CAPRIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY) 757 



long, hirsute within ; style and stamens also hairy. {L. glauca Hill.) Rocky 

 grounds, s. Me. to Man., s. to N. C., O., and Mo. May, June. 



= = Corolla about 3 cm. long. 



15. L. flava Sims. (YELLOW H.) Leaves oblong to oval, the uppermost 

 united into oval disks, dark green, not glaucous above, but pale or glaucous 

 beneath ; inflorescence short, capitate ; corolla orange-yellow, the tube not 

 gibbous at base, only slightly hairy within. Mts. of N. C. to Ky., Mo., and 

 southw. Apr., May. 



3. SYMPHORICARPOS [Dill.] Ludwig. SNOWBERRY 



Calyx-teeth short, persistent. Corolla bell-shaped, regularly 4-5-lobed, with 

 as many short stamens inserted into the throat. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds bony. Low and branching upright shrubs, with oval short-petioled 

 leaves, which are usually downy underneath and entire, or wavy-toothed or 

 lobed on the young shoots. Flowers white, tinged with rose-color, in close 

 short spikes or clusters. (Name composed of <rv/j.<j>opeiv, to bear together, and 

 Kapirbs, fruit ; from the clustered berries.) 



* Style bearded; fruit red; flowers all in short dense axillary clusters. 



1. S. orbiculatus Moench. (INDIAN CURRANT, CORAL-BERRY.) Flowers in 

 the axils of nearly all the leaves ; corolla sparingly bearded ; berries small. 

 (S. vulgaris Michx.; /S'. Symphoricarpos MacM.) Rocky banks, N. Y. to 

 Dak., s. to Ga. and Tex. ; escaping from cultivation eastw. July. 



* * Style glabrous ; fruit white ; flowers in clusters or sometimes solitary. 



2. S. occidentalis Hook. (WOLFBERRY.) Flowers in dense terminal and 

 axillary spikes ; corolla funnel-form, much bearded within; stamens and style 

 protruded. Rocky ground, n. Mich, and 111. to Kan., w. to the Rocky Mts. 



3. S. racembsus Michx. (SNOWBERRY.) Shrub, 2-10 dm. high; leaves 

 from elliptic-oblong to orbicular, green both sides, pilose beneath ; flowers 1-2, 

 or in short interrupted spikes at the ends of the branches ; corolla campanulate, 

 bearded inside; stamens and style included. (Var. pauciflorus Man. ed. 6, in 

 part, not Robbins ; S. pauciflorus Britton, in part.) Dry limestone ridges and 

 banks, n. e. Que. to Alaska, s. to w. Mass., centr. Pa., Mich., Mont., Ida., and 

 Cal. June, July. 



Var. paucifl6rus Robbins. Dwarf shrub ; leaves more or less pubescent, 

 strongly whitened underneath. {S. pauciflorus Britton, in part.) L. Superior 

 to L. Winnipeg ; and locally in the mts. from Alb. to Ore. and Col. 



Var. laevigatus Fernald. (SNOWBERRY of the gardens.) Taller shrub 

 (1-1.5 m. high); leaves glabrous beneath ; flowers often numerous in interrupted 

 spikes. (S. racemosus of auth., not Michx.) Saguenay Co., Que., to Wash., 

 locally in the mts. to Va. ; freely cultivated and commonly escaping to roadsides, 

 etc. 



4. LINNAEA [Gronov.] L. TWIN-FLOWER 



Calyx- teeth 5, awl-shaped, deciduous. Corolla slender-bell-shaped or funnel- 

 form, almost equally 6-lobed. Stamens 4, two of them shorter, inserted toward 

 the base of the corolla. Ovary and the small dry pod 3-celled, but 1-seeded. 

 A slender creeping and trailing little evergreen, somewhat hairy, with rounded- 

 oval sparingly crenate leaves contracted at the base into short petioles, and 

 thread-like upright peduncles forking into 2 (rarely 4 or 6) pedicels at the top, 

 each bearing a delicate and fragrant nodding flower. Corolla whitish, tinged and 

 striped with rose-purple, hairy inside. (Dedicated to the immortal Linnaeus, 

 who first pointed out its characters, and with whom the European type of this 

 pretty little plant was a special favorite.) 



1. L. borealis L., var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. Moist mossy woods 

 arid cold bogs, Lab. to N. J. and the mts. of Pa. and Md., w. to Minn.; also fai 

 northvv. and westw. June-Aug. ; rarely flowering in late autumn. 



