52 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



county, Pa., Lucy. Sexsmith lake, Hoy. Stems extensively 

 creeping and sending up at intervals short branches; leaves 

 roundish-ovate, crenate; flowers pink, in pairs on a common 

 peduncle, nodding, fragrant. In general appearance this plant 

 is much like Mitchella. Easily cultivated. May. 



SYMPHORICARPOS Juss. 



S. racemosus Michx. Snow bkrrv. Occasionally found through- 

 out our range, along roadsides, etc. Probably an escape. The 

 pure white berries make the plant noticeable in autumn. 



LONICERA L. 



L. ciliata Muhl. Fi.v Honeysuckle. Vernal Honeysuckle, 

 Common in rocky woods and ravines. A pretty little shrub, 

 bearing numerous straw-colored flowers in pairs in early spring; 

 fruit, bright red. April. May. 



L. dioica L. Small or Glaucous Honeysuckle. Not uncommon 

 in open woods and thickets. Upper leaves connate, glaucous, 

 especially underneath ; corollas dull red, hairy within. June. 

 (Z. glauca Hill.) 



DIERVILLA McENCH. 



D. Diervilla (L. ) MacM. Busii Honeysuckle. Abundant along 

 fence-rows and roadsides, in thickets and dry woods. A low 

 shrub, with oblong-ovate leaves and yellowish corollas, the 

 styles and stamens much exserted. June. (Z>. /rz/frtTa Moench.) 



RUBIACE/E. 



HOUSTONIA L. - 



H. casrulea L. Bluets. Innocents. Forget-me-nots. Dwarf 

 Plnks. Abundant. Found in woods, fields, and especially in 

 meadows, where they often form a dense carpet over large areas. 

 Well known. Within our limits this plant has been found 

 blooming in every month of the year except January and Feb- 

 ruary. May. 



CEPHALANTHUS L. 



C. occidentalis I>. Be i ion Bush. Common on the borders of 

 swamps, forming low thickets. Flowers, tubular, with exserted 

 styles, assembled into close globular heads. July. Aug. 



