874 FLORA. 



Fruit white ; style glabrous. 



Stamens and style included ; clusters usually few-flowered. 



Erect shrub; leaves 2.5-5 cm - long; clusters several-flowered. 



\.S. racemosus. 

 Diffuse shrub; leaves 1-2.5 cm « lon &; clusters 1-2-flowered. 2. S. pauciflorus. 

 Stamens and style somewhat exserted; clusters many-flowered. 3. S.occidentalis. 

 Fruit red, style bearded. 4. S. Symphoricarpos. 



1. Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. Snowberry. (I. F. f. 3451.) An 

 erect shrub, glabrous or nearly so. Petioles about 4 mm. long; leaves oval, obtuse 

 at each end, sometimes a little pubescent beneath, entire, undulate, or those of 

 young shoots sometimes dentate; axillary clusters few-flowered, the terminal one 

 mostly interruptedly spicate; corolla campanulate, about 6 mm. long, slightly gib- 

 bous at the base, bearded within; style glabrous; berry snow-white, globose, loose- 

 ly cellular, 6-10 mm. in diameter. In rocky places and on river shores, N. S. to 

 Br. Col., Perm., Ky., S. Dak. and in Cal. Commonly planted and sometimes es- 

 caped from cultivation. June-Sept. 



2. Symphoricarpos pauciflorus (Robbins) Britton. Low Snowberry. 

 (I. F. f. 3452.) A low spreading diffusely branched shrub, 1.5-2.5 dm. high. 

 Leaves broadly oval to orbiculate, entire, softly pubescent, especially along the 

 veins beneath; flowers 4-6 mm. long, solitary in the upper axils and 2 or 3 in the 

 terminal spike; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, bearded within; berry oval when 

 young, becoming globose, white, 4-6 mm. in diameter. In rocky places, Ont. and 

 Vt. to N. Y., Penn., S. Dak., Br. Col., Neb. and Colo. June-July. 



3. Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Wolfberry. (I. F. f. 3453.) 

 Similar to S. racemosus but stouter, with larger paler leaves 2-8 cm. long, more 

 or less pubescent beneath, entire, or often undulate-crenate; axillary clusters 

 spicate, many-flowered; corolla campanulate, 6 mm. long, lobed to beyond the 

 middle; berry nearly globular, white, 8-10 mm. in diameter. Mich, and Minn, to 

 Br. Col., Kans. and Colo. June-July. 



4. Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos (L.) MacM. Coral-berry. (I. F. f. 

 3454.) A shrub, 6-15 dm. high, the branches, purplish, usually pubescent. 

 Petioles 2-4 mm. long; leaves oval or ovate, entire or undulate, mostly obtuse at 

 each end, glabrous or nearly so above, usually soft-pubescent beneath, 2-4 cm. 

 long; clusters dense, many-flowered, at length spicate, shorter than the leaves; co- 

 rolla campanulate, sparingly pubescent within, pinkish, about 4 mm. long; stamens 

 included; berry purplish red, ovoid-globose, 3-4 mm. long. Along rivers and in 

 rocky places, N. J. and Penn. to western N. Y., Dak., Neb., Ga. and Tex. Also 

 sparingly escaped from cultivation farther east. July. [S. vulgaris Michx.] 



6. LONl'CERA L. 



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 often gibbous at the base, the limb 

 5-lobed, more or less oblique, or 2-lipped. Stamens 5. inserted on the tul>e of the 

 corolla. Ovary 2-3-celled; ovules numerous, pendulous; style slender, stigma 

 capitate. Berry fleshy, 2-3-celled or rarely 1 -celled, few-seeded. Seeds with 

 fleshy endosperm and a terete embryo. [Named for Adam Lonitzer, 1528-15S6, a 

 German botanist.] About 100 species, of the north temperate zone, a few in trop- 

 ical regions. Besides the following, some S others occur in western N. Am. 



* Climbing or trailing vines; flowers in heads, or interrupted spikes; upper leaves 



con nate-per foliate. 



Corolla 2 lipped, the upper lip 4-lobed, the lower entire. 



Corolla glabrous within. 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 .it base. 2. L. hirsuta. 



Loaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; corolla tube strongly gibbous at 

 the I 3. /-. glaucescens. 



1 ibrous on both sides, very glaucous beneath, , 



Corolla greenish yellow, the tube somewhat gibbous. 



Corolla-tube 6-10 mm. long; filaments hirsute at the base. 



4. L. dioiia. 



