CAPRIFOLIACEAE 165 
2. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 
Leaves pinnately compound, 1, Sambucus, 
Leaves simple. 
Herbs. 3. Triosteum. 
Shrubs or woody vines. 
Inflorescense not subtended by connate perfoliate leaves. 
Flowers in a terminal umbel-like cyme, 1. Viburnum. 
Flowers in axillary clusters. 4. Symphoricarpos. 
Inflorescense in ours subtended by connate-perfoliate leaves. 
5. Lonicera. 
1. Sambucus. 869, 
1. Sambucus canadensis L. Elder. 
Ip moist soils along streams over most of the state. Aten; Kirk- 
wad; 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. Triosteum’ perfoliatum L. Horse-gentian. 
In low grounds in the eastern part of the state. Crete; Lincoln; 
Ponca; Plattsmouth; Weeping Water. 
4. Symphoricarpos. 873, 
Leaves 12-25 mm. long, flowers and fruits mostly solitary in the axils. 
1. S. pauciflorus. 
Leaves 25-75 mm. long, flowers and fruits clustered in the axils. 
Style glabrous, corolla 6 mm. long, berry white, 5-6 mm, in diameter. 
2. S. occidentalis, 
Style bearded, corolla 4 mm. long, berry purplish-red, 3-4 mm. long. 
3. S. symphoricarpos. 
1. Symphoricarpos pauciflorus (Robbins) Britton. 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; Sioux County; St. Helena; Thed- 
ford; 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, 
Corolla 2-lipped, its tube not much longer than the lobes, gibbous at 
the base. 
Leaves pubescent beneath, the margins cartilaginous. 
