CAPKIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY) 757 



long, hirsute within ; style and stamens also hairy. {L. glauca Hill.) — Rocky 

 grounds, s. Me. to Man., s. to N. C, 0., and Mo. May, June. 



= = Corolla about 3 cm. long. 



15. L. flava Sims. (Yellow H.) Leaves oblong to oval, the uppermost 

 united into oval disks, dark green, not glaucous above, but pale or glaucous 

 beneath ; inflorescence short, capitate ; corolla orange-yellow, the tube not 

 gibbous at base, only slightly hairy within. — Mts. of N. C. to Ky., Mo., and 

 south w. Apr., May. 



3. SYMPHORICARPOS [Dill.] Ludwig. Snowberry 



Calyx-teeth short, persistent. Corolla bell-shaped, regularly 4-5-lobed, with 

 as many short stamens inserted into the throat. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. 

 8eeds bony. — Low and branching upright shrubs, with oval short-petioled 

 leaves, which are usually 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 crvfji<pop€iv, to hear together^ and 

 KapTTos, fruit; from the clustered berries.) 



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



1. S. orbiculatus Moench. (Indian Currant, Coral-berry.) Flowers in 

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

 {S. vulgaris Michx.; S. Symphoricarpos MacM.) — Rocky banks, N. Y. to 

 Dak., s. to Ga. and Tex. ; escaping from cultivation eastw. July. 



* * Style glabrous ; fruit white ; flowers in clusters or sometimes solitary. 



2. S. occidentalis Hook. (Wolfberry.) Flowers in dense terminal and 

 axillary spikes ; corolla funnel-form., much bearded within; stamens and style 

 protruded. — Rocky ground, n. Mich, and 111. to Kan., w. to the Rocky Mts. 



0. S. racemosus Michx. (Snowberry.) Shrub, 2-10 dm. high; leaves 

 from elliptic-oblong to orbicular, green both sides., pilose beneath ; flowers 1-2, 

 or in short interrupted spikes at the ends of the branches ; coroUa campanulate, 

 bearded inside; stamens and style included. (Var. pauciflorus Man. ed. 6, in 

 part, not Robbins ; S. pauciflorus Britton, in part.) — Dry limestone ridges and 

 banks, n. e. Que. to Alaska, s. to w. Mass., centr. Pa., Mich., Mont., Ida., and 

 Cal. June, July. 



Var. paucifl5rus Robbins. Dwarf shrub ; leaves more or less pubescent, 

 strongly v:hitened underneath. {S. paiiciflorus Britton, in part.) — L. Superior 

 to L. Winnipeg ; and locally in the mts. from Alb. to Ore, and Col. 



Var. laevigatus Fernald. (Snowberry of the gardens.) Taller shrub 

 (1-1.5 m. high); leaves glabrous beneath; flowers often numerous in interrupted 

 spikes. (^S. racemosus of auth., not Michx.) — Saguenay Co., Que., to Wash., 

 locally in the mts. to Va. ; freely cultivated and commonly escaping to roadsides, 

 etc. 



4. LINNAEA [Gronov.] L. Twin-flower 



Calyx-teeth 5, awl-shaped, deciduous. Corolla slender-bell-shaped or funnel- 

 form, almost equally 5-lobed. Stamens 4, two of them shorter, inserted toward 

 the base of the corolla. Ovary and the small dry pod .3-celled, but 1-seeded. — 

 A slender creeping and trailing little evergreen, somewhat hairy, with rounded- 

 oval sparingly crenate leaves contracted at the base into short petioles, and 

 thread-like upright peduncles forking into 2 (rarely 4 or (>) pedicels at the top, 

 each bearing a delicate and fragrant nodding flower. Corolla whitish, tinged and 

 striped with rose-purple, hairy inside. (Dedicated to the immortal Linnaeus., 

 who first pointed out its characters, and with whom the European type of this 

 pretty little plant was a special favorite.) 



1. L. borealis L., var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. — Moist mossy woods 

 and cold bogs. Lab. to N. J. and the mts. of Pa. and Md., w. to Minn.; also fai 

 north w. and westw. June-Aug. ; rarely flowering in late autumn. 



