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SYMPHORICARPUS 



The differences between the West American species are not very 

 readily defined, but they consist chiefly in the relative lengths of stamens, 

 style, and corolla. AH the species grow well in any moist soil, and are 



easily propagated by cuttings, several by division. The West Chinese 

 species alluded to above S. SINENSIS, Rehder differs from all the rest 

 in having dark blue fruits, which are ovoid, J in. long, and covered with 

 a plum-like bloom, and in the flowers being borne on a " terminal 



