286 HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



the Rocky mountains. Blossoms in June and July, fruit ripe in Septem- 

 ber, often persistent throughout the winter. 



This species is very variable in the size and form of Leaf. 



Symphoricarpus racemosus Michaux 1803 Snowberry 



An erect branching shrub, 0.3-1 m. high, bark on older branches gray 

 and shreddy, young shoots slender, yellowish brown; leaves oval, elliptic- 

 oblong or nearly orbicular, narrowed or rounded at the base, obtuse at 

 the apex, glabrous above, pilose beneath, margin entire or crenate, length 

 2-5 cm., width 1-3 cm., petioles 2-3 mm. long; flowers 1-2 or several in 

 interrupted spikes, at the ends of the branches, corolla pink Or white. 

 campanulate, 4-5 mm. long and about as broad, hairy within, stamens and 

 style not protruded beyond the corolla; fruit a snow-white berry, globose, 

 5-10 mm. in diameter : racemosus, racemed. 



In rocky and dry soil, throughout the state. Distributed from north- 

 eastern Quebec to Alaska, south to western Mass., Pa., Mich., Mont, and 

 California. Blossoms in June and July, fruit ripe in Aug. and Sept. 



Symphoricarpus racemosus var. pauciflorus Robbins 1867 

 Symphoricarpus pauciflorus (Robbins) Britton 1894 



A dwarf shrub, differing from the species in having uniformly smaller 

 leaves which are much paler beneath and more pubescent. 



Common in the northern part of the state, infrequent farther south. 



Symphoricarpus racemosus var. levigatus F e r n a 1 d Cultivated 



Snowberry 



Erect shrub, 1-1.5 m. high, leaves larger than in the species, glabrous 

 on both sides ; flowers often numerous, in interrupted spikes. 

 Frequently cultivated in gardens and occasionally escaping. 



Lcnicera L i n 11 e 1753 Honeysuckle 

 (Named for Adam Lonitzer) 



Erect shrubs or woody twining vines; leaves opposite, entire; flowers 

 in terminal heads or spikes, or in pairs on axillary peduncles, calyx ad- 

 herent to the ovary, its limb usually minute, 5-toothed or nearly entire, 

 petals 5, united into a more or less irregular corolla, corolla trumpet-, fun- 

 nel-, or bell-shaped, the tube often gibbous at the base and honey bearing, 

 the limb 5-cleft or 2-lipped, the upper lip consisting of 4 petals, the lower 

 of 1, stamens 5, borne on the corolla-tube, alternate with the petals, pistil 



