248 DICOTYLEDONS. t'APRIFOLIACE/E. LoUlCCra. 



11. G> pusHhan, '^ leaves about 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 

 mucronate entire subpubescent, peduncles dichotomous, fruit 

 very smooth." p. 52. — Hillij pastures. 



12. G. Mollugo, leaves about 8 in a whorl elliptical mucronate 

 rough at the margin, flowers panicled spreading, p. 53. — 

 Hedges. 



*■* Fruit hispid. 



13. G. horcale, kaves 4 in a whorl lanceolate 3-nerved glabrous, 

 stems erect, fruit muricated. p. 53. — Banks and ro<ks. 



\A. G. Aparinc, leaves (i — 8 in a whovl linear-lanceolate hispid, 

 tlieir margins, keel, and the stem rough with reflexed prickles, 

 stem weak, fruit hispid, p. 53. — Hedges. 



Order XXXVl. CAPRIFOLIACE.E ■. Juss. 



Cal. adiicrent with the ovary, generally with IractecB at its 

 base. Cor. various ; its lube either long and slender, or very 

 short, sometimes polypctalous. Stam. 4 — 5, between the seg- 

 me?its. Ovary 1. Style simple or none. Stigmas 1 — 3. 

 Berry, Capsule, or Drupe, with one or more cells. Seeds 

 pendulous, lymbryo in the base or axis of a flesb.y albumen. 

 Radicle superior. 



Herbs, Shrubs, or Trees. Injiorescence various. Leaves almost 

 always opposite. Mirb. 



* Cal. hracteafcd. StijJe simple. Cor. monopetalous. 

 1. LINN.^A. 

 Cal. 5- cleft, surrounded at the base with a persistent involucre of 

 2 leaves. Cor. campanulate, 5 -cleft, equal. Stam. 4, 2 shorter. 

 Berry dry, 3 -celled, only 1 bearing a single perfect seed. 



1. L. borealis. p. 190. — Fir ivoods. 



•2. LONICERA. 

 Cal. 5-toothed. Cor. tubular, campanulate or iiifundibuliforni, 

 5-('.left, irregular. Stam. 5. Berry 1-, 2-, 3- celled; cells ma- 

 ny-seeded. 



1. L. CapriJ'oUum, flowers ringent whorled terminal sessile, u})- 

 per leaves connato-perfoliate. p. SO. — Woods, rare. 



2. L. Periclymenum, flowers ringent capitate terminal, leaves all 

 distinct, p. SO. — Woods and hedges. 



* This is perhaps the most uiinatuial of all Jussieus orders ; and it will 

 certainly be eventually much altered. Wr. Brown has already proposed 

 Lonicerea', containing Lonii-ern, Linntrn, Ike, as a separate order ; an ar- 

 ranj^'cment which would gladly have been cidopl<;d here, had any characters 

 been published. 



