CAPRlFOLlACEiE. 67 



Slender shrubs with small pinkish regular flowers: berries white 4 



Slirubby climbers or erect shrubs with irregular tubular flowers 5 



1. SAMBUCUS, Tournefort. 



Cymes round-topped; pith of year-old shoots yellow-brown 1, 2 



Cymes flat-topped, 1-sided: pith white: berries black 3, 4 



1. S. racemosa, L. Cymes ovoid or oblong: flowers dull white: berries scarlet. 



2. S. melanocarpa, Gr. Cymes broader: flowers white: fruit black, no bloom. 



3. S. glauca, Nutt. Leaves smooth: fruit black with a white bloom. [Elder-berry. 



4. S. Mexicana, Presl. Leaves and long shoots hairy: fruit black, no bloom. 



2. VIBURNUM, Linnseus. 



Drupes light red, globose, acid : leaves all or some of them lobed 1, 2 



Drupes bluish-black, flattened, elliptical: leaves not lobed 3 



1. V. opulus, L. Cymes on several-leaved branches. Or. & Wash., E. & N. 



2. V. pauciflorum, Pylaie. Cymes on short 2-leaved branches. Wash., N. & E. 



3. V. ell ■pticiiin, Hooker. Leaves 3-5-ribbed: corolla 4 or 5 lines broad. N. Cal.,N. 



3. LINN^A, Gronovius. 

 1. L. borealis, Gronov. Corolla funnelform, 4 or 5 lines long: stamens 4. 



4. SYMPHORICARPOS, Dillenlus. • 



Corolla broadly campanulate, 2 or 3 lines long 1, 2 



Coriilla narrowly campanulate, 3 to 6 lines long 3, 4 



1. S. racemosus, Michx. Smooth: corolla hairy, narrow at base. 



2. S. mollis, Nutt. Mostly soft-hairy, diffuse: corolla broad at base. 



3. S. rotundifolius, Gr. Leaves orbicular to elliptical, 6 to 9 line.s long. 



4. S. oreophylus, Gr. Corolla 4 to 6 lines long, scarcely hairy: nutlets sharp. 



5. liONICERA, Linnseus. 



Erect shrubs: flowers in axillary pairs on a single peduncle. 



Ovaries § or wholly united to form a single berry: bracts subulate 1, 2 



Ovaries distinct or nearly so: corolla saccate at base, yellowi.sh 3, 4 



Wood}' climbers: flowers sessile, clustered:upper leaves often united 5, 6 



1. L. caerulea, L. Only 1 or 2 ft. high: leaves pale: corolla yellowish or purplish. 



2. L. conjugialis, Kellogg. Corolla dull purple, bilabiate, 4 or 5 lines long. 



3. L. Utahensis, Watson, Bracts small: berries red: peduncles short. , 



4. L. involucrata, Bunks. Bracts large, becoming red: berries purple black. 



5. L. ciliosa, Poir. Corolla an inch long, yellow to crimson-scarlet. 



0. L. hispidula, Dougl. Corolla G lines long, the lobes half as long: variable. 



