924 Caprifoliaceae. 
1286. (3.) Crucianella maritima L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), 
p. 158. — Boiss. Flor. Or. I], p.24. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. 
Flor. Marmaric., p. 651 no. 147. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., 
p- 83 no.496. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., p.797. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p.242. — Rubia marma Clus. Hist. II, p. 176 
fig. 2. — Crucianella rupestris Guss. Prodrom., Supplem., p.44..— 
A perennial herb. Stems procumbent, shrubby at the base, white. 
Leaves in fours, short, oblong-lanceolate, leathery, densely imbri- 
cated, at the base of the stems and along the branches. Spikes 
dense ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 20—40 cm long; outer bract ovate 
to ovate-elliptical, acuminate, inner ovate-oblong; corolla once and 
half as long as the bracts. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Ras-el-Kena’is (forma rwpestris!); Mariut; 
Montaza; Alexandria-West and -East; Mandara; Abukir. — M. p. 
Rosetta; Damietta; Port Said. 
Along the Mediterranean coasts. 
107. Caprifoliaceae. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, the limb short, truncate or of 
4 or 5 rarely more lobes or teeth. Corolla gamopetalous, inserted 
round the epigynous disk; lobes 4 or 5 rarely 3, imbricate in the 
bud. Stamens as many as lobes of the corolla, alternate with them, 
inserted in the tube; anthers versatile with parallel cells opening 
longitudinally. Ovary inferior, 2—5-celled or rarely 1-celled, with 
1 or more pendulous ovules in each cell. Stigmas as many as 
cells, or united into one, sessile or on a single filiform style. Fruit 
an indehiscent berry, or rarely dry, 1—5-celled. Seeds 1 or more 
in each cell. Kmbryo in the axis of a fleshy albumen; radicle 
superior, cotyledons oval or oblong. — Trees, shrubs, or climbers, 
rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, usually without stipules, simple or 
rarely pinnate. 
A rather small Order chiefly dispersed over the temperate regions of 
the northern hemisphere, with a very few tropical or southern species. 
A. Stigmas several. Corolla spreading, with a very short 
tube. 
L,, Leaves, pinnate. ia. o-. A. susie) Yeiuiveceretbpecse cy soy idueccnils pee 
[I. Leaves entire or palmately lobed. . . . ... . 2. Viburnum. 
B. Style single. Corolla narrowed into a tube at the base 3. Lonicera, 
522. (1.) Sambueus Linn. 
Calyx-limb of 3—5 small teeth. Corolla with a very short 
tube and 3—5-lobes, spreading so as to appear rotate. Stamens 
