Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



io6. Purple-flowering Raspberry. (Rubus odoratus.) 

 Leaf : s'-io' across, simple, alternate, serrate, 3-5-lobed, 

 roundish, large. Flower : 5-petaled, rose-purple, often 2' 

 broad (often 200 stamens), clustered ; June-August ; stalk, 

 branches and calyx clammy-hairy ; not prickly ; commoner north- 

 ward ; 3°-5° high. (PL VI.) 



107. Box-huckleberry. (Gaylussacia brachycera.) 

 Leaf: i', simple, alternate, finely round-toothed, oval, smooth, 

 evergreen, thick. Flower : m., virhite, red-or-purple-tinged 

 (corolla long-bell-shaped, 5-lobed), clustered ; May. Pennsyl- 

 vania and Virginia ; 1° high. 



108. Coral-berry. Indian Currant. (Symphoricarpus orbic- 

 ularis.) 

 Leaf • l'-2', simple, opposite, entire (often lobed or wavy- 

 toothed on young shoots), oval. Flower : m., rosy-white (corolla 

 bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed, hairy within, 4-5 stamens), crowded in 

 clusters along branch ; July ; berry small, dark red. West New 

 York and Pennsylvania, and westward ; cultivated ; 2°-3° high. 



109. Snowberry. (Symphoricarpus racemosus.) 

 Leaf : as in 108. Flower : as in 108, but in clusters at end 

 of branch ; June-September ; berry large, white. Virginia to 

 Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin ; cultivated ; 2°-4° high. (PI. I.) 



no. Wolfberry. (Symphoricarpus occidentalis.) 

 Leaf: as in 108. Flower: as in 108, but larger and in 

 dense clusters both terminal and lateral, and stamens projecting 

 beyond corolla-tube ; July ; berry white. Illinois, Michigan ; 

 2°-4'' high. 



III. Sheep Laurel. Lambkill. (Kalmia angustifolia.) 

 Leaf : i'-2', simple, opposite or 3-whorled, entire, oval to 

 elliptical, leathery, evergreen, lighter beneath. Flower : m., 

 crimson (corolla broad bell-shaped, 5-lobed, lo stamens, their tips 

 inserted in depressions of corolla), in lateral clusters ; May, June ; 

 hill-sides ; 2°-3° high. 



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