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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Symphoricarpus continued. 



ordinary garden soil, and may be readily increaeed by 

 suckers, which are thrown up in abundance. The flowers 

 of 8. racemosus are much sought after by bees; and its 

 fruits form excellent food for game. 



S. microphyllus (small-leaved). 



I. roundish-ovate, slightly 

 Mexico, 1829. (a M. 4975.) SVN. 5. montamts (B. i. 20). 



August. 



/. white, axillary, solitary. 

 h-ovate, slightly obtuse, pubescent, h. 4ft. 



Symphoricarpus continued. 



July to September, fr. white, large, persistent through a great 

 part of the winter. I. glaucous beneath, h. 4ft. to 6ft. North 

 America, 1817. (B. M. 2211 and L. B. C. 230, under name of 

 Symphoria racemosus.) 



S. r. pauciflorus (fe\y-flo\vered). fl., spike reduced to one or 

 two flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves. I. about lin. 

 long. 



S. vulgaris (common). Coral Berry ; Indian Currant ; Common 



FIG. 557. UPPER PORTION OF PLANT OF SYMPHYTUM ASPERRIMUM. 



S. montanus (mountain-loving). A synonym of S. mwrophyllus. 



S. occidentalis (Western).* Wolf Berry, ft. white, tinned with 

 rose-colour, larger and more funnel-shaped than in S. racemosus 

 in dense, terminal and axillary spikes ; corolla much bearded 

 Within; stamens and style protruded. Summer, fr. whit" 

 I. oval, shortly petiolate, downy beneath, entire, or wavy-toothed 

 or lobed on the young shoots. North America. 



S. racemosus (racemose -flowered).* Common Snow Berry 

 fl. rose-coloured, in loose and somewhat leafy, interrupted 

 spikes at the ends of the branches ; corolla bearded inside 



St. John's Wort. fl. red and yellow, small, in small, close clusters 

 in the axils of all the leaves ; corolla sparingly bearded. July to 

 September. Jr. dark red, the size of hemp-seed. I. elliptic-ovate, 



obtuse, glaucous, pubescent beneath, h. 3ft. to 6ft. North 

 America, 1730. In the form foliis variegatis the leaves are finely 

 variegated with green and yellow. 



SYMFHYANDRA (from symphio, to grow together, 

 and aner, andros, an anther ; the anthers are connate). 

 OHD. Campanulaceoe. A genus comprising seven species 



