148 CAPMFOLIACE^. 



1. S. vulgaris, Michx. Indian Currant Coral-berry. 



Leaves round-oval; flowers in small spikes or clusters in the axils of nearly all 

 the leaves; corolla sparingly bearded. 



Banks of streams. July. Stem 2 to 3 feet high* with numerous purplish 

 branches. Corolla greenish-red, companulate, lobes nearly smooth; stamens and. 

 bearded style included. Berries small, purplish. 



2. S. RACEMOSUS, Michx. Snow-lerry. 



Leaves oval or oblong, the margin often wavy, nearly or quite smooth, paler 

 beneath, on short petioles ; flowers in a terminal loose and somewhat leafy inter- 

 rupted spike. 



Cultivated; native from Lake Champlain to Wisconsin. June, Sept. Stem 2 to 

 4 feet high. Corolla rose-color, the throat filled with hairs. Berries large, round 

 or ovoid, of a snowy white, remaining till winter, very ornamental. 



5. LIXN^EA. Gron. 



In honor of Linnaius, the most profound of naturalists, ancient or modern, with, 

 whom this charming little plant was an especial favorite. 



Calyx-teeth 5, awl-shaped, deciduous. Corolla nar- 

 row, bell-shaped, nearly equally 5-lobed. Stamens 4, 2 of 

 them shorter, inserted near the base of the corolla. . Ovary 

 3-celled, 1-ovuled, (2 cells abortive,) forming a 1-seeded dry 

 berry. — A slender creeping and trailing evergreen, with 

 round-oval leaves and delicate nodding flowers, widely dis- 

 seminated through the northern temperate zone. 



L. BOREALIS, Gron. Twin-flower. 



Stem slender, creeping and trailing; leaves reund-oval, sparingly crenate, con- 

 tracted at the base into short petioles; peduncles filiform, forking into 2 pedicels 

 at the top, each bearing one flower. 



Moist messy woods ; common northward. June. Stems long, filiform, brownish, 

 rooting and branching their whole length, and covering the ground in large 

 patches. Leaves small, opposite, with obtuse lobes or teeth and scattered hairs- 

 JFlowers nodding, delicate and fragrant, rose-colored. 



Tribe 2. SAMBUCEiE. The Elder Tribe. 



Corolla regular, rotate; stigmas 3 to 5, nearly sessile. 



6. SAMBUCUS. Tourn. Elder. 



(Jr. sambuca, an ancient musical instrument, supposed to have been made of 

 Elder-wood. 



Calyx small, 5-parted. Corolla urn-shaped, with a 

 broadly spreading 5-cleft limb.. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3, 

 obtuse, small, sessile. Fruit a berry-like juicy drupe, con- 

 taining 3 seeds. — Shrubby plants, with pinnate (caves, serrate 

 pointed leaflets, and numerous small white flowers in com- 

 pound cymes. 



