CAPRIFOLIACEiE 147 



1. Sambucus, L. 



Flowers small, in corymbose cymes ; corolla regular, 

 rotate or campaniilate, 3-5-lobed ; stamens 5 ; leaves 

 pinnate; fruit a berry. 



6'. nigra, L., Elder; a small tree, stipules very small 

 or o, corolla white, berry black ; woods. 5. Ebulus, L., 

 Danewort; stem herbaceous, corolla white tipped with 

 pink, stipules large, leafy, berry black; road-sides, local. 

 S. racemosa, L. ; stem woody, corolla greenish-yellow, 

 flowers in ovoid panicles, stipules minute or o, berry red ; 

 mountain woods. 



2. Viburnum, L. 



Flowers small, in corymbose or globular cymes ; corolla 

 regular, rotate or tubular ; calyx-teeth, corolla-lobes, and 

 stamens 5 each ; leaves simple ; fruit a dry or fleshy 

 drupe. Shrubs ; not alpine. 



V. Lantana, L., Wayfaring-Tree ; leaves ovate-cordate, 

 serrate, very pubescent beneath, without stipules, flowers 

 small, white, drupe black ; woods and hedges. V. Opu- 

 lus, L., Guelder- Rose ; leaves 3-lobed, nearly glabrous, 

 stipulate, inflorescence nearly globular, outer flowers 

 large, barren, with neither pistil nor stamens, drupe red ; 

 woods and thickets. 



3. Adoxa, L. 



Flowers small, green, 4-5 in a dense umbel ; leaves 

 ternate. 



A. Moschatellina, Moschatel ; a small glabrous herb, 

 2-4 in. high, with a musky odour, flowering in the 

 very early spring, lower leaves bi-ternate, upper ternate ; 



