46 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 
corolla, almost sessile. Stigmas 2, flat. Capsule globular, 
2-celled, many-seeded. Flowers dimorphous. 
a. (B. TRIPHYLLA), THREE-LEAVED Bouvarp1A. Somewhat 
shrubby; leaves nearly smooth, ovate or oblong-ovate, the lower ones 
in threes, the upper ones sometimes in pairs; corolla scarlet and 
slightly downy outside. 
b. (B. LEIANTHA), DowNY-LEAVED BouvarptA. Leaves rather 
downy; corolla deep scarlet, smooth outside. 
Both species cultivated from Mexico, in greenhouses. 
CAPRIFOLIACEZ, HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 
Mostly shrubs. Leaves opposite, without true stipules. 
Flowers often irregular. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary. 
Corolla tubular or wheel-shaped. Stamens usually as many 
as the corolla-lobes and inserted on the corolla-tube. Fruit a 
berry, stone-fruit, or capsule. Seeds with endosperm. 
I. SAMBUCUS, ELDER. 
Calyx limb minute or wanting. Corolla with a small, 
rather urn-shaped tube and a flattish, spreading, 5-cleft limb. 
Stamens 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit a globular, pulpy 
stone-fruit, 3-seeded, appearing like a berry. Shrubs with 
odd-pinnate leaves and very many small white flowers in 
compound cymes. 
a. (S. CANADENSIS), Common Exper. Stems 5-10 ft. high, 
with a thin cylinder of wood surrounding abundant white pith. 
Leaflets 5-11, oblong, taper-pointed, smooth; cymes flat and often 
very large; fruit purplish black, insipid or almost nauseous, but 
somewhat used in cookery. 
b. (S. RACEMOSA), RED-BERRIED Exper. More woody, with 
brown pith; leaflets fewer, downy beneath, especially when young ; 
cymes panicled and somewhat pyramidal; fruit scarlet. 
II. VIBURNUM, ARROWWOOD, BLACK HAW. 
Calyx small, 5-toothed. Corolla wheel-shaped, with a 
d-lobed limb. Stamens 5. Stigmas 1-3. Fruit a pulpy, 
1-seeded stone-fruit, often eatable, usually with a flattish 
stone. 
