CAPRIFOLIACEAE 1273 
tube.  Anthers linear. Ovary 3-5-eelled. Drupe leathery or fleshy. About 
6 species, the following and 3 Asiatie.—Sum.—HORSE-GENTIANS.  FEVERWORTS. 
Leaf-blades AME to the sessile or slightly connate-perfoliate bases 
Leaves less n thrice as long as broad: corolla dull-red. 1. T. TE um. 
Leaves over piece as long as broad: corolla yellowish. . angustifolium. 
Leaf-blades with broadly.dilated connate-perfoliate bases. 3. T. perfoliatum. 
1. T. aurantiacum Bicknell. Similar to T. angustifolium in habit: blades of 
the ee leaves ieee -elliptie to elliptic. ene 15-25 em. long: sepals 
12-20 mm. lon rolla 14-20 mm. long: ^ 
drupe 12-14 mm. c d sed nel 
thiekets, and rich hillsides, variou s pro 
.inees, rarely Coastal Plain, N. C. o Minn. 
and Que. 
. T. angustifolium L. Stem hirsute or 
softly hispid, 3-9 dm. tall: blades of the 
up , 
d provinees, Ala. to La., Mo., 
onn 
perfoliatum En pom softly bod eni the upper leaves pu 
b P oval, 10 m. long: ua age ong: corolla 12-15 m 
long: drupe 8- 12 mm ong.— (WILD zo in 'S-WEED.) —Rich woods 
and thickets, various irr rub. Coastal Plain Ala. to Nebr. and Mas 
4. SYMPHORICARPOS [Dil.] Ludwig. Shrubs with much branched 
stems. Leaf-blades entire, or lobed on shoots. Flowers in spikes or racemes. 
Sepals minute. Corolla white or red. Filaments adnate to the top the 
corolla-tube. Anthers ellipsoid. Ovary 4-celled. Berry drupe-like, d. with 
2 nutlets. About 10 species, North American.—Sum. 
Style glabrous: drupe white: corolla pale. 1. S. albus. 
Style pubescent : drupe red or purple: corolla dark. 2. S. Symphoricarpos. 
1. S. us (L.) Blake. Shrub 1-2 m. pem Ds twigs and leaves glabrous 
leaf- blades ap ee or suborbicu mei 3-6 cm. long: flowers short- pedicelled: 
corolla bra us ps "s 6-7 n 
pe [S. oon 
Michx. e ‘Rocky dod. and 
river-banks, various provinces, N. 
Calif., B. C., and N. S. 
2. il Symphoricarpos (Lo) MacM. Shrub 
1-2 tall, the twigs and leaves pubescent: 
leaf- blades ovate, n or elliptic, 1—4 em. 
ong, or rarely "lar flowers sessile or 
nearly so: corolla greenish -red, 2.5-3.5 m 
long: drupe ys long. [S. vulgaris 
Michx. ]— (CoR B INDIAN-CURRANT. ) 
—Thickets, edges of woods, and roadsides, 
various provin Ga. to Tex., N. and 
Na Y. dnd eastward. 
