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** Cal. bractcated. Style none. Stigmas 3. Cor. monopetalous. 



3. VIBURNUM. 



Cal. small, 5-fid. Cor. of Ipetal 5-lobed. Stam. 5. Berryl- seeded, 



1. V. Lantana, leaves elliptico-cordate serrate veiny downy be- 

 neath, p. 96. Woods. 



2. V. Opulus, leaves glabrous 3-lobed acuminate and serrate, 

 petioles with glands, p. 96. Woods. 



4. SAMBUCUS. 



Cal very small, 5-fid. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. Stam. 5. Berry 

 l-celled, 3-seeded. 



1. S. Ebulus, cymes with 3 principal branches, leaflets lanceolate, 

 stipules foliaceous, stem herbaceous, p. 96. Way -sides. 



2. S. nigra, cymes with 5 principal branches, leaflets ovate, stem 

 arboreous, p. 96. Woods and hedges. 



*** Cal. without bractece. Style 1 . Cor. polypetalous. 



5. HEDERA. 



Cal. 5 -toothed. Petals 5. Stam. 5 alternate with the petals. 

 Berry 5-seeded, crowned with the segments of the cal. 



1. H. Helix, leaves 5-lobed the lobes angular, floral leaves ovate, 

 the umbel erect, p. 82. Trunks of trees and rocks. 



6. CORNUS. 



Cal. 4 -toothed. Pet. 4. Stam. 4 alternate with the petals. 

 Drupe not crowned ; its nut with 2 cells ; cells 2-seeded. 



1. C. 9<tnguinea, arborescent, branches straight, leaves opposite 

 ovate green on both sides, cymes destitute of involucre, p. 55. 

 -Woods. 



2. C. suecica, herbaceous, leaves all opposite ovate glabrous, 

 flowers few umbellate surrounded by a 4-leaved involucre and 

 springing from the axil of the forked extremity of the stem. 

 p. 55. Mountains. 



ORDER XXXVII. LORANTHE.E. Juss. 



( Viscoidece. Rich. } 



Cal. 1 -leaved, adherent with the ovary, usually with another little 

 calyx at its base; or with two bracteae which supply its place. 

 Cor. 0, or polypetalous. Stam. attached to the base of the 

 lobes or parts of the cor.; generally equal to them in number ; 

 rarely twice as many. Ovary surmounted by 1 style and stigma. 

 Fruit fleshy or dry with one seed attached to the top of its cell. 

 Rmbryo cylindrical, in the axis of a fleshy albumen, beyond 

 which ihc superior radicle is cxserted. 



