ii8 CAPRIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY) 



peduncles axillary, 2-flowered at summit; corolla funnel-form, green- 

 ish-yellow, the lobes much shorter than the tube ; the 2 berries, 



separate, red. Woods. April to June. 



L. dioica, HONEYSUCKLE. Twining 

 shrubs, glabrous ; leaves oblong, glaucous 

 and smooth beneath, the upper 1-4 pairs 

 connate into disks; even the uppermost 

 disks somewhat oblong or rhombic, more 

 or less pointed at each end ; flowers in 

 sessile, whorled clusters from the axils 

 of the upper, connate leaves ; corolla 

 greenish-yellow or purplish, hirsute within 

 the tube; berry red or orange. Rocky 

 ground. May and June. 



SYMPHORICARPOS 



Low shrubs, with oval, short-petioled 

 leaves, and white flowers in close clus- 

 ters. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-5 lobed, 

 Lonicera dioica, Honeysuckle. witn as m any short stamens inserted in 

 the throat. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. 



S. racemosus, SNOWBERRY. Shrub becoming 10 dm. high; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong to orbicular, green on both sides, pilose beneath; 

 flowers i or 2, or in short spikes at the ends of the branches; corolla 

 campanulate, bearded inside; stamens and 

 style included; fruit white. Dry ground. 

 June and July. 



TRIOSTEUM 



Coarse, hairy, leafy herbs. Leaves 

 large, entire, pointed, tapering to the base 

 or connate around the simple stem. Flow- 

 ers solitary or clustered on the axils. 

 Corolla tubular, about equally 5-lobed, 

 scarcely longer than the calyx. Ovary 

 3-celled, becoming a dry drupe. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus 

 Snowberry. 



T. perfoliatum, HORSE GENTIAN. Stem densely glandular-puberulent 

 above ; leaves dark green, oval, abruptly narrowed below to a connate- 



