2 LXXIV. CAPEIFOLIACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Adoxa. 



A genus differing much from the order in habit. Perhaps nearer Chryso- 

 splenium. 



1. A. IVIoschatellina, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 2. 



VAR. inodora, Falc. mss. ; inodorous, cauline leaf often solitary, flowers 5-6- 

 merous. 



KASHMIR, Falconer; Pir Pinjal, alt. 11,500 ft., C. B. C DISTRIB. N. Europe, 

 Asia, and America. 



Eootstock short, creeping. Stem simple, 3-6 in., terminating in a solitary 

 peduncle. Radical leaves -2 in. diam., with a long 2-6 in. petiole ; cauline 2 in 

 European, often 1 in Kashmir specimens, smaller, petrole short or 0; segments 

 obtuse or mucronate. Heads % in. diam., green, in European specimens with a 

 terminal 4-merous and 4 lateral 5-merous flowers ; in Kashmir with a terminal 

 5-merous and 4 or more lateral 6-merous ones. Drupe % in. diam. ; endocarp and 

 seeds flattened. Odour of the European plants musky, of Kashmir 0, on which 

 account and the 5-6-merous flowers Falconer regarded the latter as a distinct species 

 (A. inodora, Falc.), but its habit and all other characters are identical with the 

 European. 



2. SAIVXBUCUS, Linn. 



Shrubs oy small trees. Leaves unequally pinnate, large, often stipulate ; 

 leaflets serrate or laciniate. Corymbs large, very compound, bracteate ; flowers 

 small, jointed with the pedicel, very rarely bracteolate. Calyx-limb 3-5- toothed. 

 Corolla rotate or campauulate, 3-5-partite. Stamens 6, attached to the base of 

 the corolla. Ovary 3-5-celled ; style short, 3-5-partite, or stigmas 3-5-sessile ; 

 ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous. Drupe crowned by the calyx-teeth, 3 *- 

 celled. Seeds compressed ; embryo long. DISTRIB. Species 10-12, in all tem- 

 perate regions (except S. Africa). 



1. S. Ebulus, Linn. : herbaceous, leaflets free, stipules often foliaceous 

 serrate, drupes black. H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 179 ; Brandts For. 

 Fl. 260 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 2. 



KASHMIR; alt. 6000-10,000 ft., plentiful; T. Thomson, &c. DISTRIB. Europe, N. 

 Africa, and to the Elburz Mts. 



Gregarious ; stems mostly simple, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves 9 in. ; leaflets 5-9, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3-6 in., puberulous or nearly glabrous. Corymb peduncled or 

 leafy at the base, compact and 3-rayed in English, usually larger and many-rayed 

 in Kashmir specimens; bracteoles minute, linear. Corolla in. diam., broadly cam- 

 panulate, white pink or dark purple. Drupe % in. diam., globose. Flowers with a 

 strong peculiar odour, both in Kashmir and Europe, uppermost usually barren. 



2. S. javanica, Blume Bijd. 657; a straggling shrub, leaflets free, 

 stipules usually small or 0, drupes black. DC. Prodr. iv. 322; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 124 ; H. /. # T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 180. S. Wightianus, Wall. 

 Cat. 6303; W. 8> A. Prodr. 388. S. rubra, Ham.-, Wall. Cat. 482. S. 

 chinensis, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. 297; DC. I.e. S. Thunber- 

 giana, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 265 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 3. Sambucus 

 sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 259. 



ASSAM and EAST BENGAL P:LAIN ; ascending in KHASIA to 5000 ft. alt., in SIKKIM 

 to 6000. DTSTRIB. Java, China, Japan. 



Leaves 18 in., of 5-9 oblong-lanceolate leaflets 3-8 in., puberulous or nearly 

 glabrous. Corymb usually leafy at the base, often 1 ft. diam., puberulous or almost 

 villous; bracteoles minute, ovate. Corolla in. diam., broadly campanulate, white 

 or pink. Berry - in. diam., globose. Uppermost flowers usually barren ; female 



