564 SYMPHORICARPUS SYMPLOCOS 



to 2 ins. long, f to i in. wide on strong barren shoots, half or less than half 

 as large on the flowering twigs. Flowers mostly in pairs in the leaf-axils of 

 short twigs. Corolla whitish, tubular or slightly tapering towards the base, 

 i to | in. long, the tube four or five times as long as the lobes; style smooth, 

 half or less than half the length of the corolla. Fruit white, oval, -3- in. long. 

 Native of western N. America; introduced in 1898. It is a distinct 

 species because of its comparatively long, tubular corolla and short style. 

 It is distinguished from rotundifolius by the flattened seeds being pointed 

 at one end. Chiefly of botanical interest. 



S. RACEMOSUS, Michaux. SNOWBERRY. 



A deciduous shrub, up to 8 or 10 ft. high, spreading by underground 

 suckers, and forming dense thickets of erect, many branched stems with 

 shredding bark; young wood smooth. Leaves roundish oval to roundish 

 ovate, sometimes lobed, f to 3 ins. long, from \ to i ins. wide; blunt or 

 rounded at the apex, smooth on both surfaces; stalk \ to J- in. long. Flowers 

 of little beauty, in. long, produced at the end of the twigs, and in the 

 terminal leaf-axils during June and July, in short spikes ; corolla pink, bell- 

 shaped, lobed to about one-third its depth, hairy within ; stamens, and 

 especially the smooth style, enclosed within the corolla. Fruit globular, \ to 

 f in. wide, snow-white, pulpy when ripe. 



Native of N. America on both the eastern and western sides; introduced 

 in 1817. This well-known shrub ripens its fruit in October, and having 

 apparently no attraction for birds, they remain on the twigs up to New 

 Year or later, interesting for their pure whiteness. Whilst the plant repays 

 good cultivation by the greater size and abundance of the fruit (which often 

 weigh down the branches in graceful arches), there are few shrubs more 

 useful for filling up dark out-of-the-way corners. Although deciduous, its 

 stems and twigs are dense enough to make an effective screen. 



The snowberry described above is the common type of gardens. It is 

 distinguished by Fernald (Gray's Manual, ed. vii., p. 757) as var. L^EVIGATUS. 

 He states that the typical S. racemosus of Michaux is a dwarfer shrub, I to 3 

 ft. high, whose leaves are green on both sides and hairy beneath. 



S. ROTUNDIFOLIUS, A. Gray. 



A deciduous shrub, 2 to 3 ft. high; branches very leafy, covered at first 

 with minute down. Leaves roundish to oval or ovate, \ to i in. long, 

 pointed or blunt at the apex, more or less downy beneath, sometimes with 

 sinuous margins, but otherwise entire. Flowers stalkless, produced in June 

 and July singly or in pairs in the upper leaf-axils, and the end of the shoot 

 in a short spike. Corolla pinkish white, j to \ in. long, between funnel and 

 bell-shaped, shallowly five-lobed; hairy towards the base inside; style smooth 

 and, like the stamens, enclosed within the corolla. Fruit white, oval or 

 nearly globose, \ in. wide. 



Native of Western N. America; of but little garden value. It is allied 

 to S. oreophilus but has a shorter corolla, and the two nutlets (popularly 

 " seeds ") in the fruit are shorter and equally broad and blunt at both ends. 



SYMPLOCOS CRAT^EGOIDES, Buchanan- Hamilton. 

 STYRACACE^E. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, of light and elegant aspect ; young 

 shoots hairy. Leaves oval, ovate, or somewhat obovate; i\ to 3^- ins. 



