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I. Linnaea borealis L. Twin-flower. 

 Ground-vine. (Fig. 3450.) 



Linnaea borealis L. Sp. PI. 631. 1753. 



Branches slender, slightly pubescent, trailing, 

 6'-2° long. Petioles i"-2" long; leaves ob- 

 scurely crenate, thick, 3"-io" wide, sometimes 

 wider than long; peduncles slender, erect, 2- 

 bracted at the summit, 2-flowered (or rarely 

 prolifcrously 4-flowered); pedicels filiform, 3"- 

 10" long, 2-bracteolate at the summit; flowers 

 nodding, \"-()" long, fragrant; ovary subtended 

 by a pair of ovate glandular scales which are 

 conniventover the fruit or adnate to it. 



In cold woods, mountains of Marj'land, New Jer- 

 sey, Long Island, north to Newfoundland, west 

 through British America to Alaska and Vancouver, 

 south to Michig'an, in the Rocky Mountains to Colo- 

 rado and in the Sierra Nevada to California. Also 

 in nortliern Europe and .A.sia. June-Aug. 



5. SYMPHORICARPOS Juss. Gen. 211. 1789. 



Shrubs, with opposite deciduous short-petioled simple leaves, and small white or pink, 

 perfect flowers, in axillary or terminal clusters. Calyx-tube nearly globular, the limb 4-5- 

 toothed. Corolla campanulate or salverform, regular, or sometimes gibbous at the base, 4- 

 5-lobed, glabrous or pilose in the throat; stamens 4 or 5, inserted on the corolla. Ovary 

 4-celled, 2 of the cavities containing several abortive ovules, the other two each with a single 

 suspended ovule; style filiform; stigma capitate, or 2-lobed. Fruit an ovoid or globose 4- 

 celled 2-seeded berry. Seeds oblong; endosperm fleshy; embryo minute. [Greek, fruit 

 borne together, from the clustered berries.] 



.About 10 species, natives of North America and the mountains of Mexico. Known as vSt. 

 Peter's- wort. 

 Fruit white; style glabrous. 



Stamens and style included; clusters usually few-flowered. 

 Erect shrub; leaves i'-2' long; clusters several-flowered. 

 Diffuse shrub; leaves 'I'-i' long; clusters 1-2-flowered. 



Stamens and style somewhat exserted; clusters many-flowered. 

 Fruit red; style bearded. 



1. 5. racemosus. 



2. 5. paiiciflorus. 



3. ^. occidentalis. 



4. 5. Syniphoricarpos. 



I. Symphoricarpos racemdsus Michx. Snowberry. (Fig. 3451.) 



planted and sometimes escaped from cultivation. 

 Sept. 



Syniphoricarpos racemosus Michx. 

 Fl. Bor. Am. i: 107. 1803. 



An erect shrub, "-4° high, gla- 

 brous or nearly so, the branches 

 slender. Petioles about 2" long; 

 leaves oval, obtuse at each end, 

 sometimes a little pubescent be- 

 neath, i'-2' long, entire, undulate, 

 or those of young shoots sometimes 

 dentate; axillary clusters few-flow- 

 ered, the terminal one mostly in- 

 terruptedly spicate; corolla cam- 

 panulate, about 3" long, slightly 

 gibbous at the base, bearded with- 

 in ; style glabrous; stamens and 

 style included; berry snow-white, 

 globose, loosely cellular, z"-$" 

 in diameter. 



In rocky places and on river shores. 

 Nova Scotia to British Columbia, south 

 o Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Minne- 

 sota and in California. Commonly 

 Called also Snowdrop-berry, Egg-plant. June- 



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