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THE WOoOODBINE GROUP. 
The plant which gives its name to the order 
Caprifoliaceze is the Woodbine. There are about 
twenty-eight species, which inhabit the northern 
temperate zone and hilly parts of the tropics. The 
plants included in this group were formerly united 
with Rubiacez but have been separated because they 
possess stipules. They have been grouped in four 
divisions: Elder group with pinnate leaves and 
anthers opening outwards ; Guelder Rose Group with 
simple or lobed leaves, anthers opening inwards, with 
one ovule in each loculus; Symphoricarpus group, 
with the same characters, but two loculiand many 
ovules; and the Honeysuckle Group, with many 
ovules in the loculi. 
They include Elder, Guelder Rose, Honeysuckle 
and Linnza amongst British plants. The last was 
called Nummularia, but Linnzus desired that it 
should receive a name to commemorate himself. 
They grow as a rule in woods and hedgerows, the 
Mealy Guelder Rose being native upon the Chalk 
Downs. The Elder is often planted near houses, 
because of its use as firewood, the berries being made 
into wine, and it has several medicinal properties. 
They are shrubs or trees, or herbaceous. 
The Honeysuckle is a climbing plant. The wood 
of the Elder is pithy. The leaves are pinnate, 
decussate, with stipules in Sambucus. The flowers 
