220 CORNACEAE • CAPRIFOLIACEAE 



DAVID I A — continued 



parallel-veined, long-stalked. Fls. small, in long-stalked rounded heads, each head 

 enclosed by two large creamy white bracts of unequal size. Fruit i|, pear-shaped, 

 green with purplish bloom, i -seeded. (Fig. 98 j.) 



D. involucrata. 50. May. D. Ls. grey-felted below. China. 



D. Vilmoriniana. 50. May. D. Ls. hairless below. West China. 



Garrya ELLIPTICA. 1 5. February, E. Ls. opposite, ov., 3, entire, margins wavy, 

 dark green above, downy below, apex ending in short abrupt tip. Fls. small, 

 unisexual, enclosed in silvery grey cup-shaped bracts on long drooping catkins 

 which hang on the plant through winter. Fruit juicy, 2-seeded. California. 

 (Fig. 76 A.) 



Griselinia littoralis. 25. May-June. E. Ls. alternate, ov., 3, entire, leathery, 

 glossy, yellowish green, hairless, blunt-ended, often unequal-sided at base. Fls. 

 small, unisexual, yellowish green, in small axillary racemes or panicles. Fruit |, 

 oblong, green. New Zealand. (Fig. 120 G.) 



Helwingia japonica (H. rusciflora). 4. May. D. Ls. alternate, ov., 3, 

 tapering at both ends, finely toothed, hairless. Fls. very small, unisexual, in middle 

 of 1. Fruit \, round. Japan. (Fig. 98 G.) 



Nyssa sylvatica. Tupelo Tree. 100. June. D. Branches slender, spreading or 

 drooping. Ls. alternate, ov., 6, entire, hairless or nearly so, tapering base, stalk 

 slender and reddish. Fls. minute, unisexual. Fruit a blue-black berry, |, i -seeded. 

 East North America. (Fig. 120 H.) 



SUB-CLASS IL GAMOPETALAE 



Petals and sepals both present as a rule (sometimes one or both absent) ; petals, 

 when present, are joined together (cannot be pulled off one by one); stamens 

 usually inserted on the corolla ; calyx usually persistent in fruit. 



Family 54. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. K (5), C (5), A4-5, G (2-5) 

 Ls. opposite, usually without stipules. 



ABELIA. Stems usually slender and arching. Ls. opposite or in threes, short- 

 stalked. Fls. white or pink, tubular or funnel-shaped, solitary or in small clusters 

 in terminal 1. -axils; sepals persistent, stamens four. Fruit dry, i -celled, topped by 

 persistent sepals. 



[a) Sepals two 



A. Ejigleriana. 4. June-July. D. Ls. ov., lane, i, tapered at both ends, 



entire, hairy. Fls. -i, pink, funnel-shaped, in pairs at end of short side 



twigs. China. (Fig. 71 A.) 

 A. Schumannii. 8. August-September. D. Ls. ov., i, blunt-ended, few or no 



teeth, margins hairy. Fls. i, pink, solitary in 1. -axils. China, (Fig. 62 a.) 

 A. iiniflora. 6. June-July. D. Ls. ov., 2, long-pointed, toothed, downy on 



midrib below. Fls. i, white or pinkish with orange markings in throat, 



solitary or in pairs in 1. -axils. China. 



