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HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



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i. Linnaea borealis L. Twin-flower. 

 Ground-vine. (Fig. 3450.) 



Linnaea borealis L- Sp. PI. 631. 1753- 



Branches slender, slightly pubescent, trailing, 

 6 / -2 long. Petioles i // -2 // long; leaves ob- 

 scurely crenate, thick, 3 // -io // wide, sometimes 

 wider than long; peduncles slender, erect, 2- 

 bracted at the summit, 2-rlowered (or rarely 

 proliferously 4-flowered); pedicels filiform, 3"- 

 \o" long, 2-bracteolate at the summit; flowers 

 nodding, 4 // -6 // long, fragrant; ovary subtended 

 by a pair of ovate glandular scales which are 

 conniventover the fruit or adnate to it. 



In cold woods, mountains of Maryland, New Jer- 

 sey, Long- Island, north to Newfoundland, west 

 through British America to Alaska and Vancouver, 

 south to Michigan, in the Rocky Mountains to Colo- 

 rado and in the Sierra Nevada to California. Also 

 in northern Europe and Asia. June-Aug. 



5. SYMPHORICARPOS Juss. Gen. 211. 1789. 



Shrubs, with opposite deciduous short-petioled simple leaves, and small white or pink, 

 perfect flowers, in axillary or terminal clusters. Calyx-tube nearly globular, the limb 4-5- 

 toothed. Corolla campanulate or salverform, regular, or sometimes gibbous at the base, 4- 

 5-lobed, glabrous or pilose in the throat; stamens 4 or 5, inserted on the corolla. Ovary 

 4-celled, 2 of the cavities containing several abortive ovules, the other two each with a single 

 suspended ovule; style filiform, stigma capitate, or 2-lobed. Fruit an ovoid or globose 4- 

 celled 2-seeded berry. Seeds oblong; endosperm fleshy; embryo minute. [Greek, fruit 

 borne together, from the clustered berries.] 



About 10 species, natives of North America and the mountains of Mexico. Known as St. 

 Peter's-wort. 

 Fruit white ; style glabrous. 



Stamens and style included; clusters usually few-flowered. 

 Erect shrub; leaves i'-2' long; clusters several-flowered. 

 Diffuse shrub; leaves Jz'-i' long; clusters 1-2-flowered. 



Stamens and style somewhat exserted; clusters many-flowered. 

 Fruit red; style bearded. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. Snowberry 



S. racemosus. 

 S. pauciflorus. 

 S. occidentalis. 

 S. Symphoricarpos. 



I. 



(Fig. 3451. ) 



Symphoricarpos racemosus 

 Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 107. 1803. 



Michx. 



planted and sometimes escaped from cultivation. 

 Sept. 



An erect shrub, -4 high, gla- 

 brous or nearly so, the branches 

 slender. Petioles about 2 // long; 

 leaves oval, obtuse at each end, 

 sometimes a little pubescent be- 

 neath, i / -2 / long, entire, undulate, 

 or those of young shoots sometimes 

 dentate; axillary clusters few-flow- 

 ered, the terminal one mostly in- 

 terruptedly spicate; corolla cam- 

 panulate, about 3" long, slightly 

 gibbous at the base, bearded with- 

 in; style glabrous; stamens and 

 style included; berry snow-white, 

 globose, loosely cellular, 3 // ~5 // 

 in diameter. 



In rocky places and on river shores, 

 Nova Scotia to British Columbia, south 

 o Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Minne- 

 sota and in California. Commonly 

 Called also Snowdrop-berry, Egg-plant. June- 



