CAPRI FOLIA CE.i: : SYMPHORICA RPOS. 



541 



pubescent. Peduncles 2-flowerecl, shorter than the 

 leaves. Bracteas oblon<i, ciliated. Berries joined 

 together to the middle, globose. Corollas lucid, of 

 the form of those of L. alpigcna. Ovarium towen- 

 tose. Leaves like those of Cotoneaster vulgaris 

 (Don's Mill.') An erect 



lOOS. L. iWrica. 



shrub. Georgia, about 

 Teflis. Height 3 ft. to 

 4 ft. Introduced in 1824. 

 Flowers greenish yellow ; 

 April and May. Fruit 

 blood-coloured, some- 

 times pointed as in Jig. 

 1008.; ripe in August. 



A very neat little bush, 

 which makes very good 

 irarden hedges. 



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lOffl. L. ibtrioa. 



Gen LIS V. 



SYMPHORICA'RPOS BUI. The St. Peter's Wort. Lin. Syst. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



. p. 338. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 4.51. 

 Symphbria Pcrs. Ench. I. p. 214. 



Idenlificalion. Dill. Elth., p. 371. ; Dec. Prod., 4. 

 Synonymes. Symphoric&rpa Neck. Elem. p. 220. 



Wilid. Rel. ; Lonicera sp. Lin. 

 Derivation. From sinnphoreo, to accumulate, and knrpos, fruit ; species bearing the fruit in groups. 



How it obtained the name of St. Peter's Wort we have not been able to ascertain. 



Anisanthiis 



Gen. Char. Calyx tube globose; limb small, 4 5-toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, almost equally 4 5-lobed. Stamens 5, hardly exserted. Stigmas 

 semiglobose. Ovarium adnate. Berry 4-celled. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; oval, quite entire. F/civers 



on short peduncles, axillary or many together, bibracteate, small, white or 



rose-coloured, on short pedicels. Shrubs erect, bushy, oppositely branched; 



natives of Europe and North America ; of the easiest culture in common 



i garden soil; and readily increased by suckers, which they throw up in abun- 



\ dance. 



i a^ 1. S. vulga'ris MicJix. The common St. Peter's Wort. 



.Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 100.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 339. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 

 Synoripmes. Lonicern Symphoricarpos Lin. Sp. 249. ; S. parviflftra Desf. Cat. ; Symphfiria 

 ' merata fers. Ench. 1. p. 214. ; Symphbria glomerJlta Pwsh Sept. p. 1G2. 

 .Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. llo. ; and ourjig. 1010. 



\Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers disposed in axillary 

 \ capitate clusters, composed of nearly sessile 



racemules. Corolla white. Berries red, size 



of hempseed ; but, in America, according to 



Piirsh, the flowers are small, red and yellow, 



and the berries purple. Branches brown, 



smooth. Leaves elliptic ovate, obtuse, glau- , 



ecus, and pubescent beneath. The berries are \ 



numerous, and ripen in winter. (Don's Mill.) I 



An erect bushy shrub. Virginia, Carolina, 



and Pennsylvania, in sandy dry fields. Height 



3 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1730. Flowers 



small, red and yellow ; August and September. 



Fruit purple ; ripe in December. loio. s,mphor;rp iiri.. 



4.51. 

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