CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



2. Symphoricarpos pauci- 



florus (Robbing) Britton. Low 



Snowberry. (Fig. 3452.) 



Symphoricarpos racenwsus var. panci- 



Jlortis Robbins; A. Gray, Man. Kd. 5. 



203. 1867. 

 Symphoricarpos pauciflortis Britton, 



Mem. Torr. Club, 5: ^05. 1894. 



A low spreading dilTuscly branched 

 shrub, 6'-io' high. Leaves broadly 

 oval to orbiculale, entire, softly pu- 

 bescent, cspeciall}' along the veins, 

 beneath, i>"-ii" long; flowers 2"-3" 

 long, solitary in the upper axils and 

 2 or 3 in the terminal spike; corolla 

 campanulatc, s-lobed, bearded within ; 

 stamens and glabrous style included; 

 berry oval when young, becoming 

 ' globose, white, 1"-^" in diameter. 



In rocky places, Ontario and W'rmont 

 to western New York and Pennsylvania, 

 west to South Dakota. Jiritish Columbia, 

 south in the Kocky Mountains to Colo- 

 rado. June-July. 



3. Symphoricarpos occidentalis 

 Hook. Wolf berry. (Fig. 3453.) 



Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Fl. Bor. 

 Am. 1: 285. 1833. 



Similar to 5". racemosus but stouter, 

 with larger leaves i'-3' long, more or less 

 pubescent beneath, entire, or often undu- 

 late-crenate; petioles 2"-}," long; axil- 

 lary clusters spicate, many- flowered, 6"- 

 12" long; corolla campanulate, 3" long, 

 lobed to beyond the middle; stamens and 

 glabrous style somewhat exsertcd; berry 

 nearly globular, white, A"-5" in diameter. 



Michigan and Minnesota to British Colum- 

 bia, Kansas and Colorado. June-July. 



4. Symphoricarpos Symphori- 

 carpos (L.)MacM. Coral-berry. In- 

 dian Currant. (Fig. 3454.) 



Lonicera Symphoricarpos I,. Sp. PI. 175. 



1753. 

 5. orbiculala Moench, Meth. 503. 1794. 

 Symphoricarpos vulgaris Jlichx. Fl. Bor. 



\!^'w^ / "^^^^-^ N^Xw'Mkl^lZ-^—^-e^ Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos MacM. 



Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 15. 1892. 



A shrub, 2°-5° high, the branches erect 

 or ascending, purplish, usually pubescent. 

 Petioles i"-2" long; leaves oval or ovate, 

 entire or undulate, mostly obtuse at each 

 end, glabrous or nearly so above, usually 

 soft-pubescent beneath, y'-iYi' long; clus- 

 ters dense, many-flowered, at length spi- 

 cate, shorter thau the leaves; corolla 

 campanulate, sparingly pubescent within, 

 pinkish, about 2" long; style bearded; sta- 

 mens included; berrj' purplish red, ovoid-globose, i>^"-2" long. 



.\long rivers and in rocky places, banks of the Delaware in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, west 

 to western New York and Dakota, and south to Georfria and Texas. Also sparingly escaped from 

 cultivation farther east. Fruit persistent after the leaves have falleu. July. 



