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V. minor, stems procumbent, leaves oblongo-lanceolate, their 

 margins as well as the small lanceolate teeth of the cal. gla- 

 brous, p. 82. Woods. 



V. major, stems suberect, leaves ovato-subcordate, their mar- 

 gins as well as those of the elongated subulate segments of the 

 cal. ciliated. />, 83. J-Fbods. 



ORDER XXVII. OLEINE^. Hoffm. and Link. 



(Jasminecp, part of, Juss.) 



Flowers perfect, or polygamous. Cal. 1 -leaved, divided, per- 

 sistent. Cor. hypogynous, monopetalous, 4-cleft, rarely of 4 

 petals, the petals being connected in pairs by the filaments, 

 yith a somewhat valvular aestivation; rarely none. Slam.2 9 

 alternate, with the segments. Anthers 2-locu!ar ; the cells 

 longitudinally bursting. Ovary simple, without disk, 2-celled. 

 Cells 2-seeded. Ovules pendulous, collateral. Style \ or 

 none. Stigma 2-fid or undivided. Drupe or Berry, or Cap- 

 sule, by abortion, often 1 -seeded. Embryo in the midst of a 

 fleshy albumen. Cotyledons leafy. Radicle superior. 



Trees or Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers in racemes or 

 panicles, terminal or axillary; their stalks opposite, each 

 with one bractea. Br. 



1. FRAXINUS, 

 Cal 0,3 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Stam.2. Caps. 2- 



celled, 2-seeded, compressed and foliaceous at the extremity. 



Seed 1 solitary, pendulous (Flowers polygamous). 

 1. F. excelsior, leaflets lanceolate acuminate serrated, flowers 



destitute of perianth, p. 3. Woods and hedges. 



2. LIGUSTRUM, 



Cal. minute, 4-toothed. Or. with the tube short; the limb 4- 

 fid, patent. Stain. 2. Berry 1 -celled, 2 4-seeded. 



1. L. vulgare, leaves elliptico-lanceolate somewhat acute, pani- 

 cle compact, p. 3. Hedges. 



ORDER XXVIII. ERICE^E. Juss. 



(Rhododendra, Juss. Rhodoracece, Decand. Mirl.} 

 Cal. inferior, persistent, 4 5 -cleft. Cor. monopetalous, peri- 

 gynous, 4 5-cleft, sometimes of 5 petals, usually withering, 

 with an imbricated aestivation. Stamens definite, twice as many, 

 or, rarely, equal in number to the segments of the^W'er, hy- 

 pogynous, or inserted into the petals. Anthers 2-celled, fre- 

 quently furnished with an appendage at their base, and emit- 

 ting their pollen through a pore or cleft. Ovary surrounded 



