130 CAPRI* O LI A. [CI. 11. 



of the large solid Albumen. Stem woody, rarely 

 herbaceous. Leaves generally opposite, seldom al- 

 ternate ; without any intermediate Stipulas/' 



There is a fallacy in the character of this Order, 

 as stated by Jussieu, and the acknowledged diversity 

 of insertion of the Stamens indicates, what it really 

 is, a very heterogeneous Order. The outer Calyx, 

 or rather pair of Bracteas, is not at the base of the 

 proper Perianth, which is superior, but at the base of 

 the Germen, which is inferior. 



The 1st Section exemplifies the true Caprifolia t 

 having a Style, and a monopetalous Corolla. These 

 are Linncea, fig. 200, Triosteum, and Lonicera, the 

 latter divided by Jussieu into Symphoricarpos, 

 Dier^villa, Xylosteum, and Caprifolium. Lonicera 

 corymbosa, gathered by Mr. Menzies in Chili, 

 proves not^an Lvora, but a Loranthus. Ovieda is 

 properly removed to the Vitices. 



Loranthus, Viscum*, and Rhizophora, which con- 

 stitute the 2d Section, have surely but little relation- 

 ship to the foregoing, or perhaps to each other. 

 Mr. Brown makes an Order of Rhizophorea, Bot. of 

 Terra Austr. 1 7, akin to his Cunoniacece, see Ord. 84 ; 

 and considers Loranthus as much allied to Proteacece. 

 The 3d Section consists ofVibu?viiim,fig. 201, and 



* Seeds of Viscum are now germinating under my observation, some 

 of which send out two radicles, as Duhamel remarks, Arb. v. 2. S55, 

 though Gartner never saw more than one. Such Seeds have in the 

 centre a double Plwnula, like an egg with two yolks. 



