228 CAPRIFOLIACEAE • RUBIACEAE 



YIBURNVM— continued 



V. tomentosum. lo. June. Branchlets horizontal, downy. Ls. ov., 4, toothed, 

 hairy. Fls. white in flat-topped clusters; outer ones large, with unequal 

 petals. Berry red to black. Japan. (Fig. 64 G.) 



Yar'iety plicattim {V. plicatum). Japanese Snowball Tree. Fls. i, in 

 erect round trusses. 

 V.venosiim{V. pubesce?is). 12. June-July. Branchlets downy. Ls. roundish, 

 4, coarsely toothed, rounded or heart-shaped base, hairy, slender- 

 stalked. Fls. white. Berry blue. North America. (Fig. 64 H.) 



Variety affine {hypomalacum). Ls. densely downy below, short-stalked. 

 V. Wrightii. 10. May. Branches erect. Ls. ov., obov., 5, distantly toothed, 

 point long and abrupt, bright green above, 6-10 pairs parallel veins. 

 Fls. white. Berry red. Japan. 



Family 55. RUBIACEAE. K4-5, C (4-5), A4-5, G (2) 



Ls. opposite or whorled, entire, often with triangular stipules on stem between 

 1. -stalks. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis. Button Bush. 6. August - September. D. 

 Stems olive-green, shining, hairless. Ls. in threes, ov., 5, tapering at both ends, 

 glossy, hairless. Fls. small, white, in axillary long-stalked round heads. Fruit dry. 

 North America. (Fig. 67 o.) 



COPROSMA. Ls. opposite. Fls. inconspicuous. Fruit a berry. 



C. acerosa. \. E. Stems prostrate, wiry, interlacing. Ls. linear, |, dark 

 green, hairless. Berry pale transparent blue. New Zealand. (Fig. 50 e.) 



* C.foetidissima. 15. E. Ls. ov., lane, 2, slender-stalked, emits very dis- 



agreeable smell when bruised. Berry red or yellowish red, transparent. 

 New Zealand. (Fig. 67 N.) 



* C. grandifolia. 15. April-May. E. Ls. obov., 9, dull green, slender-stalked. 



Berry \, orange-red. New Zealand. 



* C. lucida. 15. E. Ls. obov., 5, leathery and glossy, short-stalked. Berry 



oblong or pear-shaped, reddish orange. New Zealand. (Fig. 67 M.) 

 C. Petriei. l- E. Stems prostrate. Ls. linear, oblong, I, hairy. Berry purple. 



New Zealand. (Fig. 48 L.) 



C.rigida. 15. April. E. Stiff and erect. Ls. obov., oblanc, f, stiff and rather 



leathery, hairless. Berry I, oblong or pear-shaped, yellow. New Zealand. 



Emmenopterys Henryi. 80. June-July. D. Branchlets hairless. Ls. opposite, 



ov., 9, tapering base, entire, rather fleshy, with a velvety sheen; stalk reddish. 



Els'. I,' white, funnel-shaped, in large terminal panicles; one lobe of calyx develops 



into a'large white bract. Fruit i, spindle-shaped, ribbed. China. (Fig. 67 G.) 



LEPTODERMIS. Ls. opposite, entire, with disagreeable smell when crushed. 



Fls. white or purple, 5-parted, in axillary clusters. Fruit dry, splitting into five. 



L. lanceolata. 3. July-October. D. Ls. ov., lane, 3. Fls. \, white, fading 



to pale yellow, the clusters forming large terminal panicles. Himalaya. 



(Fig. 67 J.) 

 L.ohlonga. 4. July-September. D. Ls. lane, i, rough above. Fls. |, purple, 



tubular. China. (Fig. 67 L.) 



