162 
POPULAR FLORA. 
Honeysuckle. Lonicera. 
Teeth of the calyx very short. Corolla tubular below, irregular and 2-lipped, four lobes belonging 
to one lip and one to the other, except in No. 1. 
§ 1. Twining woody plants: flowers long, crowded in little heads at the end of the branches, or in se& 
sile whorls in the axils of the uppermost leaves. 
* Corolla long and narrow, appearing regular, the 5 short lobes nearly equal. 
1. Trumpet H. Uppermost pair of leaves united into one rounded body ; corolla red, yellowish inside 
(also a yellow variety), scentless. Wild S. and cultivated. L. sempervirens. 
* * Corolla 2-lipped : uppermost leaves on the flowering branches united round the stem into one flat 
or cup-shaped body, except in No. 2. 
2. Common H. or Woodbine. Leaves all separate ; flowers purple-red outside, large, sweet-scented; 
berries red. Cultivated ; as also the next. L. Periclymenum. 
3. Italian H. Leaves glaucous ; flowers blush-colored, sweet-scented ; berries yellow. L. Caprifolium. 
4. Wild Sweet-H. Flowers smaller; otherwise nearly as in No. 3. S. and cultivated. L. grata. 
5. Wild Yellow-H. Leaves thick, very glaucous both sides; several pairs united, flowers pale yel- 
low; the tube rather long. W. and S. L. Jlava. 
6. Small-fl. H. Leaves glaucous ; flowers small, yellowish and purplish or crimson. L. parvifiora . 
7. Hairy H. Leaves, &c. hairy, dull green, not glaucous; flowers clammy, orange. N. L. hirsiita. 
§ 2. Twining: leaves all separate, a pair of flowers in the axil of some of them, on a short 2-leaved foot- 
stalk. Cult, from Japan and China. 
8. Japan H. Slender, hairy ; corolla deeply 2-lipped, reddish outside, white inside, sweet. L. Japonica. 
§ 3. Upright bushes: leaves all separate; flowers two on an axillary peduncle; their two ovaries often 
united at the base or into a double berry (Fig. 392): corolla short, irregular. 
9. Tartarian H. Very smooth ; leaves somewhat heart-shaped; flowers rose-color, handsome, in 
spring. Cultivated for ornament. L. Tartdrica. 
10. Fly H. Leaves petioled, ovate or heart-shaped, thin, a little hairy below and on the margins; 
corolla almost equally 5-lobed, greenish-yellow ; ovaries separate. Woods, N. L. ciliata. 
11. Swamp Fly-H. Leaves sessile, oblong; peduncles long; corolla deeply 2-lipped, whitish. In 
swamps, N. L. oblongifolia 
Elder* Sambiicus. 
1. Common Elder. Leaflets 7 to 11, smooth; cymes flat; berries dark purple. S. Canadensis. 
2. Red-berried E. Stems more woody; leaflets 5 or 7, downy beneath; cymes convex or pyramids 
like ; berries bright red. Cold woods, N. ; fl. spring. S. pubens. 
Viburnum* Viburnum. 
Shrubs or small trees, which have a variety of names. Leaves simple. Cymes flat. Fruit berry-like, 
with one flat stone. To the genus belongs the Laurestinus, cultivated in houses. All the following 
are wild in this country; but a variety of No. 6 is well known as a cultivated ornamental shrub. 
Flowering in spring or early summer. 
* Flowers all alike, small and perfect : fruit blue or black. 
U Naked V. or Wythe-rod. Leaves thickish, entire, or wavy-toothed. Swamps, N. V. nudum. 
