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2. SYMPHORICARPUS, Dill. SNOwHEnnr. 



Calyx-tcctli sliort, jxT.sistL-nt on the fruit. Corolla l)ell-.sha])e(l, rc<,nil!irly 4- 

 5-lobi;il, with as many short stamens inserted into its throat. Ovary 4-ccllcd, 

 only 2 of the eells with a fertile ovule ; the berry therefore 4celled l)ut only 2- 

 sccded. Seeds bony. — 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 (rvficpoptu), to bear together, axiA 

 KapTTus, fruit ; from the clustered berries.) 



1. S. OCCidentillis, R. Brown. (WoLKnEURV.) Flowers in dcn.«c ter- 

 minal and axillary spikes ; corolla much bearded within ; the stnmeiis and sti/le 

 protruded; beiries white — Northern Michigan, Illinois, and westward. — Flow- 

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



2. S. raceradsus, Michx. (Sxowherry.) Flowers in a loose and some- 

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

 berries large, bright white. — Rocky banks, W. Vermont to Pennsylvania and 

 Wisconsin : common in cultivation. June -Sept. — Berries rijjc in autumn. 



Var. pauciflbrus, Bobbins. Low, dirtuscly branched and sjjrcading ; 

 leaves smaller (about 1' long), the spike reduced to one or two flowers in the 

 axils of the upi)erinost. — Hocky woods of L. Superior, Dr. Rabbins, and north- 

 westward. Allcghanics of Pennsylvania, ./. R. Lowrie, Mr. Borldii;/. 



3. S. vulgaris, Michx. (Indian Ccrr.vnt. Coral-berry.) Flowers 

 in small close clusters in the axils of nearly all the leaves ; corolla sparingly 

 bearded ; berries small, dork red. — Rocky banks, W. New York and Penn. to 

 Illinois and southward : also cultivated. July. 



3. LONICERA, L. Hoxeysuckle. Woodrixe. 



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-cellcd. 

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

 (Named in honor of ^Ja/n Lonitzer, latinized Lonicerus, a German herbalist of 

 the 16th century.) 



§ 1. CAPRIFOLIUM, Juss. Twining shrubs, with the flowers in sessile whorhd 

 clusters from the arils of the {oflen connate) upper lea res and forming iitte)Tujited 

 terminal spikes: jcali/x-tceth persistent on the (red or orange) bcrrg. 



# Corolla trumpet-shaped, almost regularli/ and equally 5-lobed. 



1. L. Semp6rvirens, Ait. (Trumpet IIoNEYsrcKLE.) Flowers in 

 somewhat distant wiioils ; leaves oblong, smooth ; the lower petioled, the up- 

 permost pairs united round the stem. — Copses, New York (near the city) to 

 Virginia, and southward: common also in cultivation. May -Oct, — Leaves 

 deciduous at the North. Corolla scentless, nearly 2' long, deep red outside, 

 yellowish within or rarely throughout. 



* » Corolla ringent : the lower lip narrow, the upper broiul and \-lol>ed. 



2. L. grita, .\it. (American \Vo(H)niXK.) hares smoolh, glaucous be- 

 neath, obovate, the 2 or 3 upper pairs united ; flowers whorled in the oxiib of 



