70 ILLUSTRATIONS OP INDIAN BOTANY. * 



the gardens of the plains, and that rarely, as an ornamented creeper: thongli It strikes me 

 some of the Viburnums, especially V. acuminatum, a beautiful shrub, mi^ht with iustiee claim 

 a place m the shrubbery of the plains. They seem equally deserving of this LStTon not 

 mereh. as garden ornaments, but on account of the early associations^ connected with th m 

 • ^aiyx with Its hmb 5- (very rarely 4-) lobed. Corolla of one piece, lobed, sometimes 



irregular: the divisions o famnfo wUi, +v,^o^ „j? ii,- __i .- .. ^ ' *"'^*="» »""i«""Jes 



(D. C.) 



~u ,. -u-*".^ •" "u"^"«i w lue loues or ine corolla ^or sometimes one of them abortive) 



alternating with them, and inserted towards its base: filaments subulate: anthers ovate 



oSL in':Xc.ir''"^^^ !'? *^^^ 'i'^' ^^^y^' 3-^^^d (rare 4.T 5 ee le^: 



the ;alvx fleshv or Tr.r^'V"'^. 'f' T m '^^5"^^ '^'^'^^- ^^"^^ ''^^^'^ ^y the limb of 



tt S^pimttorVt^^^^^^^^^ otfhe^ th rc^ns) '' ^^t^]^' ''' '— Tf ^ '' 

 often ftbnrflv^^ in flo^T, «^ii i i "^*^ "''"f^ ceiifcj. oeeds solitary, m pairs, or several (some 



2 small stinulp^ nr ^rUnA.Trir I ^J^^ayes opposite, without stipules (or rarely with 



axilkry. ^ ^ ^' ^^ *^' ^''' °^ '^'^ P^^^^^)' ^^^^ers terminal, corymbose or 



Affinities. Nearly 



Lindley in some resoects dl ?i '^'^' ^' t 't'' ^''^ ^^"^^'^'^ ^o his class Caprifolia. 

 ^XcL two orders wLhlt^T^T'' .^' ^- P^"^^^ ^<^ »^^^^^^^ his Cmc^onaL"^ and 

 FrortTat order thTs is Sn^l^K^^ unite under the general name of Rubiace*. 



those of 1L"\^^^ leaves and usually pendulous ovules, 



pal. This, however Is not rnmf^nf l\ -T^ J l^^ "^""'^ P^'^^ ^rect, ascending or amphitro- 

 that any p lantrcombin n^a sunerio ' ^t''T''^^'^.f''^''^'' ^'^ «« ^-"^^^"^ ^^ ^«^^'«^^^ 

 stipules, is at *once eSed to^ tha TaZ^^iZ" '''°""' ""P"'}'' ^^^^«^' ^"^ i^terpetiolary 

 even its position in relation to the cafyx as Mr T' ""'^ ^\'^'' '''^'''''' '^ '^' '^'"'^ -'l 

 however I suspect he now refers tr/onli Mr. Brown mentions a Rubiaceous plant, which 

 if it wanted the stipdes Wver .TrT'^' '""l^}" ^ ^''' ^^^^^ ^hile on the other hand, 

 looked upon as a doubtVul memLr n. ^ ^'^^^. correspond in other respects, it would be 

 The numW of cells of. the o^^v 1^^^^^ ^^f^^able to CaprifoliacecB, 



In CaprifoliacecB tLy varvTom ^ F-r'^^"* ^^ ^'^^ ^^°^^'i^« to afford good distinctions, 

 occur, 3 however is the pr^edomTnan nSr""? *?m^ ^" Leycestria, while 2 and 4 equally 

 ovary vary from two to five or mor^ T f i. * ^l ^'^^ "'^""^^ ^^ i^^.6^ac^^ the cells of the 

 by Botanists on that account, considered fdnn^fff "" Operoulanec only one occurs, which is 

 raenous with small embryo and foliaceon, .nH l ^ ^°°^^"^'-- T" both families the seed is albu- 

 of stipules is the only aUlute dSno?^^^^^^^^ ^'"'^ '^ would appear that the absence 



ship which he thinks would Lrdlvhavp t '! *7^ '''^'''' ^^"^^^^ ^^aces a relatlon- 



on the one side and Hydranqeal iZ\:,t ^^Pected, with SawifragecB, through Vihurnurn 

 are almost undistinguishable but thp 1 •" .^ ^"*^ inflorescence these two genera 



with a single pendulous ovule wl^t intb^. 'LT% ^^T""'^ '^'^ ^'^^^^ ^^^'^-^ it l?celled 

 as remarked by Lindley, the flowirs are" n.nn . ?' '^ -' l^'"^^ ^^^^^ numerous ovule., and, 

 As regards the ovary the relaSip isTeZ t?-'" i^' ^^'•°^^^' Po^Tetalous in the latter, 

 nearly allied. The one-celled ovarv with n ^- l !?i^" °^^'' respects the two genera are 



-laUonships not hitherto adverted^I;r^\S.^^lfntron^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^'^^ 



America but a very considerablTnZl ^ ^^^""^ '« *>»« northern parts of Europe and 

 5?:" ,»«7'.ted from the lact of "S ' X', '7 T v"'' f *>■» Himalaya, which migl^ have 

 Northern Afriea. One genas is fom d ff "■"', '■''"'''";''g the Neilgherriei They are rare in 

 «pecies are nearly all confined to thterf Jons ""'' '"'^ ™""'" '" ^ew zLland : their 



P«0PE.i,Ks .„!, Us.s. So far as I am 



known under these heads 



