HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 239 



2. Flowers 4-several in a cluster; stems climbing 



or clambering L. glaucescens 



SAMBUCUS Linne 1753 ELDERBERRY 



(The Latin name for the elder) 



PL 35, fig. 7. 



Sepals 3-5, united, petals 3-5, white, united into a saucer-shaped corolla, 

 stamens 5, at the base of the corolla, ovary 3-5-celled, styles 3-parted, 

 fruit a berry-like drupe with 3-5 nutlets ; flowers in large compound cymes ; 

 leaves opposite, pinnate ; shrubs. 



1. Flower cluster flat-topped; fruit purplish-black, 



5-6 mm. wide .9. canadensis 



2. Flower cluster panicle-like, not flat-topped 



a. Cluster convex ; fruit black 5\ melanocdrpa 



b. Cluster conic or somewhat so ; fruit bright red S. racemosa 



SYMPHORICARPUS Jussieu 1789 SNOWBERRY, WOLFBERRY 

 (Gr. symphoros, borne together, karpos, fruit, from the clustered berries) 



PL 36, fig. 5. 



Sepals 4-5, united, petals 4-5, white or pink, united into a bell-shaped 

 corolla, stamens 4-5 on the corolla tube, ovary 4-celled, stigma globose or 

 2-lobed, berry 4-celled, 2-seeded; flowers in axillary or terminal clusters; 

 leaves opposite, simple, entire or nearly so ; shrubs. 



1. Corolla 3-5 mm. long 



a. Stamens and style projecting from the corolla; 



clusters many-flowered 5\ occidentdlis 



b. Stamens and style not projecting; clusters few- 



flowered S. racemosus 



2. Corolla 6-12 mm. long 



a. Corolla 6-8 mm. long, the tube 2-3 times the 



length of the lobes 5. rotundifolius 



b. Corolla 8-12 mm. long, the tube 4-5 times the 



length of the lobes 5\ oreophilus 



VIBURNUM Linne 1753 BUSH CRANBERRY, CRANBERRY TREE 



(The Latin name) 



PL 35, fig. 6. 



Sepals 5, united into a tube, petals 5, white or pink, united into a shal- 

 low corolla, stamens 5 on the corolla tube, ovary 1-3-celled, style 3-lobed, 

 drupe 1 -seeded; flowers in compound cymes, the outer sometimes without 

 stamens or pistils; leaves opposite, entire to lobed; shrub. 



