224 CAPRIFOLIACEAE 



LONI CERA — continued 



L. tomentella. 12. June-July, Stems woolly. Ls. ov., oblong, i\, woolly 

 below. Fls. |, pinkish white, drooping. Berry blue-black. Himalaya. 

 (Fig. 72 c.) 



{d) Deciduous shrubs with hollow or brown pith 



L. chrysantha. 12. June. Stems hairy. Ls. ov., lane, 4, pointed, hairy. Fls. 



^, yellow, corolla conspicuously swollen at base. Berry coral-red. 



Siberia. (Fig. 73 a.) 

 L. deflexicalyx. 10. June. Stems often horizontal or drooping; branchlets in 



opposite rows, purplish, hairy. Ls. ov., 3, pointed, hairy. Fls. |, yellow, 



2-hpped. Berry orange-red. China. (Fig. 73 b.) 

 L. Maackii. 10. May. Stems spreading; branchlets often in two opposite 



rows. Ls. ov., lane, 3, long-pointed, tapering base, hairy, Fls. |, white 



or yellow, 2-lipped, in close row on upper side of stem. Berry red. Man- 

 churia. (Fig. 72 F.) 

 L. quinquelocularis. 15. June. Stems purplish, hairy. Ls. ov., 2, rounded 



or short-pointed at end, hairy. Fls. f , white or yellow, 2-lipped. Berry 



white, transparent. Himalaya. (Fig. 73 d.) 

 L. tatarica. 10. May. Stems hairless. Ls. ov., green above, glaucous below, 



hairless. Fls. i, white or pinkish, 2-lipped. Berry red. Siberia. (Fig. 



72 K.) 



Variety rubra. Fls. rosy red. 

 L. tricosantha. 8. June. Ls. ov., 2, grey. Fls. |, pale yellow. Berry red. 



China. (Fig. 71 n.) 

 L. Xylosteum. Fly Honeysuckle. 10. May. Stems hairy. Ls. ov., or roundish, 



2\, velvety down on both sides; stalk |, hairy. Fls. |, yellowish white, 



2-lipped, on stalks up to |. Berry red. Europe (including Britain), 



North Asia. (Fig. 72 h.) 



SAMBUCUS. Elder. Branchlets stout, pithy, warted. Ls. opposite, pinnate; 

 Iflts. ov., 5, toothed. Fls. small, white, 5-parted, in terminal fiattish branched 

 clusters. Fruit a berry. 



S. canadensis. American Elder. 12. June-July. D. Pith white. Ls. 7-fol. 

 Berry black. North America. 

 Variety aurea. Ls. golden yellow. 



Variety maxima. Ls. up to 18 long. Fl. -clusters up to 18 across. 

 S. nigra. Common Elder. 20. June. D. Pith white; Ls. 5 -fol. Berry black. 



Europe (including Britain). (Figs. 8 F and H.) 

 S. racemosa. Red-berried Elder. 12. April-May. D. Pith brown. Berry 

 red. Europe and North Asia. 



Varieties laciniata, plumosa, and plumosa aurea are forms in which the 

 Iflts. are pinnately lobed or dissected, the last named being golden- 

 leaved. (Fig. 8 G.) 



SYMPHORICARPUS. Ls. opposite, entire or lobed, short-stalked, often in 

 two opposite rows. Fls. small, white or pink. Fruit a berry. 



S. mollis. I. June-July. D. Low prostrate shrub. Stems hairy. Ls. nearly 

 circular, i, sometimes shallowly lobed, hairy. Fls. I, pinkish white, 



