Oleacece Forsyth ia. 



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1. F. viridissima. Leaves all simple and quite entire, 

 linear-lanceolate or oblong, acute. Flowers abundant ; pedun- 

 cles much shorter than the flowers, covered with small scaly 

 bracts. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, shorter than the corolla- 

 tube. Style always (?) longer than the stamens. ' 



2. F. suspensa (fig. 167). 

 Leaves simple and trifoliolate on 

 the same branch, toothed ; central 

 leaflet much larger than the lateral 

 ones. Flowers few, scattered on 

 the very slender branches. Pe- 

 duncles slender, nearly naked, 

 exceeding the flowers in length, 

 bracteate at the base only ; some 

 of the bracts from 3 to 6 lines 

 long. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, 

 acute, equalling the corolla-tube. 

 Style always (?) shorter than the 

 stamens. 



F. Fortnnei is a newly introduced 

 species with simple broadly ovate 

 leaves and golden yellow flowers. 



OKDER LXVIII.-APOCYNE.aE. 



Fig. 167. Forsythia suspensa. 

 (i nat. size.) 



Trees, shrubs, or rarely herbs, 

 usually with a milky sap. Leaves simple, opposite, or more 

 rarely alternate or whorled. Stipules none, or sometimes 

 replaced by bristles or glands between the petioles. Flowers 

 regular, solitary or corymbose, axillary or terminal. Calyx 

 free, 4- or 5-lobed. Corolla hypogynous, salver-shaped or 

 campanulate, throat naked or hairy, lobes twisted in bud. 

 Stamens 4 or 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla; anthers 

 connate and adhering to the stigma; stigma usually con- 

 stricted in the middle. Fruits usually composed of two 

 many-seeded follicles ; capsules rarely drupoid or baccate. 

 Seeds often winged or plumose. With the exception of the 

 genera coming within our province, the members of this order 

 are tropical or sub-tropical, and most numerous in Asia. There 

 are about 100 genera and 600 species known. 



