OF BRITISH PLANTS. 423 



Order XXXIX. ARALIACE^. 



Calyx with the tube adherent to the ovary, four- or five-toothed. 

 Petals four, five, ten, or none. Stamens equal in number to the petals 

 and alternate with them, or twice as many, on the margin of an epigy- 

 nous disk. Ovary with two or more cells, styles as many as the cells. 

 Fruit fleshy or dry, of several cells, each with one pendulous seed. 



1. Adoxa, 182, 190. 2. Hedera, 111, 134. 



Order XL. CORNER. 



Sepals four, more or less united. Petals four, broad at the base, 

 inserted at the top of the calyx -tube. Stamens four, inserted with the 

 petals. Ovary two-celled, style filiform. Fruit a drupe, with thick 

 hard endocarp. Seeds solitary, pendulous. 



1. Cornus, 96, 103. 



Section III. COROLLIFLOR^:. 

 Corolla monopetalous, bearing the stamens. 



Order XLI. LORANTHACE^. 



Calyx adnate to the ovary, with two bracteas at the base, its limb en- 

 tire or lobed. Corolla of four or eight united petals. Stamens as 

 many as the petals, and opposite to them. Ovary one-celled, with one 

 erect ovule, style filiform or none, stigma capitate. Fruit succulent. 



1. Viscum, 367, 378. 



Order XLII. CAPRIFOLIACE/E. 



Calyx adnate to the ovary, usually bracteated at the base, its limb 

 four or five-lobed. Corolla four or five-cleft, regular or irregular. 

 Stamens four or five, alternate with the lobes of the corolla. Ovary 

 with from three to five cells, each cell with one or more pendulous 

 ovules ; stigmas from one to three. Fruit usually a berry, one- or many- 

 celled. 



1. Sambucus, 114, 158. 3. Lonicera, 111,132. 



2. Viburnum, 114, 157. 4. Linnaea, 242,261. 



Order XLIII. RUBIACE.E. 



Calyx adnate to the ovary, entire, or with four, five, or six teeth. 

 Corolla regular, with four, five, or six lobes. Stamens four or five, 

 alternate with the lobes of the corolla. Ovary with one or two cells 

 and solitary erect ovules, style often bifid, with two stigmas. Fruit 

 indehiscent, with two cells, each with one seed. 



1 . Sherardia, 96, 98. 3. Galium, 96, 98. 



2. Asperula, 96, 98. 4. Rubia, 96, 101. 



Order XLIV. VALERIANE^S. 



Calyx adnate to the ovary, with the limb toothed or furnished with 

 downy filaments. Corolla tubular, with three, four, or five lobes, irre- 



