170 Flora of the Palouse Region 



short, persistent: corolla regular or nearly so. bell-shaped to salver- 

 form, white or pink, 5 or 4-lobed: stamens as many as the corolla- 

 lobes, epipetalous: ovary 4-celled, two of these being i-ovuledand 

 fertile, the two alternate several-ovuled and sterile: fruit globular 

 and berry-like, containing 2 bony seed-like nutlets. 



S. racemosus Michx. Erect much branched shrub, 30-900111. high:leaves 

 ovate or oval, acute or obtuse, rounded or cuneate at base, entire or on vig- 

 orous shoots sinuatelv-toothed or lobed, slightly pubescent beneath, short- 

 petioled, 1-4 cm. long: flowers in terminal and axillary racemes: corolla 

 pink, campanulate, 5-6 mm. long, villous on the lobes within, these obtuse, 

 shorter than the tube: stamens and style included: berries white. Common 

 almost everywhere in our limits. 



284. IvONICERA. 



Erect or climbing shrubs: leaves opposite, mostly entire: flow- 

 ers in spikes or pairs: calyx minutely 5-toothed: corolla tubular or 

 funnelform, often gibbous at the base, more or less irregularly 

 5-lobed, commonly 2-lipped: stamens 5, epipetalous: ovary 2-3- 

 celled, with numerous ovules in each cell: berry several-seeded. 



Stems twining: flowers orange. L. ciuosa. 



Stems not twining: flowers yellow. L. involucraTa. 



Stems not twining: flowers white. L. ciuaTa. 



L. ciliosa Poir. Stems slender, twining to a height of 3-7 111.; the young 

 parts glaucous: leaves oval, obtuse, glaucous beneath, ciliate, 2-6 cm. long, 

 short-petioled; uppermost pairs on the flowering branches connate into oval 

 or orbicular disks: peduncles terminal, rarely in the axils of the penultimate 

 pair of leaves: flowers sessile, in whorls: coroUa yellow or orange, sparsely 

 hairy; tube narrow, gibbous near the base, 2-2.5 cm - l° n g; limb spreading, 

 slightly 2-lipped: berries orange-red. Thatuna Hills, not rare. 



L. involucrata Banks. Shrub, 1-3 m. tall, not twining: leaves oblong, 

 ovate or obovate, mostly acuminate, rounded or cuneate at base, sparsely 

 pubescent beneath or glabrate, 5-15 cm. long, short-petioled: peduncles ax- 

 illary, shorter than the leaves: flowers yellow, a single pair, surrounded at 

 base by an involucre of 4-6 bracts, the inner ones of which are united at 

 base and become purple in fruit: corolla tubular with short lobes, glandular- 

 puberulent, 1— 1 .5 cm. long: berries black, not united. Along streams, 

 Thatuna Hills. 



L. ciliata L. Much branched shrubs, 1-2 m. high, not twining: leaves 

 oblong, oval or ovate, obtuse, pubescent beneath, and somewhat ciliate, 1-5 

 cm. long, short-petioled: flowers white or nearly so, in a pair at the apex of 

 the peduncles, 1-2 cm. long, with 2 small bracts at the base of ovary: cor- 

 olla oblong-funnelform, 2 cm. long, the 5 lobes nearly equal, the tube with 

 a sac-like projection at base: berries red, not united. Deep woods, Cedar 

 Mountain. Our form is not typical and has been described as a distinct 

 species under the name L. ebractulata Ryd. 



Family 74. VAEERIANACEAH. 

 Herbs: leaves opposite, without stipules: flowers perfect or dio- 



