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Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
IV. SYMPHORICARPOS (Dill.) Ludwig. 
Shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, short-petioled, decidu¬ 
ous. Flowers small, white or pink, perfect, in axillary or 
terminal clusters. Calyx-tube globose, 4-5 toothed. Cor¬ 
olla campanulate or salver-form, regular, or sometimes gib¬ 
bous at the base, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the 
corolla. Ovary 4-celled, 2 of the cells with a single, fertile 
ovule in each, the other cells with several, abortive ovules. 
Stigma capitate, or 2-lobed. Fruit an ovoid or globose 4- 
celled 2-seeded berry. 
1. Symphoricarpos Symphoriearpos (L.) Macm. Coral-berry or 
Buck-bush. A shrub, 2°-5° high, purplish, usually pubescent. Leaves 
oval or ovate, entire or undulate, glabrous above, soft pubescent be¬ 
neath, 12"-18" long. Corolla campanulate, pinkish, about 2" long. 
Style bearded. Berry purplish red, persistent. 
Along streams and ravines. June-July. Common. 
FAMILY 85. VALERIANACE7E. Valerian Family. 
Herbs, with opposite leaves, no stipules, and usually 
small, perfect or polygamo-dioecious flowers, in corymbed, 
panicled, or capitate cymes. Calyx-tube adnate to the 
ovary. Corolla gamopetalous, epigynous, somewhat ir¬ 
regular, its tube narrowed, and sometimes gibbous or 
spurred at the base, mostly 5-lobed. Stamens 1-4, in¬ 
serted on the corolla and alternate with its lobes. Ovary 
inferior, 1-3-celled. Fruit indehiscent, dry. 
I. VALERIANELLA (Tourn.) Mill. 
Annual, dichotomously branched herbs. Basal leaves 
tufted, entire, those of the stem sessile, often dentate. 
Flowers in terminal, bracted cymes. Corolla small, white, 
blue, or pink, nearly regular. Calyx-limb toothed or want¬ 
ing. Corolla-tube narrowed at the base, the limb spread¬ 
ing, 5-lobed. Stamens 3. Style 3-lobed. Fruit 3-celled, 2 
of the cells empty. 
