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Northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, 

 also sparingly in Northern Africa. Contains 

 Honeysuckle, Elder, Gueldres-Rose, and the 

 beautiful Linncea borealis. 



3. FAMILY. Peruvian-Barks (Cinchonaceae). Trees, 

 shrubs, or herbs; stems rounded; leaves 

 simple, opposite or verticillate, with inter- 

 petiolar stipules ; flowers usually in panicles 

 or corymbs ; calyx adherent ; corolla tubular, 

 lobed; stamens epipetalous ; anthers straight, 

 bursting longitudinally ; ovary crowned 

 with a disk ; fruit 2 or many celled, dry 

 or succulent, indehiscent, or splitting into 

 two mericarps ; cotyledons thin. A most im- 

 portant family, yielding the various " Barks " 

 of commerce and their products Quina, and 

 Cinchonia, also Ipecacuan, Coffee, a variety 

 of Catechu, &c. Divided into two Sub- 

 families, which are, 1, the Coffece, with one or 

 two seeds in each cell of the ovary, and 2, 

 the Cinchonece with a many-seeded ovary. 

 Live almost entirely in tropical regions. 



4 FAMILY. Columelliads (Columelliacese). Ever- 

 green shrubs, or trees ; leaves opposite, ex- 

 stipulate ; flowers unsymmetrical, yellow, 

 terminal ; calyx 5-parted ; corolla rotate, 5-8- 

 parted ; stamens two, epipetalous ; anthers 

 sinuous, bursting longitudinally ; fruit cap- 

 sular, bilocular ; cotyledons oval, obtuse. Na- 

 tives of Mexico and Peru. 



5. FAMILY. Cranberries (Vacciniaceae). Shrubby 



