1.04 41. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 



gular. Stam. 5. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. Fruit 

 1 3-celled, few-seeded. 



4. LINN.EA. Cal.-limb 5-cleft, with lanceolate subulate equal 

 deciduous segments. Cor. turbinate-bellshaped, 5-lobed. 

 Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2 longer. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. 

 Fr. dry, 3-celled ; 2 cells barren, 1 single-seeded. Two 

 large and 2 minute bracts at the base of the fruit. 



1. SAMBUCUS Linn. Elder. 



1. S. Ebulus (L.) ; herbaceous, st. furrowed, stip. leafike ovate 

 serrate, 1. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate serrate, cyme with 3 prin- 

 cipal branches. E. B. 475. St. 2 4 feet high. Cymes termi- 

 nal. Fl. white, reddish externally ; anth. purple. Fr. reddish- 

 black. Hedge-banks. P. VIII. Dwarf Elder. Danewort. 



2. S. nigra (L.) ; arborescent, stip. obsolete, 1. pinnate, leaflets 

 ovate cuspidate serrate, cymes with 5 principal branches. E. B. 

 476. A small tree. Cymes large, terminal. Fl. cream-co- 

 loured. Fr. black, rarely green or white. /3. laciniata; 1. 2 3- 

 pinnate, Its. laciniate. y. rotundifolia (DC.) ; Its. usually 3 

 quite round. Woods and hedges. /3. near Ayr. Hooker. En- 

 derby, Leicestershire, y. Isle of Wight. T. VI. Elder. 



2. VIBURNUM Linn. Guelder-rose. 



1. V. Lantana (L.)j /. elliptical with a cordate base^/me/y 

 denticulate-serrate downy beneath, pubescence stellate. E. B. 

 331. A small tree with round mealy branches. Young shoots, 

 petioles, and under sides of the 1. densely, upper side more 

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

 white, not radiant. Fr. black. Hedges and thickets on a cal- 

 careous soil. T. V. Mealy Guelder-rose. Wayfaring tree. E. S. 



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

 tate, petioles with glands. E. B. 332. St. 27. 6. Branches gla- 

 brous, tetragonal when young. L. slightly downy beneath. 

 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. 



3. LONICERA Linn. Honeysuckle. 



fl. L. Caprifolium (L.) ; fl. ringent whorled terminal sessile, 

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

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

 purplish. Fr. orange. Upper pairs of leaves connate, the rest 

 distinct. Thickets. Sh. V. VI. E. S. 



2. L. Periclymenum (L.) ; fl. ringent capitate terminal, heads 



