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1. V. Opulus L. Shrub sometimes 3.5 m. high; leaves glabrous or nearly 

 so above, more or less pubescent on the veins beneath, deeply 3-lobed, rounded 

 or truncate at the base, the lobes divergent, long-acuminate, coarsely toothed; 

 cyme peduncled, flat-topped, the exterior neutral flowers 1-2 cm. broad; fruit 

 globose, red, very acid, 8-10 mm. in diameter; stone flat, orbicular, not grooved. 

 Low places: N.B. — N.J.— Ore.— B.C.; Eurasia. Submont. Je-Jl. 



2. V. pauciflorum Pylaie. Shrub 1-2 m. high; leaves 3-5-ribbed, truncate 

 or cordate at the base, more or less pubescent, 4-10 cm. broad, generally with 3 

 shallow lobes, these acute or short-acuminate, coarsely dentate; cyme rather 

 few-flowered, short-rayed, 1-3 cm. broad; drupe round or ovoid, 8-10 mm. long; 

 stone flat, orbicular, scarcely grooved. Woods: Newf.^ — Pa. — Colo. — Alaska. 

 Submont. Je-JL 



3. V. pubescens (Ait.) Pursh. Shrub 5-15 dm. high, with gray branches; 

 leaves ovate, acute or aciuninate, rounded or subcordate at the base, 3-8 cm. 

 long, velvety pubescent beneath; cjnmes 3-7 cm. broad; drupe nearly black, 8 

 mm. long; stone 2-grooved on the faces. Rocky woods: N.B. — Ga. — la. — 

 (?Wyo.)— Man. Je-JL 



4. V. Lentago L. Bush or small tree, sometimes 10 m. high; leaf -blades 

 ovate, 4^10 cm. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, sharply serrulate, 

 mostly rounded at the base and acuminate at the apex; cyme broad, sessile, 5-12 

 cm. in diameter; drupe oval, sweet, bluiah black, with a blooni, 10-14 mim 

 long; stone flat, circular or oval. Nanny-berry. In rich soil, in woods and 



along streams: Me. — Ga. — Colo. — Man. Submont. My. 



3. LINNAEA (Gronov.) L. Twin-flower. 



Trailing or creeping evergreen, with slender branches, and opposite petioled 

 leaves. Flowers pink or purplish, borne in pairs at the end of long termmai 

 peduncles. Hypanthium ovoid. Calyx-teeth 5, subulate-lanceolate, deciduous 

 in fruit. Corolla funnelform, almost regular, not gibbous at the base; hmb 

 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Ovary 3-celled; two of the cells 

 with several abortive ovules, the third with a single perfect ovule; style slender, 

 exserted; stigma capitate. Fruit coriaceous, 3-celled, but 1-seeded. 



Calyx-lobes about 2 mm. long; leaves round, oval, or orbicular. 1. L* americana. 



Calyx-lobes about 4 mm. long; leaves of the fertile shoots mostly broadly ob ovate-spa tu- 

 late. - 2. L. longiflora. 



1. L. americana Forbes. Stem trailing, with pubescent branches; leaves 

 somewhat coriaceous; blade round, oval, or orbicular, 8-15 mm. in diameter, 

 generally crenate above the middle; peduncles slender, often 1 dm. long; bracts 

 and bractlets linear-subulate; calyx-lobes lance-linear, not longer than the ovary; 

 corolla rose-colored, fragrant, about 1 cm. long, funnelform. L. borealis Am. ^^*h.» 

 not L. In cold woods: GreenL— N. J.— Mich.— Colo.— Alaska. SubmonL—^W' 

 alp. Je-Au. 



2. L. longiflora (Torr.) Howell. Stem 3-6 dm. long; leaves of the flowering 

 shoots generally more elongate, broadly ovate or spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long ana 

 1-2 cm. wide; sepals linear-subulate, 4 mm. long, much longer than the ovary, 

 corolla generally longer, often 12-13 mm. in length. L. borealis longiflora lorr. 

 Woods: Alaska — Ida. — Calif.; e Asia. 



4. SYMPHORICARPOS (Dill.) Ludw. Coral-berry, Snow-berry, 



Wolf-berry, Stag-berry. 



Shrubs, with opposite short-petioled leaves and white or pink flow'crs in 

 small terminal or axillary clusters. Hypanthium globose or ellipsoid. V^^^\ " 

 teeth 4-5. Corolla from open-campanulate to salverform, regular, rarely ^l^*^^';-' 

 gibbous at the base, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4r-5, adnate to the corolla. ^7^^ 

 4-celled; two of the cells with several abortive ovules, the other two each witn^ 

 single pendulous ovule: style filiform; stigma capitate. Fruit a globose or ovo 



4-celled. but onlv 2-seeded berrv. 



