EXOGENOUS Oil DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 431 



837. Ord. CaprifoliacCiB (Honeysuckle Family). Mostly Bhrubs, 

 often twining, with opposite leaves, and no stipules (but Viburnum 

 often has appendages like them). Calyx-tube adnate to the 2— 5- 

 celled ovary; the limb 4-5-cleft. Corolla regular or irregular. 

 Stamens inserted on the corolla, as many as the petals of which it is 

 composed, and alternate with them, or rarely one fewer. Fruit 

 mostly a berry or drupe. Seeds pendulous, albuminous. — Ex. The 

 Honeysuckles (Lonicera), which have usually a peculiar bilabiate 

 corolla (473), the Snowberry (Symphoricarpus), Diervilla, which 

 has a capsular fruit, &c, compose the tribe Lonicereje, character- 

 ized by their tubular flowers and filiform style : while the Elder 

 (Sambucus) and Viburnum, which have a rotate or urn-shaped 

 corolla, form the tribe SasibucejE. Chiefly plants of temperate 



regions. Several species, such as Honeysuckle, &c, are widely 

 cultivated for ornament. They are generally bitter, and rather 

 active or nauseous in their properties. 



838. Ord. RubiacCJE (Madder Family). Shrubs or trees, or often 

 herbs, with the entire leaves either in whorls, or opposite and fur- 

 nished with stipules. Calyx-tube completely, or rarely incompletely 



FIG. 859. Branch of Lonicera (Xvlosteon) oblongifoHa: the two evaries united! 800 Lo- 

 nicera (Caprifolium) parviflora. 801. A flower about the natural size. 832. Longitudinal sec- 

 tion of the ovary. 863. Longitudinal section of a magnified seed, showing the albumen and 

 minute embryo. • 



