MOUNTAIN FLO\VEI<> 



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render the Symphoncarpus both e()ii>i)ie imus awX all rae live 

 These berries are oval in the early sta,i;es oi devciopmcnt, 

 when with their snowy weight they bend down the flexible 

 branches, and become rounded at maturity. They contain two 

 brown bony seeds, embedded in the -ranular cellular pulj). 

 The dark green leaves are broadlx o\al in sha|)c and have 

 smooth margins. 



The Snow-berry is frequentl\- culti\ated in giuxlens as an 

 ornamental shrub. 



INVOLUCRED FLY-HONEYSUCKLE 



LoJiitcra in^'oluerata . Honeysuckle Kaniilv 



Leaves: ovate or oval, acute or acuminate at the apex, narroweii .ii 

 the base; peduncles axillary: bracts foliaceous, ovate: hractlets also 

 large, at length surrounding the fruit. Flowers: in pairs, yellow: corolla 

 pubescent, funnel-form, the limb five-lobed. the lobes short, little si)rea(l- 

 ing ; stamens and style slightly exserted. Fruit: berries nearly black. 



This is one of the small-flowered I Ione\ suckles which grow 

 in the form of a bushy shrub. It bears yellow fimnel-tonn 

 twin blossoms, terminating the long slender jK'duncles which 

 spring from the axils of the leaves. These blossoms are conspic- 

 uously involucred (hence the common name) by large broad 

 leaf-like bracts, which are green in the flowering season and 

 turn a warm reddish colour in autunm. when surrounding 

 the fruit. The five stamens j^rotrude slightly beyond the 

 corolla, but the style is much exserted, and is tipjK'd by a 

 large anther. 



The Fly-Honeysuckle is a straggling shrub, growing fn.m 

 two to six feet high; the leaves are long-shaped and ha\e 

 hairv margins, and when in fruit the reddish-black berries art- 

 joined together in jxiirs. It is not a plant that i^ like' 

 attract the traveller's interest, for it is noticeable only b\ um- 

 son of its rich luxuriant foliage, since the Howers arc small 

 and the berries cjuite dark in hue. 



