes 2-lippcd. 

 Style long and slender ; stigma capitate. 



Corolla tubular, mostly irregularlj'- 5-lobed. Stamens as many 



as the lobes of the corolla. Berry several-seeded. 1. Loxicera. 



Corolla bell-shaped, regular. Berry 2-seeded. 2. SYMPnoRiCARPUS. 



Corolla tubular, gibbous at base. Fruit with 3-5 bony seeds. 3. Triosteum. 

 § 2. Corolla wheel-shaped, regularly and deeplj' 6-lobed. Stigmas 

 mostly 3, sessile. Inflorescence cymose or thyrsoid. 

 Leaves pinnate. Berry 3-seeded. 4. Sambucus. 



Leaves simple. Fruit a drupe with 1 flat stone. 5. Viburnum. 



1. LONICE'KA, L. Honeysuckle. 



[Dedicated to the memory of Adam Lonicer, an old German Botanist.] 



Calyx-teeth very short. Corolla tubular or funnel-form, often gibbous at 

 base, irregularly or nearly regularly 5-lobed. Ovary 2 - 3-celled. Berry 

 several-seeded. Twining or upright shrubs ; upper leaves often connate ; 

 Jiowers axillary. 



1. L. gra'ta, -A^t. Leaves sub-perennial, obovate, 2-3 upper pairs 

 connate, the lower ones sub-petiolate ; corolla not gibbous at base, tube 

 long. 



Agreeable Lonicera. Wild Honeysuckle. American Woodbine. 



stem 10-20 feet long, branching, the young branches often pilose. Leaves 1-3 inches 

 long, rather obtuse and often slightly emarginate, glaucous and reticulately veined be- 

 neath. Floivers in verticils of about 6, in the axils of the upper connate leaves ; corolla 

 externally red or purphsh, the limb at first nearly v/hite, soon becoming tawny yellow,— 

 the tube an inch or more in length, tapering to the base, smooth within. Stamens exserted, 

 about equalling the style. Berries orange red at maturity, crowned with the persistent 

 calyx teeth. 



New York, Pennsylvania, and westward. Often cultivated. May. 



Obs. This and other species of Honeysuckle are favorite plants for - 

 decorating arbors and porticoes. Most of them are delightfully fragrant 

 when in flower, and are much frequented by the exquisitely beautiful 

 little humming-bird. 



Among those most commonly cultivated are the Italian Honeysuckle, 

 (L. Caprifo'lium,) with glaucous leaves, fragrant blush-colored flowers 

 and yellow berries ; the Woodbine (L. Pericly'menum) wuth the leaves 



