CAPRIFOLIACEAE 165 



2. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



Leaves pinnately compound. 1. Sambucus. 



Leaves simple. 



Herbs. 3. Trjosteum. 



Shrubs or woody vines. 

 Inflorescense not subtended by connate perfoliate leaves. 



Flowers in a terminal umbel-like cyme. 1. Viburnum. 



Flowers' in axillary clusters. 4. Symphoricarpos. 



Inflorescense in ours subtended by connate-perfoliate leaves. 



5. Lonicera. 



1. Sambucus. 869. 



1. Sambucus canadensis L. Elder. 



In moist soils along streams over most of the state. Aten; Kirk- 

 wood; Lincoln; Red Cloud; Talmage; Walton; Wymore. 



2. Viburnum. 870. 



1. Viburnum lentago L. Nanny-berry, Sheep-berry. 



Along streams in the eastern part of the state. Ashland; Platts- 

 mouth; Table Rock. 



3. Triosteum. 872. 



1. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Horse-gentian. 



In low grounds in the eastern part of the state. Crete; Lincoln; 

 Ponca; Plattsmouth; Weeping Water. 



4. Symphoricarpos. 873. 



Leaves 12-25 mm, long, flowers and fruits mostly solitary in the axils. 



1. S. pauciflorus. 

 Leaves 25-75 mm. long, flowers and fruits clustered in the axils. 



Style glabrous, corolla 6 mm. long, berry white, 5-6 mm. in diameter. 



2. S. occidentalia 

 Style bearded, corolla 4 mm. long, berry purplish-red, 3-4 mm. long. 



3. S. symphoricarpos. 



1. Symphoricarpos pauciflorus (Robbins) Britton. Low Snowberry. 

 In dry rocky soil in the western part of the state. Hat Creek Basin; 

 Ft. Niobrara; Shelton. 



2. Symphoricarpos occldentalis Hook. Wolfberry. 

 Common throughout the state. Anselmo; Banner County; Cherry 

 County; Julia; Lincoln; Republican; Sioux County; St. Helena; Thed- 

 ford; Wahoo. 



3. Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos (L.) ^lac^I. Coral-berry. 

 In woods mostly in the eastern part of the state. Anselmo; Cass 

 County; Lincoln; Republican Valley. 



5. Lonicera. 874. 



Corolla 2-lipped, its tube not much longer than the lobes, gibbous at 

 the base. 

 Leaves pubescent beneath, the margins cartilaginous. 



