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BOTANY 



PART II 



Flowers sometimes zygomorphic. Ovary usually trilocular. Fruit a 

 berry or drupe. 



Mainly inhabitants of the temperate zone. 



Sub-Families and Important Genera. — («) Sanibuceac , with actinomorphic 

 flowers and drupes. J'^i&Mryiwm, leaves simple, fruit one-seeded. Sambucus, Elder, 

 with iiuparipinnate leaves, glandular stipules, and three stones in each fruit. 

 S. nigra (Fig. 715) is a common European shrub. The flat-topped inflorescences 



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Fio. 7n.— Cinchona siiccii-ubra. A, Flower. B, Corolla split open. C, Ovary in longitudina 

 section.— £>, Fruit. E, seed. (D, nat. sizo, the otliers enlarged.) (After A. Meyer and 

 Schumann.) Official. 



are panicles consisting of decussately .arranged main branches which ultimately 

 bear the flowers in small cymes. 



(b) Lonicereac, flowers zygomorphic, fruit a berry. The Honeysuckle {Lonicera 

 periclymenum) is one of our native lianes. Diervilla (IFeigelia) is a favourite 

 flowering shrub. 



Official. — Sambucus nigra yields sambuci flores. 



Family 3. Valerianaceae. — Herbs or small shrubs, with decussately 

 arranged leaves and asymmetrical flowers. Calyx only developed 



