270 Caprifoliaceae 



A nearly smooth shrub 3-10 



feet high. Leaves short-petioled, 

 mvolucrata 



(Richards) ovate, oval or obovate, 2-6 

 Banks. inches long, acute or acuminate 



Involuted ^ fa Q apex, narrowed or round- 

 ed at the base, more or less hairy 



suckle. 



at least when young. Flowers 



greenish-yellow, 2 or 3 on axillary peduncles, 

 1-2 inches long, bracts foliaceous, ovate or 

 oval, often cordate, bractlets larger, greenish- 

 yellow, at length turning rich maroon and 

 surrounding the fruit; corolla hairy, funnel- 

 form; the limb nearly equally 5-lobed; 

 stamens and styles slightly exserted; berries 

 separate, globose or oval, nearly black, 

 about J of an inch in diameter. 



In rich moist woods and thickets at the 

 lower altitudes throughout the region, in- 

 conspicuous when in flower in late June and 

 early July, but especially showy when in 

 fruit, -the blue-black berries subtended by 

 the showy maroon bracts, making it a most 

 striking shurb during summer and early 

 autumn. 



