CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



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2. Symphoricarpos pauci- 

 florus (Robbins) Britton. Low 

 Snowberry. (Fig. 345 2 -) 



Symphoricarpos racemosus var. pauci- 



florus Robbins; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5. 



203. 1867. 

 Symphoricarpos pauciflorus Britton, 

 " Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 305. 1894. 



A low spreading diffusely branched 

 shrub, 6'-io / high. Leaves broadly 

 oval to orbiculate, entire, softly pu- 

 bescent, esp3cially along the veins, 

 beneath, 6 // -i2 // long; flowers 1"-$" 

 long, solitary in the upper axils and 

 2 or 3 in the terminal spike; corolla 

 campanulate, 5-lobed, bearded within ; 

 stamens and glabrous style included; 

 berry oval when young, becoming 

 globose, white, 2 // -3 // in diameter. 



In rocky places, Ontario and Vermont 

 to western New York and Pennsylvania, 

 west to South Dakota, British Columbia, 

 south in the Rocky Mountains to Colo- 

 rado. June-July. 



3. Symphoricarpos occidentalis 

 Hook. Wolfberry. (Fig. 3453.) 



Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Fl. Bor. 

 Am. 1: 285. 1833. 



Similar to .S. racemosus but stouter, 

 with larger leaves I/-3' long, more or less 

 pubescent beneath, entire, or often undu- 

 late-crenate; petioles 2"-$" long; axil- 

 lary clusters spicate, many- flowered, 6 // - 

 12" long; corolla campanulate, 3 // long, 

 lobed to beyond the middle; stamens and 

 glabrous style somewhat exserted; berry 

 nearly globular, white, 4 // -5 // in diameter. 



Michigan and Minnesota to British Colum- 

 bia, Kansas and Colorado. June-July. 



4. Symphoricarpos Symphori- 

 carpos (Iv.)MacM. Coral-berry. In- 

 dian Currant. (Fig. 3454.) 

 Lonicera Symphoricarpos L. Sp. PI. 175- 



5. orbiculata Moench, Meth. 503. 1794. 

 Symphoricarpos vulgaris Michx. Fl. Bor. 



Am. 1: 106. 1803. 

 Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos MacM. 

 Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 15. 1892. 

 A shrub, 2-5 high, the branches erect 

 or ascending, purplish, usually pubescent. 

 Petioles i // -2 // long; leaves oval or ovate, 

 entire or undulate, mostly obtuse at each 

 end, glabrous or nearly so above, usually 

 soft-pubescent beneath, i'-iJ^' long; clus- 

 ters dense, many-flowered, at length spi- 

 cate, shorter than the leaves; corolla 

 campanulate, sparingly pubescent within, 

 pinkish, about 1" long; style bearded; sta- 

 mens included; berry purplish red, ovoid-globose, \W-l" long. 



Along rivers and in rocky places, banks of the Delaware in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, west 

 to western New York and Dakota, and south to Georgia and Texas. Also sparingly escaped from 

 cultivation farther east. Fruit persistent after the leaves have fallen. July. 



