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Common Elder. Samhucns Canadensis, L, Four to 10 Itet : southfiii Rock^- Mouiit- 

 iiiu region (aud eastwcard to tlic Atlantic from Canada to Florida) : j^i^/t of 

 shoots pearl-u'hiiv ; fruit blackish with some Ijloom. 



"High-Bush Chanbekry." Flburnnm 2)auciJiorum, Fy]a\e. Two too feet: Colorado 

 and northward (eastward in northern regions): smooth or hairy; fruit 

 clustered, globular, red, acid, edible, llat-seeded. In cold situations. 



*' Wolf-Berry." JSijmphoricarjJos occidcntalis, Hook. Colorado aud Montana (north- 

 ward aud eastward): low, stout; flowers small, white to iiiukish, hairy 

 insiile ; fruit white. 



Snowberry. Symiihoricarpos raecmosus, MXchs.. "Across the continent" (common 

 generally in cultivation) : slender; flowers smaller and less hairy than in 

 preceding species; fruit large, white. Y nxietj ijaucijlonis, Robbins, low, 

 more spreading, with few flowers: in mountains of Colorado (to Oregon, 

 Vermont, and northward). 



Symphoricarpos oreophilus, Gray. Mountains of Colorado (Utah and Arizona, 

 to California and Oregon) : flowers i to ^ inch long, much larger than in 

 preceding species. 



Honeysuckles {Two to three flowers in the axils of the leaves): 



Loniccra Utahensis, Wsbtaon. Mountains of Montana (Utah, Oregon, and north- 

 ward) : erect ; flowers f of an inch long, straw-colored ; berries red. 

 Lonicera involucrata, Banks. Mountains of Colorado (and Calitbrnia to Alaska ; 

 eastward into Canada): erect, 2 to 10 feet; flowers j-ellow with sticky 

 hairs; two blackish or purple berries-^r- often joined. 

 Lonicera ciliosa, Poir. Mountains of Montana ; northward and southward to 

 Arizona and California : twining ; one or two pairs of the topmost leaves 

 joined into one piece ; flowers yellow to crimson ; berries orange to red. 



Composite : Composite family (Sunflowers, Thistles, Etc). 



Thoroughwort. Eupatorium a(jcratifoliam,T> C. Three to 7 feet: southern Colo- 

 rado to Texas : branches chiefly herbaceons. 



Groundsel-Tree, Baccharis saUcina, Torr. and Gray. Three to 12 feet : Colorado 

 to Texas : sticky, with resinous exudation. 



Tetradymia Canescens, D C. Northern Wyoming to New Mexico (also in Arizona, 

 California, and British Columbia) : clothed Avith a close persistent white 

 u'ool; lesi\es, narrow, 1 inch long ; flowers yellow; branches c?ose and upright. 

 Variety inermis. Gray, has shorter leaves and closer branches ; more com- 

 mon than the type. — Under 2 feet, as are the following. 



Tetradymia glabrata, Gray. Colorado (and from Utah to California aud Oregon ): 

 clothed with a white loose wool, which is not j)ersi stent ; branches spread- 

 ing; leaves i inch long ; flowers yellow. 



Tetradymia Nuttallii, Torr. and Gray. Wyoming and Utah : white witha persisl- 

 cnt wool and armed with stiff sjrines ; branches short aud close; flowers 

 ycllo\N\ 



Tetradymia spinosa. Hook, and Am. Two to 4 feet: southern Wyoming to Ari- 

 zona (also in southeastern California and eastern Oregon): branches 

 spreading widely, densely wMte-woolly, and with curved or straight spines. 



Ericace.e : Heath Family. 



Blue Berries : 



Vaccinium occidentale, Gray. One foot or more : Uintah Mountains, northeastern 

 Utah (and in Sierra Nevadas, California): leaves bluish ; berries small, 

 blue-black, with bloom. 



