BOTANICAL SYNOPSIS 159 



basal lobes being enlarged. Fruit oval, brown. April, 

 May. Europe, West Asia, and North Africa, but not ex- 

 tending to Scotland or Ireland. Vol. II., p. 65. 



NATURAL OR HER, CORN ACE JZ {CORNEL 

 FAMILY). 



Cornus sanguinea L. Cornel. Much branched. Branches 

 and leaves red in autumn. Leaves opposite, stalked, ovate, 

 entire. Flowers cream-white, small, in dense, sub-globose 

 terminal cymes, parts in fours. Fruit a small globular black 

 berry. June, July. Europe and North and West Asia. 

 Vol. II., p. 113. 



NATURAL ORDER, CAPRJFOLIACEjE {HONEYSUCKLE 



FAMILY). 



Sambucus nigra L. Elder. Bark corky, brownish grey. 

 Leaves opposite, pinnate, of three to nine ovate lanceolate, 

 serrate leaflets, each two to three inches long. Flowers small, 

 creamy-white, in flat corymbose cymes nearly a foot across, 

 sweet-scented. Fruit a small, round, juicy berry, generally 

 black. June, July. Europe and North Africa. Vol. III., 

 p. 65. 



Viburnum Lantana L. Wayfaring- tree. Bark fissured, 

 grey-brown. Twigs and leaves mealy, with stellate hairs. 

 Leaves opposite, simple, ovate. Flowers small, white, in 

 flat-topped cymes with stout branches. Fruit flattened, 

 turning from coral-red to black. May, June. Central 

 Europe, North Africa, North and West Asia. Vol. L, 

 p. 89. 



V. Opulus L. Guelder Rose. More slender, glabrous. 

 Bark brown. Shoots green. Leaves opposite, simple, downy 

 when young, palmately three-lobed. Flowers in corymbose 

 clusters, white, the outer ones three-quarters of an inch across 

 and neuter, the inner ones small and perfect. Fruit a trans- 

 lucent, blood-red, sub-globose berry. June, July. Europe, 

 North and West Asia, and North America. Vol. I, p. 73. 



