218 CAPRIFOLJ.CE^. (honeysuckle FAMILY.) 



etc. The well-kr ±>HORICARPOS, Dill. Snowberry. 



' ^ ^ Abort, persistent. Corolla bell-shaped, regularly 4 -5-lobed, with 

 *,.fiort stameus inserted into its throat. Ovarv 4-celled, only 2 of the 

 , ith a fertile ovule ; the berry therefore 4-celled but only 2-seeded. Seeds 

 ,-jny. — Low and branching upright shrubs, with oval short-petioled leaves, 

 which are downy underneath and entire, or wavy toothed or lobed on the young 

 shoots. Flowers white tinged with rose-color, in close short spikes or clusters. 

 (Name composed of avfjL(popew, to bear together, and Kapiros, fruit ; from the 

 clustered berries.) 



* Sttjle bearded ; fruit red ; flowers all in short dense axillary clusters. 

 1. S. vulgaris, Michx. (Indian Clrrant. Coral-berry.) Flowers 

 in the axils of nearly all the leaves ; corolla sparingly bearded ; berries small. 



— Rocky banks, western N. Y. and Fenn. to Dak., Neb., and Tex. July. 

 * * Sti/le glabrous ; fruit white ; flowers in clusters or sometimes solitary. 



•2. S. OCCident^lis, Hook. (Wolfberry.) Floicers in dense terminal 

 and axillarij spikes; corolla much bearded within; stamens and style pro- 

 truded. — Rocky ground, N. Mich, and 111., west to the Rocky Mts. — Flowers 

 larger and more funnel-form, and stamens longer, than in the next. 



3. S. raeemosus, Michx. (Snowberry.) Flowers in a loose and some- 

 what leafy interrupted spike at the end of the branches ; corolla bearded inside , 

 berries large. — Rocky banks, N. New Eng. and Fenn., to Minn, and westward ; 

 common in cultivation. June -Sept. Berries ripe in autumn. — V"ar. pauci- 

 fl6rl'S, Robbins. Low, diffusely branched and spreading; leaves smaller 

 (about V long), the spike reduced to one or two flowers in the uppermost axils. 



— Mountains of Vt. and Fenn. to Minn., Dak., and westward. 



7. L ONI CERA, L. HoNEYsrcKLE. Woodbine. 



Calyx-teeth very short. Corolla tubular or funnel-form, often gibbous at 

 the base, irregularly or almost regularly 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled. Berry several-seeded. — Leaves entire. Flowers often showy and 

 fragrant. (Named in honor of Adam Lonitzer, latinized Lonicerus, a German 

 herbalist of the 16th century.) 



§ L XYLOSTEON. Upright bushy shrubs ; leaves all distinct ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, single, 2-flowered at the summit ; the two berries sometimes united into 

 one ; calyx-teeth not persistent. 



* Bracts (2 or sometimes 4) at the base of the ovaries minute. 



1. L. eiliata, Muhl. (Fly-Honeysuckle.) Branches straggling (3 - 5° 

 high) ; leaves oblong-ovate, often heart-shaped, petiokd, thin, downy beneath ; 

 filiform peduncles .<ihorter than the leaves ; corolla funnel-form, almost spurred 

 at the base (greenish-yellow, |' long), the lobes nearly equal; berries separate 

 (red). — Rocky woods, N. Brunswick to Fenn. and Minn. May. 



2. L. CSerulea, L. (Mountain F.) Low (1-2° high); branches up- 

 right ; leaves oval, downy when young ; peduncles very short ; bracts awl-shaped, 

 longer than the ovaries, ivhich are united into one (blue) berry ; flowers yellowish. 



— Mountain woods and bogs, Lab. to R. I., Minn., and northward. May. (Eu.) 



