62 Key to the System of 



RUBXACZSAE. 



303. Fruits connate 304 



Fruits distinct 306 



304. Fruits succulent. 



Shrubs or woody climbers or trees ; lobes of the corolla 

 usually five, contiguous before expansion ; stigmas gene- 

 rally elongated ; fruits connate into a globular mass. 



Morinda. 1314 



Fruits dry 305 



305. Fruit-masses irregularly crowded into headlets. 



Herbs ; leaves opposite ; odor very unpleasant ; stigmas 

 elongated ; fruit-masses opening by a lid. 



Opercularia. 1315 



Fruit-masses and their stalks forming umbels. 



Herb ; leaves opposite ; stigmas elongated ; fruit-masses 



bellshaped-obconical, opening by a lid. Pomax. 1319 



306. Fruits succulent. 



Shrubs, sometimes diminutive or dwarf herbs ; leaves oppo- 

 site ; flowers in clusters or solitary ; stamens and pistils 

 often in separate flowers ; stigmas elongated. 



Coprosma. 1320 



Fruits dry 307 



307. Corolla of the staminate or of all flowers with a well 



developed tube. 



Weak herbs ; leaves generally whorled, rarely opposite ; 

 stigmas minute ; fruit small, bilobed, indehiscent. Figure 

 75. Asperula. 1325 



Corolla constantly without any conspicuous tube. 



Weak herbs; leaves whorled; stigmas minute; fruit small, 



bilobed, indehiscent. Galium. 1326 



CAFH,IFOLIACAE. 



308. Corolla equally three- to five-lobed, its tube short. 



Herbs or shrubs ; leaves opposite, pinnate ; flowers in 

 compound corymbous or cymous bunches ; stamens three 

 to five ; stigmas three, sessile ; fruit small, succulent. 

 "Elder." Figure 76. Sambucus. 1327 



