4m 43. GAPRIFOLIAGE^. PL ex. cal. 



Fam. VIII; 43. CAPRIFOLIACE^. De CandoUe. 



Caprifolia. Jussieu. 

 Calyx 1 -leaved, adherent to the ovary, rarely free, 4 or 

 S-cut, generally with 2 or 3 bracteae at the base ; corolla on 

 the ovary, regular, 1 -petal, 4 or 5-cut, or 4 or 5 petals, en- 

 larged at bottom,^ often soldered ; stamens as many as the 

 lobes or petals, alternating with them; ovary 1, many- 

 celled; style 1 or 0; stigma 1 to 3; fruit a berry or nucu- 

 lanium, 1 or many-celled, often crowned; seed pendent; 

 perisperm fleshy ; corculum small, in the tip of the peri- 

 sperm; radicle above. — Stem shrubby; leaves opposite; 

 flowers axillary or terminal, corymbose. 



CaZyx bracteated ; corolla 1-petaled; 

 stamens 4, 2 short Linn^a. 255. 



Cal. bracteated; cor. 1-pet. irreg. ; 

 stam. 5 ; style 1 ; peduncles 2-flowered . . Xylosteon. 256. 



Cal. bracteated; cor. 1-pet. irreg.; 

 stam. 5; style I', peduncle l-flowered Periclymenum. 257. 



Cal. bracteated; cor. 1-pet. reg.; 

 stam. 5 ; style ; lerry 1 -seeded ; 

 flowers all fertile Viburnum. 258. 



Cal. bracteated ; cor. 1-pet. reg. ; 

 stam. 5 ; style ; lerry 1 -seeded ; 

 flowers outer barren Opulus. 259. 



Cal. bracteated ; cor. 1-pet. reg. ; 

 stam. 5 1 style ', miculanium 5seeded .. Sambucus. 260. 



Cal. bracteated ; corolla 4-petaled ; 

 nuculanium 4 or 5-seeded Ilex. 263. 



BractecB 0; corolla 4;-petaled; 

 drupe naked ; nut 2-celled Cornus. 261. 



Bractece ; corolla 5-petaled ; 

 ^erry crowned, 5-seeded Hedera. 262. 



A. Caprifoliace^ VER^. CgZ^j; bracteated ; 

 corolla 1-petaled; style simple. 



I. 255. LINN^A. Haller. Linne. 



Calyx 5-cut, bracteated ; hracieoR 2 or 4, persisting ; co- 

 Tolla bellshape, 5-lobed ; stamens 4, 2 shorter than the 

 others ; stigma globose ; her7-y dry, ovate, 3-celled ; cells 

 2-seeded. — Stem woody, creeping; leaves opposite, ever- 

 green ; surculi upright, above naked, 2-flowered, 



