184 41. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 



Fl. cream-coloured. Fr. black, rarely green or white, *#. 



lacmiata (Lam.); 1. 2 - 3-pinnate, Its. laciuiate. y. rotundi- 

 folia (DC.); Its. usually 3 orbicular. Woods and hedges v 

 We of Wight. T. VI. Elder. ^ s. I. 



3. VIBTJK'NTJM Linn. Guelder-rose. 



1. V. Lantdna (L.) ; I. oblong with a cordate base finely 

 denticulate-serrate downy beneath, stip. 0, pubescence stellate. 

 E. B. 331. A shrub with round mealy branches. Young 

 shoots, petioles, and undersides of the 1. densely, upperside more 

 sparingly, covered with stellate down. Cymes terminal. Fl. 

 white, not radiant, all perfect ; fr. black. Hedges and thickets 

 on a calcareous soil. T. V. Mealy Guelder-rose. Wayfarim/ 

 tree. j^. 



2. V. Op'ulus (L.) ; I. 3 5-lobed, lobes acuminate and den- 

 tate, stip. (?) linear, petioles with glands. E. B. 332. St. 27. 

 (>. Branches glabrous, tetragonal when young. L. slightly 

 downy beneath, with linear adnate stipules (?). Cymes large, 

 with linear bracts ; fl. white, inner ones fertile, outer barren 

 and radiant. Fr. red. Hedges and thickets. T. VI. VII. 

 Common Guelder-rose. E. S. I. 



4. LONICE'KA Linn. Honeysuckle. 



Jl. X. Caprifolium (L.) ; fi. ringent whorled terminal sessile, 

 1. deciduous glabrous on both sides blunt, upper I. connate-per- 

 foliate, style glabrous. E. B. 799. St. twining. Fl. white or 

 purplish. Fr. orange. Pericarp and placenta becoming fleshy. 

 Upper pairs of leaves connate, the rest distinct. Thickets. 

 Sh. V. VI. E. 



2. L. Peridym'emim (L.) ; fi. ringent in terminal stalked 

 clusters. /. all distinct deciduous oval, st. twining. E. B. 800. 

 Fl. pale yellow, externally red. Fr. red. Pericarp, placenta, 

 bracts, and axis becoming fleshy. L. sometimes downy 

 beneath, often lobed when young. Woods and hedges. Sh. 

 VI. IX. Honeysuckle. Woodbine. E.S.I. 



3. L. Xylos'teum (L.) ; peduncles %-fiowered downy as long as 

 the flowers, calyx-limb deciduous, berries slightly connected at 

 the base, 1. oval downy, st. erect. E. B. 916. Shrub. Fl. 

 pale yellow. L., bracts, cal., cor. externally, filaments, and 

 jstyle downy. Fr. scarlet. Thickets. Native in Sussex (Borrer) 

 !Sh. V. E. 



