CAPRIFOLIACEyE. 



10:1! 



B. Stalks axillary, 2,-Jlowered. L. never 

 connate. 



5. canescens. Climbing, hoavy. Berries 

 distinct. L. stalked, cordato-ovate, evergreen. 

 S. 5-9. Shade. In. the park at Palermo. 



6. pyrenaica. Erect, smooth. Berries 

 distinct. L. obovato-lanceolate. El. nearly 

 regular. Bracts elliptico-lanceolate, far ex- 

 ceeding fruit. S. Suiumer. Gate, mountains. 

 Pyr. Pdm. Ravenola. 



7. Xylosteum. Erect, pubescent. Berries 

 hai'dly united at base. L. ovate, acute, very 

 entire. El. equalling stalks. Bracts hardly 

 equalling fruit. S. 7- Hedges and thickets. 

 s. and m. Em*. 



8. ni^a. Erect. Berries laterally ad- 

 hering. L. oblongo-elliptic, downy when young. 



Stalks many times longer than flowers. Bracts 

 subulate, tailing short of calyx. S. 5, 6. 

 Mountain woods. Alps. Sud. Vosges. n. Apen, 



9. alpi^ena. Erect. Ben-ics imited into 

 one. L. ovali-lanceolate, acuminate, on short 

 stalks. StaUis many times longer than flowers. 

 s.S. 5, 6. Mountains. Alps, &c. 



10. cserulea. Erect. Berries united into 

 one. Styles undivided. L. oval (elliptico-oblong, 

 Koch). Stalks shorter than flowers. S. 4, 5. 

 Mountains. Alps. Vosges. Auv. 



365. LINN^A. 



1. borealis. Stems trailing. L. broadly 

 ovate, stalked, p. 5, 6. Mossy 'pine-woods. 

 Sc. n. G. Tyr. VaUais. Valt. Pdm. 



LIII. EUBIACE^. 



Calyx superior. Corolla of 1 regular petal. Stamens alternate with segments of corolla. 

 Style 1. Eruit twinned. Cells 2, each vrith an erect seed. 



366. PUTORIA. 



1. calabrica. Stem shrubby, branched, 

 pubescent. L. stalked, oblong. Stipule on 

 each side soUtary. w. 5-7. Gale, rocks. Sic. 



367. SHERARDIA. 



1. arveasis. L. verticillate. El. terminal, 

 a. 4, 5. Fields. 



368. ASPERULA. 



'A. Annual. Upper whorls of more L. than 

 lower. 



1 . arvensis. Fr. smooth. Lowermost L. 

 obovate, 4-5 in a whorl; upper linear, 6-10. 

 El. sessile, in terminal clusters, shorter than 

 involucre, a. 5, 6. Fields, m. and s. Eur. 



2. Perennial. Gar olla funnel-shaped. 



i. L. ill fours, ovate or elliptic. 



3. taurina. L. 3-nei-ved. Heads axillary, 

 stalked. Bracts ciliate. Tube of Corolla very 

 long. Er. somewhat rough, p. 5, 6. Shady 

 hills, s. Eur. 



3. Isevig'ata. Ascending, hairless. L. 1- 

 nerved, finely rough on margin. Cymes on 

 axillaiy stallis. Tube not longer than border. 

 Er. smooth, p. 6. Woods, s. Er. ? It. 



ii. L. in fours, rarely 6 in some of the whorls ; 

 upper nearly linear. 



a. Two L. of upper whorl much smaller, or 

 wanting. 



4. tinctoria. Somewhat erect. Root long, 

 creeping, reddish. El. generally 3-cleft. Bor- 

 der equal to tabe. Er. smooth, p. 6, 7. 

 Sandy, m. and s. Em', occ. 



5. cyiianchica. L. smooth, margin some- 

 what rough : lowermost somewhat ovate. 

 Bracts ovate or lanceolate, acuminate. Corymbs 

 all terminal. Corolla rough, 4-cleft. Tube 

 about equal to border. Er. tubercled. p. 6, 7- 

 Open hills. Not in Sic. 



/8. aristata. L. flat ; upper about 3, very un- 

 equal. K. Nap. 



7. nitens. L. 4, awned, smooth and shining, 

 exceeding interknots. Abr. 



6. canescens. "L. linear, mucronate. 



Stems ascending. Corymbides lateral, nearly 

 sessile, and terminal. Bracts lanceolato-su- 

 bulate, mucronate. Corolla rough or hairy. 

 Ft. pmplish. Tube much longer than border. 

 Fr. obsoletely tubercled, sometimes hairy, p. 9. 

 Stony. I. of Losino in Istria."^KocH. 



7. longiflora. "L. linear. Stems nmne- 

 rous, diffuse. Bracts lanceolato-subulate, cus- 

 pidate. CoroUa smooth. Tube much longer 



