GENUS 5. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 
3. Symphoricarpos occidentalis 
Hook. Wolfberry. Fig. 3977. 
Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Fl. Bor. 
Am. 1: 285. 1833. 
Similar to S. racemosus but stouter, with 
larger leaves, 1-3’ long, more or less pubes- 
cent beneath, entire, or often undulate- 
crenate; petioles 2’-3’ long; axillary 
clusters spicate, many-flowered, 6-12” 
long; corolla funnelform-campanulate, 3” 
long, lobed to beyond the middle; stamens 
and glabrous style somewhat exserted; 
berry nearly globular, white, 4-5” in 
diameter. 
Rocky situations, Illinois, Michigan and 
Minnesota to British Columbia, Kansas and 
Colorado. Buck-bush. June-July. 
, 
4. Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos 
(L.) MacM. Coral-berry. Indian 
Currant. Fig. 3978. 
Lonicera Symphoricarpos L. Sp. Pl. 175. 1753- 
S. orbiculatus Moench, Meth. 503. 1794. 
Symphoricarpos vulgaris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1: 
igy 106. 1803. 
ZASymphoricarpos Symphoricarpos MacM. Bull. 
: Torr. Club 19: 15. 1892. 
A shrub, 2°-5° high, the branches erect or 
“4 ascending, purplish, usually pubescent. Petioles 
1-2” long; leaves oval or ovate, entire or 
undulate, mostly obtuse at each end, glabrous 
or nearly so above, usually soft-pubescent 
beneath, 1-13’ long; clusters dense, many- 
3 flowered, at length spicate, shorter than the 
4. leaves; corolla campanulate, sparingly pubes- 
cent within, pinkish, about 2” long; style 
bearded; stamens included; berry purplish 
red, ovoid-globose, 13”-2” long. 
Along rivers and in rocky places, banks of the Delaware in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, west 
to western New York and South Dakota, south to Georgia, Kansas and Texas. Also sparingly 
escaped from cultivation farther east. Fruit persistent after the leaves have fallen. Buck-bush. 
Turkey- or snap-berry. July. 
6. LONICERA L. Sp. Pl. 173. 1753. 
Erect or climbing shrubs, with opposite mostly entire leaves; flowers spicate, capitate 
or geminate, usually somewhat irregular. Calyx-tube ovoid or nearly globular, the limb 
slightly 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnelform, or campanulate, often gibbous at the base, 
the limb 5-lobed, more or less oblique, or 2-lipped. Stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the 
corolla; anthers linear or oblong. Ovary 2-3-celled; ovules numerous in each cavity, pen- 
dulous; style slender; stigma capitate. Berry fleshy, 2-3-celled or rarely 1-celled, few-seeded. 
Seeds ovoid or oblong with fleshy endosperm and a terete embryo. [Named for Adam 
Lonitzer, 1528-1586, a German botanist.] 
About 160 species, natives of the north temperate zone, a few in tropical regions. Besides the 
following, some ro others occur in the western parts of North America. Type species: Lonicera 
Caprifoélium L. 
* Climbing or trailing vines; flowers in heads or interrupted spikes; 
upper leaves connate-perfoliate. 
Corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip 4-lobed, the lower entire. 
Corolla glabrous within. 4 1. L. Caprifolium. 
Corolla pubescent within. 
Leaves pubescent, at least beneath; corolla yellow. 
Leaves pubescent on both sides, at least when young, ciliate; corolla slightly gibbous 
at base. 2. L. hirsuta. 
Leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath; corolla-tube strongly gibbous at the base. 
3. L. glaucescens. 
Leaves glabrous on both sides, very glaucous beneath. 
Corolla greenish-yellow, the tube somewhat gibbous. 
Corolla-tube 3”—5” long; filaments hirsute at the base. 4. L. dioica. 
