ViRURNUM. LXXI. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 301 



ding; cor. somewhat funnel-form, densely bearded inside ; sta. and bearded style 

 exserted. — Woods, Mich, to Wis. Lapham! and Can. Shrub 2 — 4f high. 

 Leaves 1 — 3' by | — 2'; pubescent or nearly glabrous, paler beneath. Corolla 

 rather larger and more expanded than in the last, purplish- white. Berries 

 white. July. 



3. S. VULGARIS. Michx. (Lonicera symphoricarpus. Linn. SjTnphoria 

 glomerata. Nutt.) — L/vs. roundish-oval ; spikes axillary, subsessile, capi- 

 tate and crowded ; cor. campanulate, lobes nearly glabrous ; sta. and bearded 

 style included. — River banks, Penn. to Mo. and S. States. Shrub 2 — 3f high. 

 Branches purplish and often pubescent. Leaves 1 — 2' by f — IJ', somewhat 

 pubescent. Corolla greenish-red. Berries purple. 



5. LINNiEA. Gron. 

 In honor of Carl Von Linne, the most profound of naturalists, ancient or modern. 



Calyx tube ovate, limb 5-parted, deciduous ; bracteoles at base 2 ; 

 corolla campanulate, limb subequal, 5-lobed ; stamens 4, 2 longer 

 than the other 2 ; berry dry, 3-celled, indehiscent, 1-seeded (2 cells 

 abortive). — A trailing, evergreen herb, widely, disseminated throughout 

 the northern temperate zone. 



L. BOREALis. Gron. Twin-jlower. 



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

 woods, from lat. 39" to the Arc. Sea. It has long, creeping, filiform, brownish 

 stems, rooting and branching 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' high 

 (the only erect part of the plant), the lower part leafy, the upper furnished with 

 a pair of minute, linear, opposite bracts, and terminating with 2 pedicellate, 

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



Tribe 2. SAMBUCEJE. 



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



6. SAMBUCUS. 



Lat. sambuca, a musical instrument, said to have been made of the elder. 



Calyx small, 5-parted ; corolla 5-cleft, segments obtuse ; stamens 

 5 ; stigma obtuse, small, sessile ; berry globose, pulpy, 3-seeded. — 

 Shrubs -or perennial herbs, with pinnate, or bipinnate Ivs. Fls. in cymes. 



1. S. Canadensis. Common Elder. 



St. shrubby ; cyvies 5-parted ; Ivs. nearly bipinnate ; Ifts. oblong-oval, acu- 

 minate, smooth. — A common, well known shrub, 6 — lOf high, in thickets and 

 waste grounds, U. S. and Can. Stem filled with a light and porous pith, espe- 

 cially when young. Leaflets in 3 or 4 pairs with an odd one, serrate, the lower 

 ones often binate or trifoliate. Petioles smooth. Flowers numerous, in very 

 large (2f broad in la !) level-topped cymes, white, with a heavy odor. Berries 

 dark purple. May — J 1. 



2. S. PUBENS, Michx. Panicled Elder. 



St. shrubby; cymes paniculate or pyramidal ; Ifts. oval-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, in 2 or 3 pairs, with an odd one, and, with the petiole, pubescent beneath. 

 — A common shrub, in hilly pastures and woods, Hudson's Bay to Car., growing 

 about Gi' high, often more or less. Leaves simply and unequally pinnate. 

 Leaflets sharply serrate, very pubescent when young. Flowers in a close, ovoid 

 thyrsus or panicle. Corolla white. Berries scarlet, small. Jn. 

 p. leucocarpa. Berries white. — Catskill Mountains. T. tf- G. 



7. VIBURNUM. 



Lat. vlere, to tie ; for Ihe pliancy of the twigs of some of the species. 



Calyx small, 5-toothed, persistent ; corolla limb 5-lobed, segments 

 obtuse ; stamens 5, equal, longer than the corolla ; stigmas mostly 



