340 



PRIVET 



lobes spreading cross-wise. Stamens 2, sub-sessile in the 

 throat of the corolla, alternate with the lobes. Style 1 ; 

 stigma bifid, ovary superior, 2-chambered. Fruit a two- 

 valved capsule. 



ft Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, white ; 

 fruit a berry ; seeds not winged. 



Ligustrum vulgare, L. Privet (Fig. 139). Much- 

 branched shrub, with sub-evergreen lanceolate leaves. 



Fig. 139. Privet, Ligustrum vulgare. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, a flower, 

 and 3, vertical section through it, enlarged ; 4, fruit, and 5, section across 

 the same ; 6, seed, p. 340 (Wo). 



