SYMPHORICARPOS MONTANUS., 
~ MOUNTAIN ST. PETER’S WORT. 
EXOGENA, oR DICOTYLEDONE. 
Natural division 
to which tiles 
this Plant belongs 
NATURAL ORDER, CAPRIFOLIACEA. 
Artificial divisions PENTANDRIA, 
to which MONOGYNIA, 
this Plant belongs OF LINNEUS, 
CALYCIFLOR, 
OP 
DECANDOLLE, 
No, 20. 
GENUS. pirates og Stee 28 Eura. Caxrcis tubus globosus, 
limbus parvus 4-5 dentatus. Co 4 loba. 
Stamyna 5, breve exserta. Sticma semiglobosum. Ovar 1uM adnatum -locu- 
latum, loculis fertilibus 1-ovulatis sterilibus pre nay 5 Bacca raaivis coro- 
nata 4-loculata, loculis 2 vacuis, 2 mon mospermis. Decanpozxe, Prodromus 
Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, Pars IV, p 
SPECIES. Fea eee gs Monranvus. Hvumsoxpr, Bonp. and Kunra. 
Floribus axillaribus solitariis, foliis ovat acute substuctonatis glabriusculis. 
Generic CHARACTER OF SYMPHORICARPOS. Posed the calyx 
globose, limb small, 4 or 5-toothed. Coroxxa funnel-shaped, almost 
equally 4 or 5-lobed. Stamens 4, slightly protruding. Sriema semi- 
globose. Ovaritum adnate 4-celled, the fertile cells ining one 
ovulum, the sterile a small number. BERRY with the calyx, 
4-celled, 2 cells empty, 2 cells one-seeded, 
Speciric CHARACTER OF SyMPHORICARP SHRvusB 
Stem much branched, branches opposite, roun¢ ated, smooth or 
pubescent. Leaves opposite, with short petioles, ovate, acute, slightly 
mucronate, rounded at the base, entire, re 
as smooth or sree on both nd the under, of 
ep green on the upper, paler on the 
illary, solitary, or rarely geminate, Br on very short peduncles, 
ed with two bracts, somewhat reflexed and spiked. Caryx 
A nt to the ovarium (superior), urceolate, smooth, irregularly 
5 tooth ed; teeth acute. Corotia somewhat funnel-shaped, smooth ; 
limb 5-cleft: segments roundish, equal, thrice as short as the tube; 
inner side of the throat and tube pubescent. Stamens 5, springing 
from the throat of the corolla, with the segments of which they are 
REFERENCE TO THE DissEcTIOoNs. 
1,A seed. 2, a longitudinal section of a i 3, entire flower and ovarium. 4, corolla laid open 
to show the insertion of the stamens showing a fertile 
and sterile cell, 6, 8 stamen. All n more or less magnified. 
