^Affi&a suta* 



SYMPHORIA RACEMOSA. 



SNOW-BERRY BUSH. 



Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Caprifolia, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix small, 4-toothed, bracteolate at the base. Corolla tubular, short, 5-cleft, sub-equal. 

 Stigma globose. Berry ovate, small, crowned with the persistent calix, 4-celled, 

 4-seeded, 2 of the cells sometimes abortive. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves glaucous, but destitute of pubescence on the costa and veins of the under 

 side. Racemes long, lateral and terminal. Corolla bearded within. Berries large, 

 opake and orange-coloured white. B. 



SYNONYM. 



Xvlosteum tartaricum, /8. album. Pursh. 



A branching, spreading shrub. Leaves opposite, on short petioles, 

 oval, or elliptical, acute at apex and base, glaucous beneath, contort- 

 ed, veined. Stem diffuse, cylindrical, yellowish-brown, very much 

 branched. Branches somewhat serpentine. Flowers very nume- 



