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ovaries connate at the base, tube of corolla short, gib- 

 bous, leaves pubescent, stalked, berries red; hedges. 

 L. nigra, L. ; flowers pink, tube of corolla short, gibbous, 

 ovaries connate at the base, flower-stalk very long, leaves 

 nearly glabrous, berries black ; mountain woods. L. 

 alpigena, L. (PL 50) ; flowers pale pink, tube of corolla 

 short, gibbous, flower-stalk very long, ovaries almost 

 completely connate, leaves acuminate, berries red ; alpine 

 woods ; in the Jura the red berries are very common in 

 the woods in autumn. L. pyrenaica, L.; flowers very 

 light pink, fragrant, tube campanulate, scarcely gibbous, 

 limb nearly regular, ovaries connate at the base, leaves 

 very shortly stalked, berries red ; Pyrenees. L. ccerulea, 

 L.; flowers yellowish, corolla campanulate, nearly regu- 

 lar, flower-stalk short, leaves blunt, ovaries nearly com- 

 pletely coherent, berries blue-black ; thickets ; Alps, Jura, 

 Pyrenees. 



Order XLIL— RUBIACEiE. 



Ovary 2 -celled, inferior; fruit 2-lobed, 2-seeded. All 

 the European genera belong to the tribe STELLATE : — 

 Flowers small, in axillary or terminal cymes; calyx 4-5- 

 toothed, or teeth o ; corolla 4-5-lobed ; stamens 4 ; leaves 

 always forming a whorl, with or without the foliaceous 

 stipules. A very large tropical order, of which the 

 Stellate are the only representatives in the Northern 

 Temperate Zone. 



I. RUBIA, L. 



Calyx-limb o; flowers yellowish ; corolla 5-lobed ; fruit 

 a berry. Not alpine. 



R. peregrina, L., Madder; leaves lanceolate, 4-6 in a 



