246 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. XYtosTEuu; 



tanist should have omitted in his description the remarkable 

 character of the united berries. F u r s fi, who acknowledges 

 he had never seen the plant, has very improperly interpolated 

 the character " baccis dibtinctis." 



169. SYMPHORIA. P e rs oon.—P ur sh. 

 Calyx minute, 4-toothed, with 2 small bracts at the 

 base. Corolla subcampanulate, short, 5-cleft, nearly 

 equal. Stamem scarcely exserted. Stigma globose. 

 Berry^ crowned with the persistent calyx, 4-celled, 4- 

 seeded, 2 of the cells sometimes abortive, P ers. 

 Syn, I. p. 214, subgenus. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 138. 

 Symphoricarpus /)?■//. Juss. \i.2\\. Lam. Ill, 

 t. CL. Roe m, y^ Sch u-lt, Ge?i. 904. Nat. Ord. 

 Caprifolia Juss. Peter^s-worf. 



1. S. glomerata Ph,: racemes axillary, capitate, conglo- 

 merate. PurshFl.\.^.]G2, K utt. GenA.z. Sympho- 

 ricarpus vulgaris Mich. Fl. I. p. 106. Willd. Enum. h, 

 5f.ro/. I. p. 221. MnhlCnt.^.^2. R o em. ^ S c hult^ 

 V. 222. LoNiCERA Symphoricarpus L, Willd. Spec. I. p. 

 989. 



A shrub 3 — 4 feet high, with erect terete pubescent branches 

 Leaves opposite, ovate, cm short petioles, very entire; pubes- 

 cent and somewhat glaucous beneath. Racemes 3 — 4 in the 

 axils of the leaves; peduncles very short. Bracts 3-leaved^ 

 Corolla tubular-campanulate, about a line and a half in lengtbj 

 greenish red ; segments, ovate, acute. Filaments and style 

 beai ded. Btrries purple, small. 



Ha.b. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg: 



2. S. racemosa Ph. : racemes terminal ; corolla bearded 

 within. Pursh Fl. I. p. 1G2. Kutt. Gen. 1. p. 139c 

 Bart. Fl. Am. Sept.. I. t. 19.. Symphoricarpus racemosus 

 Mich. Fl. I. p. 1 07. MuhU Cat. p» 22. Rae m. 4- 

 SchulL V. p. 222. 



A shrub 2 — 3 feet high, with slender opposite branches. Leaves 

 opposite, elliptical-ovate, on short petioles, obtuse, slightly ci- 

 liate. Racemes tenninaiing the branches, short, rather crowded. 

 Pedicels short, spreading, and at length recurved, with a mi- 

 nute bract at the base. Corolla pale red, twice as large as in 

 the preceding species, very hairy within ; segments ovate, ob- 

 tuse. Filamencs very short, a little bearded, alternating with 

 the segments of the corolla ; anthers large, oblong. Style 

 shorter than the stamens ; stigma capitate ; germen with 2 con- 

 nate bracts at the base. Berries large, ovate, beautiful white. 



Hab. On rocks about the Falls of Niagara. D, Douglass. 



Snoiu-berrt:, 



