Family CAPRIFOLIACEA _— 171 
2. CAPRIFOLIACEZ. 
Honeysuckle Family. 
Leaves pinnately compound. 1. Sambucus. 
Leaves simple. ; 
Herbs; flowers clustered in the axils. 3. Triosteum. 
Shrubs or woody vines. 
Inflorescense not subtended by connate-perfoliate leaves. 
Flowers in a terminal umbel-like cyme. 2. Viburnum. 
Flowers in axillary clusters. 4. Symphoricarrss. 
Inflorescense in our native species subtended by connate-perfoli- 
ate leaves. 5. Lonicera. 
1. Sambucus. 869. 
1. Sambucus canadensis L. Elder. 
In moist soils along streams over most of the state. Aten; Kirk- 
wood; Lincoln; Red Cloud; Talmage; Walton; Wymore. 
2. Viburnum. 870. 
1. Viburnum lentago L. Nanny-berry, Sheep-berry. 
Along streams in the eastern part of the state. Ashland; Platts- 
mouth; Table Rock. 
3. Triosteum. 872. 
1. Triesteum perfoliatum L. Horse-gentian. 
In low grounds in the eastern part of the state. Crete; Lincoln; 
Ponca; Peru; Plattsmouth; Weeping Water. 
4. Symphoricarpos. 873. 
Berry white, large, over 5 mm. in diameter; style glabrous. 
Axillary clusters 1-3-flowered; stamens and style included. 
1. S. racemosus. 
Axillary clusters many-flowered, distinctly spicate; stamens ex- 
serted. 2. S. occidentalis. 
Berry purplish-red, 3-4 mm. in diameter; style beardéd; stamens in- 
cluded. 3. S. symphoricarpos. 
1. Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. Low Snowberry. 
In dry, rocky soil in the western part of the state. Hat Creek basin; 
Ft. Niobrara; Shelton. 
2. Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Wolfberry. 
Common throughout the state. Anselmo; Banner county; Cherry 
county; Julia; Lincoln; Republican City; Sioux county; St. Helena; 
Thedford; Wahoo. 
3. Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos (L.) MacM. Coral-berry. 
In woods mostly in the eastern part of the state. Anselmo; Cass 
county; Lincoln; Republican valley. 
5. Lonicera. 874. 
ae 2-lipped, its tube much longer than the lobes, gibbous at the 
ase. 
Leaves pubescent beneath, the margins cartilaginous. 
1. L. glaucescens. 
Leaves glabrous and glaucous beneath, margins not cartilaginous. 
2. L. dioica. 
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