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under surface. They are small, on short stems, 

 and have backward rolled margins. 



Flowers. — The tiny white nodding flowers 

 are single, growing on short stems from the leaf 

 axil. Two bracts are beneath the calyx. May. 



The stems of this creeping and trailing shrub 

 are scarcely woody, slender, and bristly. It is a 

 native of Japan, and in our country extends from 

 Newfoundland to British Columbia and south to 

 Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, con- 

 tinuing along the Alleghanies to North CaroKna. 

 Chiogenes means " snow offering," referring 

 most appropriately to the snow-white fruit. 



SNOWBERRY 

 Symphoricarpos racemosus Honeysuckle Family 



Fruit. — The terminal fruit spike usually has 

 a pair of leaves at its base. Solitary berries 

 sometimes grow from the axils of the next 

 lower pair of leaves. The ripe berries are quite 

 large, waxy, and white. The persistent calyx 

 teeth are at the top and two tiny bracts are at 

 the base. The berries are nearly stemless. 

 They have two large cells, each containing a 



