170 CAPRIFOLIACEJE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 
Tribe I. LONICfeREJS. The Honeysuckle Tribe. 
1 . IjINNJEA, Gronov. Linna:a. Twin-flower. 
Calyx-teeth 5, awl-shaped, deciduous. Corolla narrow bell¬ 
shaped, almost equally 5-lobed. Stamens 4, two of them shorter, 
inserted towards the base of the corolla. Ovary 3-celled, only 
one of the cells with a fertile ovule ; so that the small dry pod 
is 3-celled but only 1-seeded, two of the cells being empty. — 
A slender creeping and trailing little evergreen, somewhat hairy, 
with rounded-oval sparingly crenate leaves contracted at the base 
into short petioles, and thread-like upright peduncles forking into 
2 pedicels at the top, each bearing a delicate and fragrant nodding 
flower. Corolla purple rose-color and whitish, reddish and hairy 
inside. (Dedicated to the immortal Linnaeus, who first pointed 
out its characters, and with whom this humble but charming plant 
was an especial favorite.) 
1 l,, borealis, Gronov. — Moist mossy woods; common north¬ 
ward, but towards the south only found along mountains or in cold 
bogs. June. 
2. SYMPHORICARPUS, Dill. (Symphoria, Pers.) 
Calyx-teeth short, persistent on the fruit. Corolla bell-shaped, 
nearly regularly 4 - 5-lobed, with as many short stamens inserted 
into its throat. Ovary 4-celled, only 2 of the cells with a fertile 
ovule; the berry therefore 4-celled and 2-seeded. Seeds bony. — 
Low and branching upright shrubs, with oval short-petioled 
leaves, which are downy underneath and entire, or wavy-toothed 
on the young shoots. Flowers white, tinged with rose-color, in 
close short spikes or clusters. (Name composed of crvfu£opea>> to 
bear together , and Kapros, fruit; from the clustered berries.) 
1< S. occidentalis, R. Brown. (Wolf-berry.) Flowers 
in dense terminal and axillary spikes; corolla much bearded within ; 
the stamens and style protruded; berries white. — Fort Gratiot, Mich¬ 
igan, and northwestward. — Flowers larger and more funnel-form, and 
stamens longer, than in the next. 
2. S. racemosus, Michx. (Snow-berry.) Flowers collected 
in a loose and someichat leafy interrupted spike at the end of the 
branches; corolla bearded inside; berries large , bright white.-Kockj 
banks, from the Vermont shore of L. Champlain to Wisconsin : com¬ 
mon in cultivation. June-Sept. Berries remaining till winter. 
