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CAPRIFOLIACKB. 



Slender shrubs with small pinkish regular flowers: berries white 4. 



Shrubby climbers or erect shrubs with irregular tubular flowers 6 



1. SAMBT7CUS, Tournefort. 



Cymes round-topped; pith of year-old shoots yellow-brown 1, 2 



Cymes flat-topped, 1-sided: pith white: berries black 8, 4 



1. S. racemosa, L. Cymes ovoid or oblong: flowers dull white: berries scarlet. 



2. S. melanocarpa, Gr. Cymes broader: flowers white: fruit black, no bloom. 



3. 8. glauca, Nutt. Leaves smooth: fruit black with a white bloom. (Elders-berry. 



4. S. Mexicana, PresL Leaves and long shoots hairy: fruit black, no bloom. 



2. VIBURNUM, Linnaeus. 



Drupes light red, globose, acid: leaves all or some of them lobed 1, 2 



Drupes bluish-black, flattened, elliptical: leaves not lobed 8 



1. V. opulus, L. Cymes on several-leaved branches. Or. & Wash., E. & N. 



2. V. pauciflorum, Pylaie. Cymes on short 2 -leaved branches. Wash., N. & E. 



3 V. ellipticum, Hooker. Leaves 3-5 -ribbed: corolla 4 or 6 lines broad. N. Calais' 



3. LINNJEA, Gronovius. 

 1. L. borealis, Gronov. Corolla fnnnelform, 4 or 5 lines long: stamens 4. 



4. SYMPHOKICABPOS, Dillenius. 



Corolla broadly campannlate, 2 or 3 lines long *......... 1, 2 



Corolla narrowly campanulate, 3 to 6 lines long 8, 4 



1. S. racemosus, Michx. Smooth: corolla hairy, narrow at base. 



2. S. rnollis, Nutt. Mostly soft-hairy, diffuse: corolla broad at base. 



3. S. rotundifolius, Gr. Leaves orbicular to elliptical, 6 to 9 lines long. 



4. 8. oreophylus, Gr. Corolla 4 to 6 lines long, scarcely hairy: nutlets sharp. 



5. IiONICERA, Linnaeus. 



Erect shrubs: flowers in axillary pairs on a single peduncle. 



Ovaries or wholly united to form a single berry: bracts subulate 1, 2 



Ovaries distinct or nearly so: corolla saccate at base, yellowish 3, 4 



Woody climbers: flowers sessile, clustered: upper leaves often united 5, 6 



1. L. ccerulea, L. Only 1 or 2 ft. high: leaves pale: corolla yellowish or purplish. 



2. L. conjugialis, Kellogg. Corolla dull purple, bilabiate, 4 or 5 lines long. 



3. L. Utahensis, Watson, Bracts small: berries red: peduncles short. 



4. L. involucrats, Banks. Bracts large, becoming red: berries purple black. 



5. L. ciliosa, Foir. Corolla an inch long, yellow to crimson-scarlet. 



6. L. hispidula, DougL Corolla 6 lines long, the lobes half as long: variable. 



