68 Symphoria vacemosa. 



rous, situate on lateral and terminal racemes, the receptacle of which 

 becomes elongated as the fruit advances towards maturity. Calix 

 very small, four-toothed, germ ovate. Corolla peach-blossom- 

 red, diluted with spots of white, campanulate-tubular, deeply cleft 

 into five lanceolate, acute segments, bearded or tufted with hairs 

 within. Stamens included. Anthers oblong. Filaments tufted 

 with delicate hairs. Pistil simple, shorter than stamens. Stigma 

 small orbicular. Berries the size of common black cherries, opake, 

 orange-coloured-white, crowned with the persistent calix. Seeds 

 white, two in each mature berry, about the size of a barley corn, ellip- 

 tical, convex above, concave and compressed on the under side, on 

 which the hilum is indistinctly visible. One raceme will often con- 

 tain flowers, enlarged germs, and even small berries, at the same 

 time; and clusters of the mature and smaller berries are found in 

 great abundance on the lower or primary branches of the shrub, 

 while the upper are putting forth flower-buds and flowers. 



Inhabits the banks of Missouri. M. Lewis. Grows also in Up- 

 per Canada, not far from Queenstown, on the Niagara river, and 

 near the outlet of Lake Huron, not rare. Nuttall Flowers in 

 July and August. 



This plant belongs to a genus confined to North America, and 

 which contains only two species. It bears a close resemblance, when 

 in flower, to the other species, S. glomerato, which has smaller and 



