KEY TO THE SPECIES OP SYMPHORICARPOS 



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grow well in any soil and, by suokering, rapidly spread and cover the 

 ground, even in shady places. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF SYMPHORICAEPOS 



* Fruit white ; stamens and style short and, in the first two species, in- 



cluded in the bell-shaped corolla. (A.) 



A. Shrub 2-6 feet high with globular white abundant persistent fruit 

 nearly J inch in size ; leaves 1-2 inches long. Snowberrv or 

 Waxeerry — Symphoricarpos racembsus. 



A. Lower and more spreading with smaller leaves, whitened under- 

 neath, fewer and smaller berries. Low Snowbkrry — Symphori- 

 carpos racembsus pauciflbrus. • 



A. Stouter growing, 2-6 feet high ; the stamens long enough to appear 

 beyond the corolla ; berries not so clear nor waxy. tVotPEERRY 

 or Western Snowberry — Symphoricarpos occident&,lis. 



* Fruit rich dark red ; rather compact bush ; leaves nearly evergreen. 



Indian 'Currant' or Coral-berry (373) — Symphoricarpos orbi- 

 cul^tus (S. vulgaris). 



Fig. 374. — Large-fruited Honeysuckle. 



Fig. 375. — Mountain Fly 

 Honeysuckle. 



The Coral-berry has two named varieties which might be mentioned ; 

 glomeratus with large clusters of berries, varieg§,tus with leaves marked 

 with yellow and white. [Suckers ; seeds ; twig cuttings.] 



