Tas. 4975. 
SYMPHORICARPUS micropHytius. 
Mexican Small-leaved Snowberry. 
Nat. Ord. CAPRIFOLIACEZ.—PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus globosus, limbus parvus, 4—5-dentatus. Corolla in- 
fundibuliformis, subsequaliter 4—5-loba. Stamina 5, breve exserta. Stigma semi- 
globosum. Ovarium adnatum, 4-loculare, Joculis fertilibus 1-ovulatis, sterilibus 
pauci-ovulatis. Bacca calyce coronata, 4-locularis, loculis 2 vacuis, 2 monosper- 
mis.—Frutices erecti, dumosi, opposite ramosissimi. Folia ovalia, integerrima. 
Pedunculi breves, axillares, uni- aut multiflori. Flores bibracteati, paroi, albt aut 
rosei, brevissime pedunculati. De Cand. 
SYMPHORICARPUS microphyllus ; floribus axillaribus solitariis, corolle tubo elon- 
gato-infundibuliformi, foliis parvis ovatis subtus glaucis. 
SyMpHoRIcARPUS microphyllus. H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Am. v. 3. p. 424. 
SympHortcarpus montanus. H.B.K. l.c. v. 3. p. 425. ¢. 296. Hensl. in 
Maund’s Botanist, v. 1. ¢. 20. 
Sympnoricarpus glaucescens. H. B. K. l.c. p. 424. t. 295. 
Anisantuvs microphylla. Willd. in Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 5. p. 223 
(name only). 
The common Sxowberry of North America, chiefly of Canada 
and the Northern United States, and of our gardens and shrub- 
beries, is familiar to every one, with its interrupted spikes of 
small red flowers, which are succeeded by the large, pure white, 
waxy berries, remaining on the plant till almost mid-winter. 
The species here figured is a native of high mountains in various 
parts of Mexico, and was introduced by Robert Barclay, Esq., of 
Bury Hill, through M. Cervantes, Professor of Botany at Mexico, 
in 1829. It forms a small bush with us, and though, from the 
smaller size of the berries and the paler rose-coloured flowers, it 
is perhaps inferior to the last-mentioned species, yet the berries, 
having a pink blush upon them, render the plant equally attrac- 
tive in the autumn. It is perfectly hardy, as may be expected, 
coming from an elevation on the mountains of Mexico, of 8000 
or 9000 feet above the level of the sea; and flowers during most 
of the summer months. 
ApRIL Ist, 1857. 
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