DICOTYLEDON-Sv- — HYPERKIN/i:. 2^1 



Shruli or Trees. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate. 



1. RHAMNUS. 

 Cal. urceolate, 4 — 5-cleft. Ber?i/ 2 — 4-celled, 2 — 4-seeded. 

 }. Rh. calharticus, spines terminal, flowers 4 -cleft tlicecious, 



leaves ovate sharply serrated, p. 80. — Dumfries. 

 2. Rh. Frangula, unarmed, flowers perfect, leaves obovate 



smooth entire, p. SI. — JVoads. 



Order XLIX. CELASl^RIN.E. Br. 



Cal. inferior, 4 — 5-parted, with an imbricate (ESiivati<m. Pe~ 

 ials 4 — 5. Stamens as many, alternate vvitb the petals^ and 

 having a doubtfully perigynous insertion. Ovarium 2 — 4-celI- 

 ed, 1 — many-seeded; ovules erect, rarely pendulous. Style 

 1 — 4. Pericarp capsular or closed (baccate, drupaceous, or 

 winged). Seeds with an arilhis in the capsular genera. IZm- 

 hryo in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 



Shrubs or Trees. Leaves simple (rarely compound), alternate, 

 or opposite. Stipules generally minute, sometimes absent. Br. 



1. EUONYMUS. 



Cal. plane, 4 — 5-cleft. Caps, with 5 angles, 5 -celled, 5-valved. 

 Seeds covered by a coloured arillus. 



1. E. europceus, flowers mostly tetrandrous, peduncles compress- 

 ed, many-flowered, leaves ovato- lanceolate on short footstalks, 

 branches smooth, p. 81. — Hedges. 



2. ILEX. 



Cal. 4 — 5-toothed. Cor. rotate, 4 — 5-cleft. Stigmas 4, sessile. 

 Drupe sphaerical. Nuts 4, I -seeded. (Some flowers without 

 pistil.) 



1. I. aquijolia, leaves ovate acute spinous, p. 57. — Woods. 



Sect. III. Petals hypogynous. 



Order L. HYPERICINiE. Juss. 



Cal. 4 — 5-parted. Pet. 4 — 5. Stam. indefinite, polyadelphous. 

 Anthers I onn^.hh. O/^ary simple. Styles and Stigmas several. 

 Capsule dry or baccate, 1- or many- celled, many-valved. 

 Cells formed by the introflexed margins of the valves. Seeds 

 very numerous, minute, attached to parietal or axile placentas. 

 Embryo straight, without albumen. Cotyledons very short. 



Herbs or Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers in opposite co- 

 rymbs, often terminal. Juss, 



