CORNACE^E 45 



leaves reduced to scales. After a short time the latter 

 dropped, and growth was resumed. 



Aucuba japonica, Thunb. (fig. 419). 



Primary root stout, fleshy, subflexuose, ultimately producing 

 strong, fleshy lateral roots also subflexuose. 



Hypocotyl woody, erect, terete, glabrous, pale green, about 3 cm. 

 long. 



Cotyledons oblong-ovate, obtuse, three- or sub-five-nerved, shortly 

 petiolate ; lamina 2*15 cm. long, 1-1-4 cm. wide. 



Stem woody, erect, terete, glabrous, hairy when young, pale 

 green; 1st internode 1*35 cm. long; 2nd 1 mm.; 3rd 5'5 mm.; 

 4th 1-05 cm. 



Leaves simple, cauline, opposite, decussate, exstipulate, petiolate, 

 glabrous, bright green and shining above, paler beneath, marked on 

 both surfaces with yellow or creamy yellow blotches ; petioles semi- 

 terete, channelled above in seedling plants, flattened in the adult, 

 pale green or purplish. 



First pair ovate, acute, serrate-dentate with about two teeth on 

 each side. 



Growth stopped here, and recommenced after a time. 



Second and third pairs reduced to small ovate-subulate, acute, 

 deciduous or caducous scales, decussating with the normal-sized 

 leaves. 



Fourth pair oblong-lanceolate, acute with about two teeth on 

 each side. 



Ultimate leaves large, lanceolate-oblong, gradually narrowed to 

 an obtuse point and cuspidate, distantly serrate-dentate on the 

 upper half, alternately penninerved, rather obscurely reticulate. 



CAPRIFOLIACE^C. 



Benth, et Hook. Gen. PL ii. 1. 



Fruit and Seed. The ovary in this Order is inferior and 

 consists of two to six carpels, most frequently three, and as 

 many cells, except in the case of Viburnum which has only one 

 cell or is spuriously two- to three-celled. Here as in other 

 cases there is evidence of a reduction of the original number of 

 perfect cells. The ovules are usually solitary, and suspended 

 from the apex of each cell or they are numerous and inserted 



