CAPRIFOLIACE^. 171 SAMBUCTJS. 



erect, round, hollow, 3 — 4 feet high, covered with soft, clammy hairs. Leaves 

 six inches in length and three in width, entire, abruptly contracted at base, 

 yet always connate, nearly smooth above, pubescent beneatii. Flowers sessile, 

 in clusters of 5 or 6. Corolla dull purple, viscid-pubescent, the limb in five 

 rounded lobes. Fruit a rather dry drupe, somewhat 3 sided, crowned with 

 the long, leafy, spreading caly.ic segments, orange-colored when mature, con- 

 taining 3 bony nuts or seeds. June. The root is large and fleshy, and in 

 much repute in medicine, having many of the properties of Ipecacuanha, both 

 as emetic and cathartic. Fevenoort. 



4. SYMPHORICA'RPUS. 

 Calyx tube c;lobose, limb 4 — 5-tootlied ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped or bell-shaped, the limb in 4 — 5 subequal lobes; sta- 

 mens 4 — 5, inserted on the corolla; stigma capitate; berry 

 globose, 4-celled, 2-seeded (2 opposite cells abortive). 



Gr. o-vv, together, ^^Q^, to bear, 5tag7ro«, fruit; that is, a plant which bears 

 its fruit collected in compact bunches. Small shrubs, with entire leaves and 

 small flowers. 



S. RACEMO SITS. Mz, Symphoria racemosa. Fers. 



F/o(oer5 in terminal, loose, interrupted, often leafy racemes; corolla cam- 

 panulate, densely bearded within; style and stamens included. A smooth, 

 handsome shrub. *2 — 3 feet high, common in cultivation, and native in West- 

 ern N. Y., Canada, &c. Leaves oval or oblong, the maigin often wavy, near- 

 ly or quite smooth, paler beneath, on short petioles. Corolla rose-color, the 

 throat filled with hairs. Berries large, round or ovoid, of a snowy white 

 and very ornamental when mature. July. Aug. Siiow-berry. 



5. LINN ^' A. 

 Calyx tube ovate, limb 5-parted, deciduous; bractcoles at 

 base, 2 ; corolla campanulate, limb subequal, 6-lobed ; stamens 

 4, 2 longer than the other 2 ; berry dry, o-celled, indehiscent, 

 1-seeded (2 ceils abortive). 



Named by Gronovius, in honor of Carl von Linne, the most profound natu- 

 ralist of liis own, or, perhaps, of any other times. A trailing, evergreen herb, 

 widely diff'used throughout the Northern Temperate Zone. 



L. borea'lis. 



The only species, native of moist, shady, rocky soils, generally in evergreen 

 woods. It has long, creeping, filiform, brownish stems, rooting and branch- 

 ing their whole length, and covering the ground in large patches. Leaves 

 small, opposite, petiolate, roundish, with obtuse lobes or teeth and scattered 

 hairs. Peduncles filiform, slightly hairy, about 3 inches high (tiie only erect 

 part of the plant), the lower part leafy, the upper furnished with a pair of mi- 

 nute, linear, opposite bracts and terminating with 2, pedicellate, nodding 

 flowers. The corolla is rose-colored and very fragrant. Jn. Twin-flower . 



Tribe 2, SAMBUCE^. 

 Corolla regular, rotate. Stigmas 3 — 5, nearly sessile. 

 6. SAMBU'CUS. 

 Calyx 5-parted; corolla 5-cleft ; stamens 5: berry pulpy, 

 3-seeded. 



