Honeysuckle Family 381 



2. SYMPHORICARPUS Juss. Snowbebby. 



Shrubs with opposite deciduous short-petioled simple 

 leaves, and small while or pink perfect flowers in axil- 

 lary or terminal clusters. Calyx-tube nearly globular, 

 the limb 4-5-toothed. Corolla campanulate or salver- 

 shaped, regular or sometimes gibbous at the base, 4-5- 

 lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the corolla. Ovary 

 4-celled, 2 of the cells containing several abortive ovules, 

 the others each with a single suspended ovule ; style 

 filiform ; stigma capitate or 2-lobed. Fruit an ovoid or 

 globose 4-celled 2-seeded berry. 



1. S. mollis Nutt. Low, much branched shrub, about 3 dm. 

 high, the branches mostly erect; leaves oval or elliptic, mostly 1 

 cm. long, pubescent on both surfaces or more so on the lower sur- 

 face; corolla rose-red, barely pubescent within; berry globose, 

 8-12 nun. in diameter, pulp snowy. 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of all the mountains and foothills. 



3. LONTCERA L. Honeysuckle. 



Erect or climbing shrubs with opposite entire leaves, 

 and usually somewhat irregular spicate, capitate or gem- 

 inate flowers. Calyx-tube ovoid or nearly globular, the 

 limb slightly 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnelform or 

 campanulate, often gibbous at base, the limb 5-toothed, 

 more or less oblique or 2-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted on 

 the tube of the corolla. Ovary 2-3-celled ; ovules numer- 

 ous in each cell, pendulous ; style slender ; stigma cap- 

 itate. Berry fleshy, usually 2-3-celled, few-seeded. 



1. L. subspicata H. & A. Bushy, more or less pubescent or 

 glandular above, 1-1.5 m. high; leaves rounded to elliptic, 2 cm. 

 long or less, all distinct and petioled, coriaceous, pale beneath ; 

 inflorescence in rather short interrupted spikes, terminating leafy 

 branches; flowers yellow, glandular-pubescent without ; corolla- 

 tube 4-5 mm. long; limb equaling the tube, 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 with 4 short rounded lobes, the lower narrow, entire, somewhat 

 gibbous at base; anthers 4 mm. long; filaments pubescent below. 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of all the hills and mountains. 



