LiNN-EA. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 295 



1. LinnjEa borealis, Gron. Two-jlowered Linncea, or Twin-Jloicer. 



Linn. Jl. Lapp. p. 214. t. 12. /. 4 ; Jl. Suec. cd. 2. p. 219 (icon.); and spec. 2. p. 631 ; 

 Engl. hot. t. 1297; MicJix. Jl. 1. p. 87; Pursh, jl. 1. p. 413; Torr. fl. 1. p. 175; 5(-eZ. 

 ^. iyo5«. p. 241 ; DC. prorfr. 4. p. 340 ; //oo/c. /. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 285 ; Beck, hot. p. 159 ; 

 Torr. 4- Gr. Jl. N. Am. 2. p. 3. 



Stems filiform, somewhat woody, pubescent, throwing up numerous short leafy branches. 

 Leaves about half an inch long, sparsely hispid on both sides ; the petioles 1-3 lines long. 

 Peduncles 2-4 inches long, slender, clothed with glandular hairs, with two bracts at the 

 bifurcation. Flowers about half an inch long, very fragrant. Calyx-tube with two pair of 

 minute hispid bracteoles at the base. Corolla obtusely 5-lobed, hairy inside. Style slightly 

 exserted : stigma capitate. 



Moist shady woods, and in swamps ; sometimes in rather dry situations ; common in the 

 northern and western counties, but rare along the Hudson below the Highlands. June - July. 

 A very neat and graceful plant. 



2. SY]VIPHORICARPUS. Dill. EUh. p. 371 ; Endl. gen. 3334. Sympiioria, Pursh. 



SNOWBERRY. 



[ From the Greek, sijviphyo, to grow together, and karpos, fruit ; the berries growing in dense clusters.} 



Calyx-tube globose ; the limb 4 - 5-tooihed, persistent. Corolla funnel-form or campanulate, 

 4 - 5-lobed, nearly regular. Stamens 4-5, inserted into the throat of the corolla. Ovary 

 2-celled ; 2 of the cells with several abortive ovules ; the 2 others (opposite) each with a 

 single fertile ovule pendulous from the summit. Stigma capitate. Fruit a globose or ovoid 

 berry, 4-celled ; 2 opposite cells one-seeded, the others empty. Seeds coriaceous. — Small 

 branching shrubs, with oval leaves on short petioles. Flowers small, rose-colored or white, 

 in short axillary clusters or terminal spikes. Berries red or white. 



1. Symphoricarpus racemosus, Michx. Common Snowberry. 



Spikes terminal, loose, interrupted, often somewhat leafy ; flowers on short pedicels ; corolla 

 campanulate, densely bearded inside; style (smooth) and stamens included. — Miclix. Jl. 1. 

 p. 107; DC. prodr. 4. p. 339 ; Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 285 ; Torr. <5- Gr. Jl. N. Am. 2. 

 p. 3. Symphoria racemosa, Pcrs. syn. \. p. 214 ; Pursh, Jl. 1. p. 169 ; Bot. mag. <. 2211 ; 

 Nutt. gen. 1. 7J. 139 ; Lodd. bot. cab. t. 230 ; Bart.fl. Am. Sept. 1.^19; Torr.Jl. I. p. 246. 



A shrub 2 — 3 feet high ; the branches numerous, slender, slightly pubescent, clothed with 

 loose bark. Leaves 1-2 inches long, more or less broadly ovate, often undulate on the 

 margin, and those of the young shoots sometimes obtusely toothed ; under surface softly and 

 densely pubescent, smoolhish above : petioles 2-3 lines long. Spikes mostly pedunculate ; 

 the flowers opposite, with 2 ovate-acute bracteoles at the base of the caly.x-tube. Teeth of 



