1 1 24 CAPRIFOLIACEAE 



2. Triosteum aurantiacum Bicknell. Similar to T. perfoUatum in liabit. Stems 

 5-12 dm. tall, glandiilar-piiberulent to nearly hirsute : leaf-blades ovate-oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 dm. long, acuminate, not broadly connate-perfoliate, minutely soft-pu- 

 bescent beneath, thinly appressed pubescent above or nearly glabrous : sepals 12-20 mm. 

 long, obtuse : corolla dull red, 14-20 mm. long : drupes oblong-ovoid, 12-14 mm. long, 

 orange-red. 



In rich soil and tliickets, Quebec to Minnesota, Massaeliusetts and North Carolina. Spring. 



3. Tricsteum perfoliatum L. Foliage softly puliescent. Stems 5-12 dm. tall, 

 simple, solitary or sometimes tufted, finely glandular-pubescent : leaf-blades ovate or 

 broadly oval, 1-2.5 dm. long, acute or acuminate at the apes, abruptly narrowed at the 

 base, and with broad connate bases, softly pubescent beneath, sometimes puberulent above : 

 sepals linear, 11-15 mm. long, acute: corolla purplish, 12-15 mm. long, viscid-pubescent, 

 about equalling the sepals : filaments pubescent : drupes obovoid to globular, 8-12 mm. 

 long, orange-yellow, finely pubescent. 



In rich soil and thicliets, New York to Minnesota, Alabama and Kansas. Spring and early summer. 



4. SYMPHORICARPOS L. 



Slender branching shrubs, with shreddy bark. Leaves opposite, without stipules : 



blades thick, entire, or sinuate on shoots, short-petioled, deciduous. Flowers in short 



axillary spikes, or racemes. Hypanthium cup-shaped to subglobose. Sepals unequal, 4-5. 



Corolla white or colored, campanulate or funnelform, often slightly gibbous at the base : 



limb with 4-5 rather unequal lobes. Disk annular or cup-like. Stamens 4-5, adnata to the 



throat of the corolla-tube. Ovary 4-celled : styles thickened at the base. Ovules few and 



abortive in 2 of the cavities, solitary, perfect and pendulous in the other two. Berries 



fleshy, white or jjurple, 4-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds elongated. 



StVle glabrous : fruit white. 1. S.racemnsns. 



Style pubescent : fruit red or purplish. 2. S. Symphoricarpos. 



1. Symphoricarpos raceniosus Michx. A branching shrub 1-2 m. tall, with gla- 

 brous foliage. Leaf-blades varying from elliptic to usually orbicular-oval or orbicular- 

 ovate, mostly 3-6 cm. long, obtuse or abruptly pointed, undulate or slightly lobed, short- 

 petioled : flowers short-pedicelled : corolla white or pinkish, 6-7 mm. long ; tube slightly 

 gibbous at the base ; lobes bearded within : style glul^rous, like the stamens, included : ber- 

 ries white, oval or globose, 6-10 mm. long, i)ulpy. 



In rocky places, often on river banks, Nova Scotia to British Columbia, North Carolina, Kentucky 

 »nd Minnesota. Spring to fall. Snowberry. 



2. Symphoricarpos Symphoricirpos (Ij. ) MacM. A spreading shrub, 1-2 dm. 



tall, with puljescent branchlets. Leaves often apparently 2-ranked ; blades ovate, oval or 



elliptic, 1-4 cm., rarely? cm. long, obtuse or acutish, undulate, glabrate or glabrous above, 



pubescent beneath, short-petioled : flowers sessile or nearly so : corolla greenish red, 2.5- 



3.5 mm. long; tube barely, if at all gibbous at the base; lobes glabrous or sparingly 



pubescent within : style pubescent : berries red or purplish, globose-ovoid, 3-4 mm. long. 



[S. vulgaris Michx.] 



On river banks or in rocky soil, New York to South Dakota, Georgia and Texas. Also sparingly 

 introdviced into New England. Summer. Corai.berey. 



5. XYLOSTEON B. Juss. 

 Shrubs, with upright branching stems. Leaves opposite : blades relatively broad, en- 

 tire, sessile or short-petioled. Flowers in pairs each of which terminates an axillary 

 peduncle, accompanied by two minute bracts and 2 bractlets, the hypanthia more or less 

 united. Calyx minute or obsolete. Corolla relatively short : tube gibbous at the base : 

 limb 5-lobed, often irregular or 2-lipped. Stamens more or less adnate to the corolla- 

 tube. Ovary usually 2-celled : style slender. Berries distinct or didymous. Fly Honey- 

 suckle. 



1. Xylosteon ciliatum (Muhl.) Pursh. An erect branching shrub 0.5-2 m. tall, 

 with glabrous twigs. Leaf-blades thin, sometimes rather firm in age, ovate or oval-ovate, 

 3-8 cm. long, acute or apiculate, ciliate, deep green on both sides, rounded or cordate at 

 the base ; petioles 4-6 mm. long : peduncles very slender, shorter than the leaves, each 

 terminated by a pair of flowers : corolla yellowish, 12-22 ram. long ; tube saccate at the 

 ba,se ; lobes nearly equal, 5-7 mm. long, obtuse : stamens and style included : berries dis- 

 tinct, ovoid or oval-ovoid, 5-6 ram. long, bright red. [Lonicera cilinta Muhl.] 



In moist rocky woods. Nova Scotia to Manitoba, North Carolina and Michigan. Spring. 



