142 loranthacEjE. [Fiscum. 



in. long and | to f in. wide, bnt sometimes attaining 3 in. or more, and in 

 other specimens scarcely 1 in. long. Flowers minute, in 1 to 3 clusters 

 in each, axil, sessile in a small cup-shaped 4-angled or 4-toothed bract, and 3 

 together in each cluster ; the central one female, scarcely 1 line long, the 2 la- 

 teral ones males and considerably smaller. Calyx-border distinctly visible as a 

 prominent ring in the female buds. Petals 4 or rarely 3, triangular, and I 

 have always seen an anther sessile on each petal, but, according to Wight, 2 

 of the 4 petals are without anthers. Berry globular, about 3 lines diameter. 

 On trees in the woods, Champion and others. Common in India and the Archipelago, ex- 

 tending westward almost to the Mediterranean and eastward to North Australia. 



Order LVII. CAPKIFOLIACEJE. 



Calyx-tube adnate ; the limb of 4 or 5 lobes or teeth. Corolla gamopeta- 

 lous, inserted round the epigynous disk, with 4 or 5 lobes, imbricate in the 

 bud and sometimes irregular. Stamens as many as lobes of the corolla, al- 

 ternating with them and inserted in the tube. Ovary inferior, 2- to 5 -celled 

 or rarely 1 -celled, with 1 or more pendulous ovules in each cell. Stigmas as 

 many as cells, or united into one, sessile or on a single filiform style. Fruit 

 an indehiscent berry or rarely dry, 1- to 5 -celled. Seeds 1 or more in each 

 cell. Embryo in the axis of a fleshy albumen. Radicle superior, cotyledons 

 oval or oblong. — Trees, shrubs, or climbers, or very rarely herbs. Leaves op- 

 posite, usually without stipules, simple or rarely pinnate. 



A rather small Order, chiefly dispersed over the temperate regions of the northern hemi- 

 sphere, with a very few tropical or southern species, scarcely to he distinguished from Rubi- 

 acece except, in some instances hy the want of stipules, in others hy the irregular corolla. 



Erect shruhs. Corolla rotate, regular 1. Viburnum. 



Climhers. Corolla tuhular, irregular 2. Lonicera. 



1. VIBURNUM, Linn. 



Calyx with a border of 5 small teeth. Corolla rotate or shortly tubular, 

 regular. Stamens 5. Ovary 1 -celled or very rarely 2- or 3 -celled, with 1 

 pendulous ovide in each. Stigmas 3 or rarely 2, sessile. Berry 1-seeded. — 

 Erect shrubs or small trees. Leaves entire or palmately lobed. Flowers in 

 terminal cymes or panicles. 



A considerahle genus, with nearly the range of the Order, including several tropical but no 

 southern species. 



Flowers about 2 lines diameter, in flat almost umbellate corymbose 



cymes 1. V. venulosum. 



Flowers above 3 lines diameter, in ovate or pyramidal panicles . . 2. V. odoratissimtcm. 



1. V. venulosum, Benth. A perfectly glabrous shrub. Leaves ever- 

 green, shortly stalked, ovate, elliptical, or oblong, obtuse or very shortly acu- 

 minate, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 in. long, entire or slightly toothed towards the 

 end, coriaceous and shining above, with a few nerves very prominent under- 

 neath diverging from the midrib, and fine transverse veins between them. 

 Flowers white, numerous, in compact broad cymes, sessile above the last 

 leaves and shorter than them, the primary branches 4 or 5 together from the 

 same point. Corolla with a very short tube and spreading limb, about 2 



