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FERTILE FL. Petals 4, distinct. Germ crowned with the 

 margin of the calyx. Stigma 1, obtuse, sessile. Berry glo- 

 bose, mucilaginous, 1-seeded. Dioecia. Tetrandria. 



V. flavcscens Pursh : branches terete, opposite and verticillate ; 

 leaves cuneate-obovate, 3-nerved ; spikes axillary, solitary, about 

 as long as the leaves; sterile flowers mostly trifid. V. verticillatum Nutt. 

 HAB. Parasitic on trees. N. J. to Car. and throughout the val- 

 ley of the Mississippi. Berries white and diaphanous. Misseltoe. 



OP.DER LXIII. CAPRIFOLIACEjE. De Cand. 



Calyx with its limb 5- (very rarely 4-) lobed. Carol mono- 

 petalous, lobed, sometimes irregular, the divisions alternate 

 with those of the calyx. Stamens as many as the lobes of the 

 corol, and (sometimes 1 abortive) alternating with them ; fila- 

 ments subulate ; anthers ovate, 2 celled. Ovary cohering 

 withjhe calyx, 3- rarely 4 5-celled ; ovules few in each cell, 

 pendulous ; style 1, exserted. Stigmas as many as the cells. 

 Fruit crowned by the limb of the calyx, fleshy, or rarely al- 

 most dry, 1 or many-celled. Seeds solitary, in pairs or seve- 

 ral ; embryo straight, in fleshy albumen ; radicle superior. 



Shrubs 1 with opposite leaves destitute of stipules. Flowers 

 terminal, corymbose or axillary. 



1. SAMBUCUS. Linn. 



Calyx minute, 5-cleft. Corol subrotate, 5-cleft, with the 

 lobes obtuse. Stamens 5. Style none. Stigmas 3, sessile. 

 Berry roundish, 1-celled, 3 5-seeded. 



Pentandria. Trigyjiia. 



1. & canadensis Linn. : stem frutescent ; leaves pinnate ; leafets 4 or 

 5 pairs, oblong-oval, acuminate, smooth and shining ; nerves and peti- 

 oles smooth ; stipules wanting ; cymes 5-parted, lax. 



HAB. Wet grounds. Can. to Car. May, June. *>. Shrub 

 5 10 feet high. Leaves sometimes bipinnate. Flowers white. 

 Fruit oval, deep purple. Common Elder. 



2. <S f . pulens Mich. : stem frutescent ; leaves pinnate ; leafets in 2 or 

 3 pairs, oval-lanceolate and with the petioles pubescent beneath ; cymes 

 dense, panicled or racemose. S.pubesccns Pers. 



HAB. Mountains. Can. to Car. June, July. *?. Shrub 6 8 

 feet high. Floicers white. Fruit small, red. 



2. VIBURNUM. Linn. 



Calyx with the limb small, 5-toothed and persistent, Corol 

 rotate subcampanulate or tubular, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, 



