CAPRIFOLIACBAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY) 757 



long, hirsute within ; style and stamens also hairy. {L. glauca Hill.) — Rocky 

 grounds, s. Me. to Man., s. to N. C, 0., and Mo. May, June. 



= = Corolla about 3 cm. \ 



16. L. flava Sims. (Yellow H.) Leaves oblong to oval, the uppermost 

 united into oval disks, dark green, not glaucous ahove, hut pale or glaucous 

 beneath ; inflorescence short, capitate ; corolla orange-yellow, the tube not 

 gibbous at base, only slightly hairy within. — Mts. of N. C. to Ky., Mo., and 

 southw. Apr., May. 



3. SYMPHORICARPOS [Dill.] Ludwig. Snowbebkt 



Calyx-teeth short, persistent. Corolla bell-shaped, regularly 4-5-lobed, with 

 as many short stamens inserted into the throat. Berry 4-celled, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds bony. — Low and branching upright shrubs, with oval short>petioled 

 leaves, which are usually downy underneath and entire, or wavy-toothed or 

 lobed on the young shoots. Flowers white, tinged with rose-color, in close 

 short spikes or clusters. (Name composed of iivii.<j>opeXv, to hear together, and 

 icapiris, fruit ; from the clustered berries.) 



* Style bearded; fruit red; flowers all in short dense axillary clusters. 



1. S. orbicuiatus Moench. (Indian Currant, Coral-bekry. ) Flowers in 

 the axils of nearly all the leaves ; corolla sparingly bearded ; berries small. 

 {S. vulgaris Miohx.; 8. Symphoricarpos MacM.) — Rocky banks, N. Y. to 

 Dak., s. to Ga. and Tex. ; escaping from cultivation eastw. July. 



* * Style glabrous ; fruit white ; flowers in clusters or sometimes solitary. 



2. S. occidentalis Hook. (Woleberey.) Flowers in dense terminal and 

 axillary spikes ; corolla funnel-form, much bearded within; stamens and style 

 protruded. — Rocky ground, n. Mich, and 111. to Kan., w. to the Rooky Mts. 



3. S. racembsus Michx. (Snowberey.) Shrub, 2-10 dm. high; leaves 

 from elliptic-oblong to orbicular, green both sides, pilose beneath ; flowers 1-2, 

 or in short interrupted spikes at the ends of the branches ; corolla campanulate, 

 bearded inside; stamens and style included. (Var. paueiflorus Man. ed. 6, in 

 part, not Robbins ; S. paueiflorus Britton, in part.) — Dry limestone ridges and 

 banks, n. e. Que. to Alaska, s. to w. Mass., centr. Pa., Mich., Mont., Ida., and 

 Cal. June, July. 



Var. pauciflbrus Robbins. Dwarf shrub ; leaves more or less pubescent, 

 strongly whitened underneath. {S. paueiflorus Britton, in part.) — L. Superior 

 to L. Winnipeg ; and locally in the mts. from Alb. to Ore. and Col. 



Var. 'laevigatus Fernald. (Snowbeeey of the gardens.) Taller shrub 

 (1-1.5 m. high); leaves glabrous beneath; flowers often numerous in interrupted 

 spikes. (/S. racemosus of auth., not Michx.) — Saguenay Co., Que., to Wash., 

 locally in the mts. to Va.; freely cultivated and commonly escaping to roadsides, 

 etc. 



4. LINNAEA [Gronov.] L. Twin-flowee 



Calyx-teeth 5, awl-shaped, deciduous. Corolla slender-bell-shaped or funnel- 

 form, almost equally 5-lobed. Stamens 4, two of them shorter, inserted toward 

 the base of the corolla. Ovary and the small dry pod 3-celled, but 1-seeded. — 

 A slender creeping and trailing little evergreen, somewhat hairy, with rounded- 

 oval sparingly orenate leaves contracted at the base into short petioles, and 

 thread-like upright peduncles forking into 2 (rarely 4 or 6) pedicels at the top, 

 each bearing a delicate and fragrant nodding flower. Corolla whitish, tinged and 

 striped with rose-purple, hairy inside. (Dedicated to the immortal Linnaeus, 

 who first pointed out its characters, and with whom the European typ^ of this 

 pretty little plant was a special favorite.) 



1. L. boreilis L., var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. — Moist mossy woods 

 and cold bogs. Lab. to N. J. and the mts. of Pa. and Md., w. to Minn.; also fai 

 northw. and westw. June-Aug.; rarely flowering in late autumn. 



