BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA. 
BOTANICA. 
PHANEROGAMIA. 
DICOTYLEDONES. 
GAMOPETAL. 
Series I. INFERA. 
Order LXX. CAPRIFOLIACE. 
Caprifoliacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 1. 
Thirteen genera, comprising about 200 species, are referred to this order. With few 
exceptions, they are shrubs or small trees, inhabiting the northern hemisphere. A few 
occur in Australia and South America; but the order is not known to be represented 
either in Tropical or South Africa. All the Mexican and Central-American species are 
shrubby or arboreous. 
1. SAMBUCUS. 
Sambucus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 8372; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 3. 
A genus of about a dozen species generally dispersed in temperate regions, excluding 
South Africa, but including mountains in the tropics. The Mexican forms should 
perhaps be referred to one species. 
1. Sambucus bipinnata, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 171. 
Souta Mexico, near Jalapa (Schiede & Deppe). 
92. Sambucus canadensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 385; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. ii. 
p. 13. 
Canapa, southward on both sides of the continent.—Soutn Mexico, valley of Cordova 
(Bourgeau, 2490 bis)? Hb. Kew. 
3. Sambucus mexicana, Presl; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 322. 
Catirornta, New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, Mabibi, Sonora (Thurber) ; Souta Mexico, 
valley of Mexico, Desierto Viejo (Bourgeau, 1270); region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2490 ; 
Miiller, 628), Jalapa (Linden, 530). Hb. Kew. 
S. glauca, Nutt., may be the same species, which would extend its northward range. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Bot. Vol. II., Aprid 1881. b 
