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BOTANY 



Family 2. Caprifoliaeeae. Woody plants, usually without 

 stipules. Flowers sometimes zygomorphic. Ovary usually trilocular. 

 Fruit a berry or drupe. 



SUB-FAMILIES AND IMPORTANT GENERA. (a) Sambuceae, with actinomorphic 



FIG. 754. Uragoga Ipecacuanha (J nat. size). Infrutescence by the side. OFFICIAL. 



flowers and drupes. Viburnum, leaves simple, fruit one-seeded. Sambucus, Elder, 

 with imparipinnate leaves, glandular stipules, and three stones in each fruit. 

 S. nigra (Fig. 756) is a common European shrub. The flat-topped inflorescences 

 are panicles consisting of decussately arranged main branches which ultimately 

 bear the flowers in small cymes. 



(b) Lmiicereae, flowers zygomorphic, fruit a berry. The Honeysuckle (Lonicera 



