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1. V. minor^ stems procumbent, leaves oblongo-lanceolate, their 

 margins as well as the small lanceolate teeth of the cal. gla- 

 brous, p. 82. — Woods, 



2. V. woy^r, stems suberect, leaves ovato-subcordate, their mar- 

 gins as well as those ot" the elongated subulate segments of the 

 cal. ciliated, p. S3. — IVoods. 



Order XXVII. OLEINE.E. Hofm. and Link. 



{Jasminece, part of, Juss.) 



Flowers perfect, or polygamous. Cal. 1 -leaved, divided, per- 

 sistent. Cor. hypogvnous, monopetalous, 4-cleft, rarely of 4 

 petals, the petals being connected in pairs by the filament?, 

 with a somewhat valvular sestivation; rarely none. S/am.2, 

 alternate, with the segments. Anthers 2-locnlar ; the cel!^ 

 longitudinally bursting. Ovary simple, without disk, 2-celled. 

 Cells 2-seeded. Ovules pendulous, collateral. Style 1 or 

 none. Stigma 2-fid or undivided. Drvpe ov Berry, or Cap' 

 sule, by abortion, often i -seeded. Ktrihryo in the midst of a 

 fleshy albumen. Cotyledons leafy. Radicle superior. 



Trees or Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers in racemes or 

 panicles, terminal or axillary; their stalks opposite, eaeji 

 with one bractea. Br, 



1. FRAXINUS. 

 Cal 0, 3— 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Slam. 2. Caps. 2^ 



celled, 2-seeded, compressed and foliaceous at the extremity. 



■SeecZ solitary, pendulous {Flowers poly gamoiis). 

 1. F. excelsior, leaflets lanceolate acuminate serrated, flowers 



destitute of perianth, p. 3. — Woods and hedges. 



2. LIGUSTRUM. 

 Cal. minute, 4-toothed. Cor. with the tube short; the limb 4- 



fid, patent. Stam. 2. Berry 1 -celled, 2 — 4-seeded. 

 1. L. vidgare, leaves elliptico-lanceolate somewhat acute, nani- 



cle compact, p. 3. — Hedges. 



Order XXVIII. ERICE^. Juss. 

 {Rhododendra, Juss. Rhodoracece, Decand. Mirh.) 

 Cal. inferior, persistent, 4 — 5-cleft. Cor. monopetalous, peri- 

 gynous, 4 — 5-cleft, sometimes of 5 petals, usually withering, 

 with an imbricated csstivation. Stamens definite, twice as manv, 

 or, rarely, equal in number to the segments oi the /lower, hy- 

 pogynous, or inserted into the petals. Anthers 2-celled, fre- 

 quently furnished with an appendage at their base, and emit- 

 ting their pollen through a pore or cleft. Ovary surrounded 



