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Caprifoliaceae 





Symphori- 



carpos 



pauciflorus 



(Robbins) 



Britton. 



Low 



Snowberry. 



A low, spreading, diffusely- 

 branched shrub 6-9 inches high. 

 Leaves broadly oval or orbicu- 

 lar, entire, softly hairy, es- 

 pecially along the veins beneath. 

 Flowers about J of an inch 

 long, solitary in the upper 



axils, and 2 or 3 in the terminal spike; 



corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, bearded 



within; berry globose, white, J of an inch 



in diameter. 



In rocky places and on wooded slopes 



throughout the Rockies; flowering in 



July. 



Smooth, more or less shrubby or 

 twining. Leaves smooth above, 

 glaucous and hairy at least on 

 the veins beneath, iJ-2 inches 

 long, papery on the margins, 

 usually only the upper pair 

 connate-perfoliate. Flowers in a short ter- 

 minal interrupted spike, corolla i inch long 

 or less, yellow changing to reddish, slightly 



Lonicera 

 glaucescens 



Rydb. 

 Douglas's 

 Honey- 

 suckle. 



