loo Adoxaceae 



i-oo axile, pendulous ovules. Style simple or divided. 

 Fruit a berry or drupe, rarely a capsule. 



Tribe i. Sambuceae. Leaves pinnately divided. 

 Anthers opening outwards. Style very short. Fr^dt 

 a drupe. (Very near Valerianaceae.) 



Only British genus: Sambucus. 



Tribe 2. Viburneae. Leaves entire or lobed. An- 

 thers opening inwards. Carpels (1-5), each with one 

 ovule. Style usually very short. Fruit a berry or drupe. 



Only British genus: Viburnum. 



Tribe 3. Linnaeeae. Leaves undivided. Anthers 

 opening inwards. Carpels (3-4), of which two have co 

 sterile ovules and 1-2 have one fertile ovule. Style long. 



Stems slender, creeping. Peduncles 2-flowered. 

 Ovary 3-loc. Linnaea. 



Shrubs. Flowers in racemes. Ovary 4-loc. 



*Symphoricarpus. 



Tribe 4. Lonicereae. Leaves usually undivided. 

 Anthers introrse. Carpels (2-5-8) all with 00 ovules. 

 Style usually very long. 



Only British genus (Flowers zygomorphic) : 



Lonicera. 



Fam. 3. Adoxaceae. A small succulent herb. 

 Leaves ternate. Flowers in 5 -flowered heads, terminal 

 4, lateral 5-merous, homochlamydeous. Calyx {bracts 

 and bracteoles) 2-3-lobed. Stamens 4 or 5-6, split to 

 the base. Carpels (3-5), each with one pendulous ovule. 

 Fruit a drupe with 1-3 stones. The position of this 

 monotypic genus is very uncertain. 



Only genus : Adoxa. 



