Sambucus.) RUBIACEE. BAT 
Order LXIX. CAPRIFOLIACEZ. 
Shrubs, erect or scandent, or small trees, very rarely herbs ; 
branches round. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, simple, lobed, 
ay odd-pinnate, sometimes 3-nately cut; stipules 0, or if present 
- interpetiol vérs hermaphrodite, cymose OF paniculate, 
rately capitate ; regular or irregular. Sepals connate a calyx- 
tube, o ovary ; limb 3-5-toothed or Jobed. Petals connate 
an inferior, 2~8-celled, rarely 1-celled ovary ; ovules solitary pen- 
dulous, or several on axial placentas ; style long, with stigma capi- 
sa or short, with stigma 2-5-lobed. Fruit a drupe with 1-8 
cartilaginous pyrenes, or a many-seeded berry. Seeds 1 or many 
 Meach cell; albumen copious, fleshy ; embryo usually minute. 
402, Sambucus Linn. 
_ Shrubs or small trees ; Jeaves odd-pinnate, large ; leaflets serrate 
— laciniate ; stipules absent or present. Flowers small, in large, 
much-branched corymbs ; bracts always present; pedicels jointed ; 
les small or 0. Sepals connate in @ 3-5-toothed calyx. 
Petals connate in a rotate or campanulate 3-5-partite corolla. 
Stamens 5, adnate to nearly the base of the corolla-tube. Carpels 
in a 3-5-celled ovary ; ovules in each cell solitary, pe? 
tlous ; style short, 3-5-partite, or stigmas 3-5, sessile. Fruit 6 
‘all, 3-5-celled berry, crowned by the calyx-teeth. Seeds com- 
Pressed; embryo elongated. 
927. Sampucus savanica Bl.; F. B. I. ili. 25 E. D. 8. 767. 
N. Bengal, Duars ; E. Bengal. 
A straggling shrub. 
Order LXX. RUBIACEZ. 
ae shrubs, or herbs, rarely annual, erect OF twining, Roeenes 
Provided with spines or hooks, rarely prickly. Leaves simple, 
“bposite or whorled, quite entire, with interpetiolar or less often 
inbetiolar stipules, or very rarely with stipules replaced by 
Yes. Flowers often 2-3-morphic ; inflorescence very variable. 
connate in a calyx-tube, adnate to ovary ; limb 
