336 CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



long; peduncles 3-flowered, rarely 6-flowered; flowers greenish-white, all 

 pedicelled; fruits covered with hooked bristles. 

 In moist woods, very common. 



Galium cymosum Wiegand. Stems ascending, 30-80 cm. high, 4-angfed, 

 rough on the angles, loosely branched; leaves in fives and sixes, linear, obtuse, 

 scabrous on the margins, 10-17 mm. long; flowers numerous, in terminal and 

 lateral cymes; pedicels short, divaricate; corolla 2 mm. broad, 3-parted; fruit 

 glabrous. 



Washington and Oregon, near the coast; not common. 



Galium trifidum pacificum Wiegand. Stems slender, 30-50 cm. high; 

 leaves mostly in fours, unequal, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, cuneate at base, 

 thin in texture, 15-25 mm. long; peduncles lateral, capillary, scabrous or 

 smooth, 1-flowered, not longer than the leaves; corolla 3-lobed; fruit smooth. 



In wet places, common. 



Galium claytoni subbiflorum W T iegand. Stems ascending, weak and 

 slender, 1520 cm. high, retrorsely scabrous on the angles; leaves linear, scab- 

 rous on the margins and midribs; peduncles axillary or terminal, recurved, 

 often scabrous, some of them 1-flowered, others 2- or even 3-flowered; flowers 

 very small, white, the parts often in threes; fruit glabrous. 



In wet places, rare in our limits. 



Family 95. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or rarely herbs; leaves opposite, without genuine 

 stipules; flowers perfect, generally in cymes; calyx-tube adherent 

 to the ovary; corolla gamopetalous, tubular or rotate, 4- or 5- 

 cleft, sometimes irregular; stamens distinct, as many as the corolla- 

 lobes, rarely fewer; ovary 2-5-celled, or not rarely 1 -celled; 

 ovules solitary or several; endosperm fleshy. 



Corolla rotate or urn-shaped; flow r ers in compound 



cymes. 



Leaves pinnate. 468. SAMBUCUS, 336. 



Leaves simple. . 469. VIBURNUM, 337. 



Corolla tubular or bell-shaped; flowers not in 



compound cymes. 



Creeping herbaceous vines; fruit dry. 470. LINNAEA, 338. 



Shrubs, erect or climbing; fruit a berry. 



Corolla regular, bell-shaped. 471. SYMPHORICARPOS, 338. 



Corolla more or less irregular, tubular, 



commonly 2-lipped. 472. LONICERA, 338. 



468. SAMBUCUS. ELDER. 



Shrubs or trees; leaves opposite, pinnate; leaflets serrate or 

 laciniate; flowers small, white, numerous, in compound cymes; 

 calyx-lobes minute or obsolete; corolla gamopetalous, open urn- 

 shaped, 5-cleft; lobes broadly spreading; stamens 5, distinct; 

 stigmas 3 ; fruits of berry-like drupes with 3-5 nutlets, each with 

 one seed. 



Inflorescence flat-topped; berries black, with a bloom. S. glauca. 



Inflorescence pyramidal; berries red, rarely yellow or brownish. 5. callicarpa. 



