48 CAPRIFOLIACEAE 
which are pe ee the other with a weed oblong seed. Endosperm fleshy ; embryo cylin- 
dric. [Named for Linnaeus by Gron ] 
A monotypic genus inhabiting the north eshte regions. 
1. Linnaea borealis var. longifléra Torr. Western Twin-flower. Fig. 5036. 
Linnaea nubera var. sity ae tee Bot. Wilkes Exp. 327. 1874. 
Linnaea giflora Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 280. 1900. 
Linnaea piso subsp. be. Hultén, Fl. Aleut. Isl. 310. 1937. 
Stems creeping, slender, somewha at woody, 3-10 dm. long with erect, somewhat pubescent 
branches 5-20 cm. high. Leaves soberhieniar to obovate, 8-20 mm. long, usually toothed above the 
middle, short-petioled, glabrate or rather thinly pilose; ae: ne oiveaee elon ie A yore eA 
from the axils of a pair of small, linear or narro ae oblanceolate bracts, each bearin Seas apex 
a pair of minute bractlets and a short-pediceled Acie er; calyx-lo ecg Mor a long, 
pubescent; the inferior ovary closely subtended by a pair of broad, glandular- nil “RET ae 
corolla funnelform, 12-15 mm. long, the tube Lote the calyx, rose- -colored, pubescent within : 
fruit ovoid, glandular- cond 
For the longer ieee ered form ranges along the Pacific Coast region from Alaska to Hum- 
boldt Soanth, northern California, east to Idaho. Type Pome Not definitely stated. May—July. 
This larger, long-tubed form is varietally distinct from the Rocky Matte and eastern North American 
plants (L. borealis var. americana Rehd. Rhodora 6: 56. 19 04). 
4. SYMPHORICARPOS [Dill.] Duhamel, Traité Arb. 2: 295. pl. 82. 1755. 
Shrubs with opposite, simple, cringe petioled, deciduous leaves and small perfect flow- 
ers in axillary or sae clusters. Calyx-tube nearly globular, the limb 4—5-toothed. 
berry-like drupe. Seeds oblong; endosperm flesh embryo minute. Name Greek, mean- 
ing to bear together, and fruit, from the pf a ab patie 2 s.] 
A genus of about 17 species Rr megg ng northern North America and the mountains of Mexico, and central 
and pid ae tern China. Type species, Lonicged ssa tot ee L. (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Moench). 
Corolla sh = late with a broad, often ventricose tube; corolla-lobes nearly equaling or a little exceed- 
ing t 
Corolla 3— : mm. long; style shorter than the corolla. 
Young twigs glabrous; corolla-throat seats white-villous wit . S. albus laevigatus. 
Young twigs tomentulose-puberulent or sparsely to densely see 39 corolla sparsely vllg within 
. S. mollis. 
a 6-9 mm. long; style ex — - S. occidentalis. 
Corolla cylindric- Beng aE or salve , the — never ventricose; corolla-lobes shorter than the tube. 
orolla m. long, cylindric- Bee ae 
ae erect; corolla 7-9 mm. lon ee oo 
Shrub bs low and sprendint can ‘i m. long. : S. pari 
Corolla 10-15 mm. long, with a narrow tube. Ue ? eas 
1. Symphoricarpos albus var. mat eee f Sy ete Blake. Common Snowberry. 
Fig. 5 
Symphoricarpos racemosus var. laevigatus Fernald, Rhodora 7: 167. 1905. 
Po? ymphoricarpo os albus var. lacvigatus ae op. cit. 16: 119. 1914 
5. horicarpos rivularis Suksd. We 
Erect shrub 0.5-2.5 m. tall, young branches ages Bebrows. o nearly so, bark of Lega! stems 
gray, smooth, little or not at all es eddy. Leave ‘ie Be ong, acute or obtusish at apex, 
acutish at base, entire or on vigoro ages pe hs ri cctlad ae or -lobed, dark green and abe rous 
r s 2-4 mm. long; ers, 
cm. long ; bracts and calyx glabrous ; corolla 5-7 mm. long, rosy pink to white, densely white- villous 
within, the lobes about as long as the strongly ventricose tube; stamens 2.5-3 m m. long, include 
style 2 mm. long; fruit usually oe 3 in terminal clusters, subglobose, 10-15 mm. in diameter 
nettle oval, si ged onvex, obtuse th ends, 4-6 mm. long. 
Shaded canyons and slope . Transition, and ome Sonoran Zones; southern Alaska to southern 
California east to Alberta, Moses. and Wyoming. Bigg equently cultivated and commonly escaping in eastern 
United States. Type locality: not designated. + pa —Jul 
2. Symphoricarpos vsGttis Nutt. Creeping Snowberry. Fig. 5038. 
Symphoricarpos mollis Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 4. 1841 
Symphoricarpos ciliatus Nutt. in Torr. = Gray, loc. cit. 
Symphoricarpos nanus Greene, Fl. Fran. 345. 1892. apreecone name for S. ciliatus) 
Symphoricarpos albus var. wuilits Keck, gee S. Calif. Acad. 2. 926. 
Low, diffusely branched shrub 3-10 dm. high, sometimes with trailing stems, the older branches 
