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2. Triosteum aurantiacum Bicknell. Similar to T. perfoliatum in habit. Stems 

 5-12 dm. tall, glandular-puberulent to nearly hirsute : leaf-blades ovate-oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 dm. long, acuminate, not broadly connate-perfoliate, minutely soft-pu- 

 bescent beneath, thinly appressed pubescent above or nearly glabrous : sepals 12-20 mm. 

 long, obtuse : corolla dull red, 14-20 mm. long : drupes oblong-ovoid, 12-14 mm. long, 

 orange-red. 



In rich soil and thickets, Quebec to Minnesota, Massachusetts and North Carolina. Spring. 



3. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Foliage softly pubescent. Stems 5-12 dm. tall, 

 simple, solitary or sometimes tufted, finely glandular-pubescent : leaf-blades ovate or 

 broadly oval, 1-2.5 dm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, abruptly narrowed at the 

 base, and with broad connate bases, softly pubescent beneath, sometimes puberulent above : 

 sepals linear, 11-15 mm. long, acute: corolla purplish, 12-15 mm. long, viscid-pubescent, 

 about equalling the sepals: filaments pubescent : drupes obovoid to globular, 8-12 mm. 

 long, orange-yellow, finely pubescent. 



In rich soil and thickets, New York to Minnesota, Alabama and Kansas. Spring and early summer. 



4. SYMPHORICARPOS L. 



Slender branching shrubs, with shreddy bark. Leaves opposite, without stipules : 

 blades thick, entire, or sinuate on shoots, short-petioled, deciduous. Flowers in short 

 axillary spikes, or racemes. Hypanthium cup-shaped to subglobose. Sepals unequal, 4-5. 

 Corolla white or colored, campanulate or funnelform, often slightly gibbous at the base : 

 limb with 4-5 rather unequal lobes. Disk annular or cup-like. Stamens 4-5, adnate to the 

 throat of the corolla-tube. Ovary 4-celled : styles thickened at the base. Ovules few and 

 abortive in 2 of the cavities, solitary, perfect and pendulous in the other two. Berries 

 fleshy, white or purple, 4-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds elongated. 



Style glabrous : fruit white. 1. S.racfmosus. 



Style pubescent : fruit red or purplish. 2. S. Symphoricarpns. 



1. Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. A branching shrub 1-2 m. tall, with gla- 

 brous foliage. Leaf-blades varying from elliptic to usually orbicular-oval or orbicular- 

 ovate, mostly 3-6 cm. long, obtuse or abruptly pointed, undulate or slightly lobed, short- 

 petioled : flowers short-pedicelled : corolla white or pinkish, 6-7 mm. long; tube slightly 

 gibbous at the base ; lobes bearded within : style glabrous, like the stamens, included : ber- 

 ries white, oval or globose, 6-10 mm. long, pulpy. 



In rocky places, often on river banks, Nova Scotia to British Columbia, North Carolina, Kentucky 

 and Minnesota. Spring to fall. SNOWBERRY. 



2. Symphoricarpos Symphoricaipos (L. ) MacM. A spreading shrub, 1-2 dm. 

 tall, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves often apparently 2-ranked ; blades ovate, oval or 

 elliptic, 1-4 cm., rarely 7 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, undulate, glabrate or glabrous above, 

 pubescent beneath, short-petioled : flowers sessile or nearly so : corolla greenish red, 2.5- 

 3.5 mm. long; tube barely, if at all gibbous at the base; lobes glabrous or sparingly 

 pubescent within : style pubescent : berries red or purplish, globose-ovoid, 3-4 mm. long. 

 [S. vulgaris Michx.] 



On river banks or in rocky soil, New York to South Dakota, Georgia and Texas. Also sparingly 

 introduced into New England. Summer. CORALBERRY. 



5. XYLOSTEON B. Juss. 



Shrubs, with upright branching stems. Leaves opposite : blades relatively broad, en- 

 tire, sessile or short-petioled. Flowers in pairs each of which terminates an axillary 

 peduncle, accompanied by two minute bracts and 2 bractlets, the hypanthia more or less 

 united. Calyx minute or obsolete. Corolla relatively short : tube gibbous at the base : 

 limb 5-lobed, often irregular or 2-lipped. Stamens more or less adnate to the corolla- 

 tube. Ovary usually 2-celled : style slender. Berries distinct or didymous. FLY HONEY- 

 SUCKLE. 



1. Xylosteon cili&tum (Muhl. ) Pursh. An erect branching shrub 0.5-2 m. tall, 

 with glabrous twigs. Leaf-blades thin, sometimes rather firm in age, ovate or oval-ovate, 

 3-8 cm. long, acute or apiculate, ciliate, deep green on both sides, rounded or cordate at 

 the base ; petioles 4-6 mm. long : peduncles very slender, shorter than the leaves, each 

 terminated by a pair of flowers : corolla yellowish, 12-22 mm. long ; tube saccate at the 

 base ; lobes nearly equal, 5-7 mm. long, obtuse : stamens and style included : berries dis- 

 tinct, ovoid or oval-ovoid, 5-6 mm. long, bright red. [Lonicera ciliata Muhl.] 



In moist rocky woods, Nova Scotia to Manitoba, North Carolina and Michigan. Spring. 





