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III. SYMPHORICARPOS. 



Shrubs ; leaves short-petioled, deciduous ; flowers in axillary 

 clusters ; calyx tube globose, 4-5-toothed ; corolla campauu- 

 late, 4-o-lobed, sometimes gibbous at the base, smooth or 

 hairy within ; stamens 4-5 ; ovary 4-celled, 2 of the cells with 

 a single fertile ovule in each, the other cells with several 

 abortive ovules ; style slender, stigma capitate or 2-lobed ; 

 fruit a 4-celled, 2-seeded berry. 



S. Symphokicarpos (L.) ]MacM. Coral Berry. A slender, 

 branching- jshrub 2-4 ft. high; twigs purple; leaves oval to ovate, 

 entire or nearly so, smooth above, pubescent beneath ; flowers in 

 small, axillary clusters: corolla pinkish, nearly smooth within; style 

 bearded; I'ruit red, globose, persistent through the winter. June- 

 September. River banks, on dry soil. 



IV. LONICERA. 



Shrubs or woody vines ; leaves simple, usually entire, often 

 connate ; calyx tube ovoid, o-toothed ; corolla tubular to cam- 

 panulate, often gibbous at the base or bilabiate ; stamens 5 ; 

 ovary 2-3-celled, ovules several in each cell, style slender, 

 stigma capitate ; fruit a 1-3-celled, 1-few-seeded berry. 



1. L. FLAVA Sims. Yellow Honeysuckle. Stem somewhat 

 twining; leaves oval to obovate. obtuse, entire, green above, glau- 

 cous beneath, the lower short-i>etioled, the upper sessile or connate ; 

 flowers in crowded, terininal whorls, bright yellow, fragrant; corolla 

 tube slen«ler, 1-H in. long, bilabiate, 4-lobed, pubescent within; 

 stamens and style exserted. April-July. On river banks and hill- 

 sides ; often cultivated. 



•J. I^. SEMI'EltVIRENS L. C'OHAL I loNK YSl'CK LK. Stem twiuiug 



high; leaves evergreen, oval to ohlong, ol)tuse. entire, smooth ahove, 

 pale and often ])ubescent beneath, the lower petioled, tlie u])per pair 

 nearly semi-orbicular and connate; flowering sjtikes t«Mininal. bear- 

 ing several whorls; corolla about *J in. long, shuider, smooth, the 

 limb short, nearly ecpially a-lobed, scarlet without, bright yellow 

 within; stamens slightly exserted; fruit red. April-September. 

 On low ground; often cultivated. 



o. L. Japonic A Thunb. Japan Honeysickle. St«Mn twining 

 high; young branches pubescent; leaves ovate to oblong, entire, 

 smooth above, pale and pubescent beneath, all short-petioleil ; j>edun- 



