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CAPRIFOLIACE^. 



[Epigynous Exogens. 



Order CCXCIV. CAPRIFOLIACE^.— Caprifoils. 



Caprifolia, Juss. Gen. 210. (1789) in pari.— Caprifoliacese, Rich. Diet. Class. 3. 172 ; DC. Prodr. 4. 321 ; 

 Bartl. Ord. Nat. 213. (1830),— Lonicereae, Endl. Gen. cxxviii. 



Diagnosis. — Cinchonal Exogens, with eptpetaloiis stamens, straight anthers hursting longi- 

 tudinally, consolidated fruit, and leaves without stipules. ^ 



Shrubs or hei'baceous plants, with opposite leaves, destitute of stipules. Flowers 

 usually corymbose, and often sweet-scented. Calyx superior, 4- 5-cleft, usually with 2 



Fig. DVII 



or more bracts at its base. Corolla superior, monopetalous or polypetalous, rotate or 

 tubular, regular or irregular. Stamens epipetalous, equal in number to the lobes of the 

 corolla, and alternate with them. Ovary -nith fi'om 1 to 5 cells, one of which is often 

 1 -seeded, the others being many-seeded ; m the fornier the ovule is pendulous ; style 1 ; 

 stigmas 3, or 5. Fruit indehiscent, 1- or more-celled, either diy, fleshy, or succulent, 

 cro\\Tied by the persistent lobes of the calyx. Seeds either sohtary and pendulous, or 

 numerous and attached to the axis ; testa often bony ; embryo very small, in fleshy 

 albumen ; radicle next the hilum. 



_ As lef^ by Jussieu this Order was a heterogeneous assemblage ; as altered and better 

 limited it seems to be less objectionable. It possesses a sti'iking affinity with Cincho- 



Fig. DVII.— Sambucus nigra ; 1. a flower j 2. a young pistil ; 3. a cross section of its ovary ; 4. a per- 

 pendicular section of the fruit. 



