. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 276 CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Vol. III. [Named by Grono-. other with a single oblong seed. Endosperm fleshy; embryo cylindric. vius for Linnaeus, with whom the plant was a favorite.] Three or four species, of the north temperate zone. Type species: Linnaea borealis L., of Europe. i. Linnaea americana Forbes. Twin-flower. Ground-vine. Deer-vine. Fig. 3975. Linnaea america
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 276 CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Vol. III. [Named by Grono-. other with a single oblong seed. Endosperm fleshy; embryo cylindric. vius for Linnaeus, with whom the plant was a favorite.] Three or four species, of the north temperate zone. Type species: Linnaea borealis L., of Europe. i. Linnaea americana Forbes. Twin-flower. Ground-vine. Deer-vine. Fig. 3975. Linnaea americana Forbes, Hort. Woburn. 135. 1825. L. borealis var. americana Rehder, Rhodora 6:56. 1904. Branches slender, slightly pubescent, trailing, 6'-2° long. Petioles i"; long; leaves obscurely crenate, thick, 3"-8" wide, sometimes wider than long; peduncles slender, erect, 2-bracted at the summit, 2-flowered (or rarely proliferously 4-flowered); pedicels filiform, 3"-io" long, 2-bracteolate at the summit; flowers nodding, 4"-6" long, fragrant; corolla funnelform; calyx-segments about 1" long; ovary subtended by a pair of ovate glandular scales which are connivent over the fruit or adnate to it. In cold woods, mountains of Maryland, New Jersey, Long Island, north to Newfoundland, west through Brit- ish America to Alaska and Vancouver, south to Mich- igan, in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado and in the Sierra Nevada to California. Has been considered identical with the similar L. borealis L. of Europe and Asia, which has a nearly bell-shaped corolla and longer calvx. Twin sisters. Two-eyed berries. June-Aug. 5. SYMPHORICARPOS [Dill.] Ludwig, Def. 35. 1760. Shrubs, with opposite deciduous short-petioled simple leaves, and small white or pink, perfect flowers, in axillary or terminal clusters. Calyx-tube nearly globular, the limb 4-5-toothed. Corolla campanulate or salverform, regular, or sometimes gibbous at the base, 4-5-lobed, glabrous o
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