CAPRIFOLIACE^ ng 



CORNACE.E. 

 CORNUS L. 



C. sanguinea L. Dogwood. Shrub 6-8 ft. high, with leaves and branch- 

 lets dark red in autumn. Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong ; acute, appearing before 

 the flowers. Cymes terminal, peduncled, corymbose. Flowers small, creamy- 

 white. Berry small, black, globular. 



Woods and hedges, common. May- July. 



C. mas L. Shrub or small tree, 6-15 ft. high, much branched. Leaves ovate 

 acuminate, shortly petioled, appearing after the flowers. Flowers yellow, in 

 small, simple, subsessile, opposite umbels, with an involucre of 4 oval, obtuse, 

 concave bracts. Berry oblong, red, acid. 



Woods and hedges on limestone. March-April. 



Division II. MONOPETAL^ or GAMOPETAL^E. 



CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



Tribe I. SAMBUCE^J. Corolla usually rotate, regular. Ovary cells 

 i-ovuled ; style short, 2-3 partite, or stigma sessile. 



Shrubs. Leaves simple _ VIBURNUM. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves pinnate SAMBUCUS. 



Herbs. Leaves 3-nately compound AooxA. 



Tribe II. LONICERE^). Corolla tubular or campanulate. Ovary 2-3 

 celled, with several ovules; style slender LONICERA. 



VIBURNUM L. 



V. Lantana L. Wayfaring-tree. Shrub 4-8 ft., tomentose. Leaves broadly 

 oblong-cordate, rugose, serrulate ; pubescence stellate. Corymbs flat topped, 

 rays stout. Flowers \ in. diameter, creamy-white, all fertile. Drupe flattened, 

 black when ripe. 



Woods and hedges, especially in the lower mountains. April-May. 



V. Tinus L. Laurustinus. Shrub, dark green, 3-8 ft. Leaves entire, 

 ovate-acute, persistent, shining above, rather leathery, glandular hairy beneath at 

 the axils of the secondary nerves ; petiole short, without stipules. Flowers 

 white, or rose in bud, in dense flat-topped corymbs. Berries, small, subglobular, 

 black when ripe. The leaves often appear larger, less leathery, and more acute 

 than in English gardens. Sometimes they are attacked by an insect and turn 

 silvery-grey like those of myrtle and Arbutus. 



Woods and hedges, especially on limestone. February-May. 



SAMBUCUS L. 



S. EbulllS L. Dwarf Elder. Small shrub about 3 ft. high, nearly glabrous. 

 Stems herbaceous, annual, robust, full of white pith. Leaves with 3-5 pairs of 

 oblong-lanceolate, serrate leaflets. Stipules leafy, serrate. Corolla broadly 

 campanulate, white tipped with pink; flowers in 3-rayed corymbose compact 

 cymes. Berry small, globose, black. 



Borders of streams and roads. May-July. 



S. nigra L. (Common Elder) grows in the woods and hedges, and S. 

 racemosa L. in mountain woods of the Marges and Maritime Alps. 



ADOXA L. 



A. Moschatellina L. Moschatel. Small green glabrous succulent herb, 

 3-6 in. high. Leaflets broadly triangular-ovate ; leaflets irregularly 3-lobed, 

 petiole slender, dilated at base. Flowers small, yellowish-green, in a 5-flowered 

 peduncled terminal head, 4-sided, 5-merous. Odour musky. Fruit succulent, 

 green. 



Damp, shady places in the mountains, very rare in the south. March-April. 

 Found by the author as high as 6000 ft. in the Maritime Alps of Tenda. 



