i 4 6 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



Order XL. CORNACE^E. 



Flowers small, regular; calyx-teeth 4-5, small, or o; 

 petals and stamens 4-5 ; ovary i-4-celled, inferior; fruit 

 a i-4-stoned drupe. A very small order belonging to 

 the North Temperate Zone. 



I. CORNUS, L. 



Flowers in dichotomous cymes or involucrate umbels ; 

 calyx-teeth, petals, and stamens 4 each ; ovary 2-celled ; 

 fruit a drupe with a 2-celled stone. 



C. sanguinea, L., Dogwood, Cornel ; a shrub with op- 

 posite ovate leaves, white flowers in terminal cymes, 

 and small black drupe; hedges and thickets. C. mas, 

 L. ; flowers yellow, appearing before the leaves, in simple 

 umbels, surrounded by an involucre of four bracts, drupe 

 red ; mountain woods, frequent. 



CLASS IILCOROLLIFLORjE. 



Corolla composed of petals more or less united at the 

 base, rarely o ; stamens hypogynous or epipetalous. 

 Orders XLL LXVIII. 



Order XLL CAPRI FOLIAGES. 



Flowers regular or irregular, collected into cymes; 

 calyx-teeth 3-5; corolla sometimes 2-lipped; stamens 

 4-10; ovary entirely inferior; leaves opposite, simple or 

 pinnate ; fruit a berry or drupe. A small order, chiefly 

 of the Northern Hemisphere, mostly shrubs. 



