RUB I ACE JS. 359 



same genus, the ovary and fruit have the same organization ; but the 

 calycinal divisions (2-5) are ordinarily longer and narrower, persistent ; 

 the corolla is regular or irregular, and the inflorescence is very 

 variable. The flowers, often in cymes, sometimes become solitary, 

 whilst in L. horealis, they are generally geminate at the end of a 

 common peduncle. They are shrubs, often elegant, of temperate 

 India, China, Japan and N. America. 



XIV. ELDER SERIES. 



This series comprises two closely allied genera : Vihurnum and 

 Samhucus, from which the name (Samhucece) is derived. In the 



Sambiicus Ebulus. 



Fig. 382. Floriferous branch {\). 



latter^ (fig. 382-389), the ovary, inferior, is surmounted by a calyx 

 of 3-5 divisions, often dentiform. The corolla, rotate or shortly 



1 Samhucus T. Inst. 606, t. 376.— L. Gen. n. Organog. 622, t. 86.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat, 



372.— J. Qen. 214.— Lamk. ///. t. 211.— G.ertn. 236; Adansonia, i. 358, t. 12.— B. H. Gen. ii. 



FrMc^.i. 137,t.27.— DC./'ro^r.iv.321.— Spach, 3, n. 2. —Hook. FL Ind. iii. I.—Phyteuma 



Suit, a BufoHy viii. 318.— Turp. Diet. Sc. Nat. Lour. Fl. Coehinch. 172 (not li.),—Tripttelus 



Atl. t. lOi.— Endl. Gen. n. 3341.— Payer, lavsTii.. Mitch. Thr. Exped. ii. \^. 



