92 SPRING FLORA 



1. S. rotiimlifolins Gray. Partridge Berry. Bush 3-4 ft. high, 

 much -branched; often puberulent. Leaves rotund or ovate- 

 rotund; obtuse; entire or often repand or the lowermost of the 

 branch lobed; very pubescent. Flowers solitary in the axils. 

 Corolla oblong-campanulate, about % inch long. Mountain 

 sides and valleys. June. 



2. S. vaecinioldes Rydb. (S. rotundifolius vaccinioides 

 (Rydb.) A. Nelson.) Bush 2-4 ft. high, much -branched; bark 

 of older stems grayish-brown and shreddy, that of young 

 branches very light yellowish-brown and shining. Leaves 

 elliptical, acute at both ends; dark-green above and more or 

 less glaucous beneath. Corolla oblong-campanulate or cylin- 

 dric-funnelform, about % inch long. Seeds slightly acutish at 

 lower end. Same habitat and time of flowering as No. 1. 



3. LONICERA. Honeysuckle; Twinberry. 



Bushy or climbing shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers showy; 

 fragrant; regular or 2-lipped; often swollen at base. Stigma 

 capitate. Ovary 2-3-celled, ripening into a many-seeded berry. 



1. TJ. involucrata Banks. Black Twinberry. Stems erect, 

 branching; 4-7 ft. high. Leaves glossy, petioled; 2-5 inches 

 long; elliptical-lanceolate to ovate. Peduncles axillary; each 

 bearing a pair of opposite, sessile, nearly regular flowers. 

 Each pair of flowers is contained in a 2-bracted involucre 

 which becomes much enlarged and reddish-purple in fruit. 

 Corolla yellowish, or the outer surface sometimes tinged with 

 red; swollen at base; viscid-pubescent. Fruits in pairs, blue- 

 black; globose; not palatable. In moist mountain valleys. 

 6,000-9,000 ft. May-June. 



VALERIANACE-ffi, Valerian Family. 



Herbs with opposite and exstipulate leaves. Flowers 

 usually small; perfect or polygamo-dioecious ; in 

 corymbed, panicled or capitate cymes. Corolla tubular 

 or funnel-form; somewhat irregular; mostly 5-lobed. 

 Stamens; 1-4, distinct ; borne on the corolla-tube. Style 

 slender; stigmas 1-3. Ovary "inferior," 1-3-celled, but 

 only 1 cell fertile, and that is 1-ovuled. Fruit inde- 

 hiscent. 



Tall perennials; calyx-limb plumose in fruit 1. Valeriana 



Low annuals or biennials; calyx-limb, if present, not 



plumose 2. Valerianella 



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 1. VALERIANA. Valerian. 



Herbs with ill-smelling roots and basal or opposite leaves. 

 Stamens 3, inserted on the corolla and alternate with its 

 lobes. 



Stem stout; leaves thick; obscurely netted- 



veined 1. V. ceratophylla 



Stem weak; leaves thin; distinctly netted-veined. . 2. V. acutlloba 



