ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANV- 69 



quaternary not quinary in the number of the parts of the flowpr WUh rr i-j 



.ffinJ.^%^.f ^ ''^^^ \''° compared with Loranthace<T, but if the views dvcn above of th^ 

 affinities of that order be correct, this family can have no relationship with tlSm or at all even « 

 Ir wr7^7 T^^'- Lindley indeed remarks, "in many respects Cora^resemble Lo?S 

 from which they differ among other things in the stamens being opposite th^ W, " wSch I 

 presume is a mere sip of the pen, as he afterwards shows that tL partfofThe floi^r^^^^ 

 Loranths called petals are actua ly sepals, in which case thp nn.Iimn nf *\„ V "^T^"^,,'" 

 same in both families, and, indee/ is ?hei'r normal poSfont ^1? c "s^s tht fhT^umW tf 

 sepals and stamens aij equal. Upon the whole, so far as the Indian flora is concerned the 

 true place for this order is between AraliaoecB and H amamelidacece, wherever these m^V^! 



GfiOGRAPHicAL DisTBiBUTioN. As already stated, the SDecIes nf flii« fo»*.;?„ „ j 

 exclus vely extra-tropical, the temperate and frfgid zones of IrTp^ld Lt L^lmtiS 

 being their native countries. Four species Jiave been found on the Himalayas but as veTnlne 

 on the more Southern ranges of mountains. A few are natives of Japan. ^ 



PfioPEUTiEs AND UsEs. The bark of some of the American species is esteemf^d n fnr,;. 

 and lauded as affording a febrifuge nearly emulating the more celebrS P ru,tnT^^^^^ 



IndT/n 1 ^"'''T T^^^nf ^^^ ^T^- No such property has yet been discovered in any of the 

 Indian species, which m their native countries are principally held in repute for the excellence 

 of their timber. In Europe the fruit of some of the species oV Cornus is eat, and that of Com«! 

 smceca, a rather common plant in the Highlands of Scotland, is said to be a good tonic increas- 



S'of Etme/?s S t ?h; ^ ''-'"'^ ''' '-'^^ ^' ^-- ^'^ ^^"^e iteeL^eTbut tha\ 



122, 



A. 



fragifi 



B. 



4.-5. Open flowers ; and 6. Detached petal. 6 OvS^*' 



7. Anthers, back and front views. y ^, 



o «-' stigra '• ' 



transversely, 



9. Flower cut verUcaUy, showing the relative position ^ """'^ °' ^''' ^"^^'^ 



of all its parts. 



unmature, cut transversely 

 and under 



AH more or less magnified 



LXXXIL— CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 



Northern 



Sfeldt ro^e°*&r- iJ"* ""' t""'^ h'""!."'^ ^'"^'5 ">» Honey-suckle, fho La.ristinus, £ 

 then cmZ'h f „■ .d '""'' '".""i""' -"""y "" ?'^ comparatively rare occurrence and are 

 Iat1?„HT « 'lie more elevated regions partaking the reduced temperature of higher 



!he'f?,; llr" TT"!f. ""'?' ."l^I!.^'' "i?™ -If'-'^^ i-.'^e Indian penLu.a, and on! of 



thpsp f,r^ T?u^, f' •;! — ■" 3 ./.V : uciecieu xu me xxmiun peninsula, and one of 

 Neil.heTnf'^'Sn /!"!■''" Pjfi''^±''^^'' "■|/'"««i-»f. «? "e ail indigenous on the 



Honey 



