SNOWBERRIES AND CORALBERRY 



Symphoricar'pos spp. 



B151 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers white or pink, usually nod- 

 ding, in small clusters in the axils of 

 the leaves or in end clusters 



S. vaccinioides 



S. oreo phi I us 



S. albus S.oreophil us 



Leaves-^-opposite, short-stalked, usu- 

 ally thin; in S. vaccinioides, oval, 

 pointed at both ends, usually less than 

 % in. long, finely hairy becoming hair- 

 less in age; in S. albus , oval, blunt at 

 both ends, entire or wavy-toothed on 

 margins, often whitish or hairy be- 

 neath; in S. oreophUus, oval to elliptic, 

 usually pointed at tip, entire to toothed 

 on margins, slightly hairy above, hair- 

 less to grayish or whitish-hairy beneath 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 somewhat globe-shaped or elliptic, 4- 

 or 5-tootbed or lobed 



United petals (corolla) regularly 4- 

 or 5-lobed, mostly about jf to % in. 

 long, broadly bell-shaped (as in S. 

 albus) to tubular-funnelform (as in 

 S. oreophilus) or tubular with spreading 

 lobes, smooth or hairy within 



S. oreophilus 



Berries white, (snowberries) or red 

 (coralberry), globe-shaped (as in S. 

 albus) or "egg-shaped (as in S. oreo- 

 philus), about y t to % in. in diameter, 

 often waxy, 4-celled, 2-seeded 



Stems wood/, commonly , much- 

 branched, with opposite twigs, fre- 

 quently with grayish or reddish, 

 shreddy bark 



