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Common Elder. Samhacus Canadensis, L,. Four to 10 feet : southern Rocky Mount- 

 ain region (and eastward to the Atlantic from Canada to Florida) : jji/7( of 

 slioois ])earJ-wliiie ; frnit blackish with some bloom. 



"High-Bush Cranbekry." Viburnum jjaucifl or um, FyliiiQ. Two to5 feet: Colorado 

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

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



" Wolf-Berry." iSjjmphoricarjws occidentalis, Hook. Colorado and Montana (north- 

 ward and eastward): low, stout; flowers small, white to pinkish, hairij 

 inside ; fruit white. 



Snowberry. Symplioricarpos ?-ar?c?»os«/s, Michx. "Across the continent" (common 

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

 preceding species; frnit large, u-liite. Variety pauciflorns, Robbins, low, 

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

 Vermont, and northward). 



Symphoricaepos oPvEOPHILUS, 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 Jlowers in the axils of the leaves): 



Lonicera Utahensis, Watson. 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 California to Alaska; 

 eastward into Canada): erect, 2 to 10 feet; flowers yellow with sticky 

 hairs ; two blackish or purple berries— 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. 



CoMPOSiTyE : Comjyosite famUy (Sunflowers, Thistles, Etc). 



Thoroughwort. Eui)atorium a(jeratifolium,J) C. Three to 7 feet: southern Colo- 

 rado to Texas : branches chiefly herbaceous. 



Groundsel-Tree. Baccharis ?«/k/^;«, Torr. and Gray. Three to 12 feet ; Colorado 

 to Texas: sticky, with resinous exudation. 



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

 California, and British Columbia) : clothed Avith a close persistent u-kitc 

 wool; leaves jmrroH", 1 inch long; flowers yellow; branches c?os^ and upright. 

 YariGij inerm is, Gray, has shorter leaves and closer branches; more com- 

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



TetradyjNIIa glabkata, Gray. Colorado (and from Utah to California and Oregon ) : 

 clothed with a white loose wool, which is not persistent ; branches spread- 

 ing ; leaves ^ inch long ; flowers yellow. 



Tetradymia Nuttallii, Torr. and Gray. Wyoming and Utah : white y^ ith a persist- 

 ent wool and armed with stiff spines; branches short and close; flowers 

 ycllow^ 



Tetradymia spinosa. Hook, and Arn. 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. 



Ericaceae : Heath Family. 



Blue Berries : 



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

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

 blue-black, with bloom. 



