4 CAPRirOLIACEiE. Symphoricarpus. 



2. 5^. occidentalis (R. Brown) : spikes dense, terminal and axillary, nod- 

 ding ; corolla infandibuliform-campanulate, densely bearded within : stamens 

 ^nd" (somewhat bearded) style exserted. — R. Br. in, Richards..' appx. 

 FranM. journ. cd. 2. p. 6 ; Hook. ! I. c. 



Woody country of British America {Richardson!) and Saskatchawan 

 {Drummond .') to the sources of the Mississippi, Dr. Houghton! and near 

 Fort Gratiot, Michigan, Dr. Pitcher ! Also Oregon, Douglas. [Hook.) June 

 -July. — Shrub 1-4 feet high. Leaves ovate, 1-3 inches long, somewhat 

 hair}^ above, pul)escent underneath, rather obtuse ; the petioles about one- 

 third of an incii long. Spikes nearly sessile. Calyx-teeth minutely ciliate. 

 Corolla purplish and white, larger than in the preceding, and the border more 

 spreading. "Berries while, remaining on the plant during the autumn and 

 ■^inter." Dr. Pitcher. — Wolf-Berry of the Canadians. 



3. S. vulgaris (Miehx.): spikes axillary, alrriosl sessile, capitate-glo- 

 merate; lobes of the campanuiate corolla somewhat glabrous inside ; stamens 

 and (bearded) style included. — Michx.! Jl. I. p. 106; DC! I. c. S. parvi-_ 

 flora, Desf. cat. hort. Par. LoniceraSymphoricarpos, Linn.! spec. 1. p, 

 175. Svinphoria conglomerata, Pers.syn. \, p. 214. S. glomerata, Pursh, 

 t. c; Nutt. ! gen. 1. j;^ 139 ; 2'orr. ! fl. 1. p. 246. 



Banks of rivers, Pennsylvania {Muhlenberg) Virginia! and mountains of 

 the Southern States! to the Upper Missouri {Nuttall ! Dr. James!) and 

 Texas, Drummond ! July-Sept. — Shrub 2-3 feet high, with erect purplish 

 pubescent branches. Leaves about an inch and a half long, roundish-oval 

 or ovate, mucronate, slightly hairy above, tomentose-pubescent beneath. 

 Spikes much shorter than the leaves. Corolla 2 lines long, greenish-red; 

 tiie tube bearded inside. Berries about the size of a small currant, dark red 

 (bluish-purple, Nutt.). — Indian Currant. 



4. S. mollis {Nnlt.l mss.) : "racemes very short, towards the summit of 

 the branches, nearly sessile; corolla glabrous inside; calyx conspicuous 5 

 leaves oval or ovate, obtuse, pubescent, almost hoary and softly villous un- 

 derneath. 



" St. Barbara, California ; common. — Nearly allied to the preceding ; but 

 with smaller leaves, larger flowers and a conspicuous calyx. Flowers red-, 

 dish-white." Nuttall. 



5. ,S. ciliatus (Nutt. mss.) : " spikes very short, towards the summit of 

 the branchlets; the terminal ojie pedunculate; corolla glabrous; leaves 

 roundish-ovate, obtuse, pubescent underneath, ciliate. 



" St. Barbara, California. — Flowers very small, reddish. — Considerably 

 allied to S. vulgaris ; but differs in the leaves being rounded at the base and 

 piliate." Nuttall. 



3. LONIGERA. Linn.} Desf.fl. Atl. 1. p. 183 ; DC.prodr. 4. p. 330, 



Xylosteon, Caprifolium, Chamfecerasus, & Periclymenum, Thur?i. 



Calvx-tube ovoid or subglobose ; the limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla tubu- 

 lar, infundibuliform or campanuiate, often gibbous at the base ; the limb 5- 

 cleft, nearly regular, or ringent. Stamens 5. Ovar^' 2-3-celled, with sever- 

 al pendulous ovules in each cell. Stigma capitate. Berry 2-3-celled, or by 

 obliteration 1-celled, few-seeded. Seeds crustaceous. — Climbing or erect 

 shrubs. Leaves entire, often connate. Flowers axillary and pedunculate, 

 or in sessile whorls or heads, often fragrant. — Honeysuckle. 



