192 



XLIT. CAPRIFOLIACEiE, 



\_Samh 



ucits. 



\ 



in the southern parts of England. On Acer campesfre in Gloucester- 

 shire and on Lime-trees and Locust-trees (Roblnia Pseudo- Acacia) 

 in Bedfordshire. Meikleour, Scotland (introduced). ' 

 Whole plant of a yellow hue, thick and succulent. 



h. 3^5. 



■I 



B. CoKOLLA MoNOPETALous.^ (Orb. XLII. — XLIX.) 



Obd. XLII. CAPRIFOLIACEiE Jussf 



CalyX'tuhe adnata with the omry^ usually bracteate at the 

 base. Corolla regular or irregular; the segments imbricated 

 in (estivation. Stamens 4—5, alternate with the lobes of the 



Stigmas 3 — 5 and nearly sessile, or subcapitate at the 



corolla. 



extremity of a filiform style. 



sometimes obliterated. 



Omry 3—5 celled, several cells 

 Fruit generally a herry^ 1- or many- 

 celled, 1- or many-seeded, crowned with the persistent lobes of 

 the calyx. Albumen fleshy. — Shrubs or Herbs, Leaves opposite 

 entire^ and then witliout stipules, or rarely divided. Bark astrin- 

 gent; the flowers of Sambucus are purgative. 



Stlgrnas 3, sessile. 



1. 



2. 



Sambucus. Cor. rotate. Berry 3 — 4-seeded. Leaves pinnate. 

 Viburnum. Cor, campanulate or funnel-shaped. Berry 1 -seeded. 

 Leaves entire or lobed (never pinnate). 



** 



Sti/le 1, Jilifonn, with a subcapitate stigma. 



3. LoNiCERA. Cor. limb irregular. Stam. 5. 



4. LmxiEA. Cor. limb nearly regular. Stam. 4, didynamous. 



w 



1. Sambucus Linn. Elder. 



Cal. limb 5-cleft, Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 

 3, sessile. Berry 3- or 4-seeded. (Leaves pinnate.) — ISTamed 

 from (Tafi€vic7}, a musical instrument, in the construction of which 

 this wood is said to have been employed. 



1. S. E%ulus L. (dwarf JE. or Dane-wort') ; cymes with 3 

 principal branches, leaflets lanceolate, stipules foliaceous, stem 

 furrowed herbaceous. JS, B. t. 475. 



Way-sides and in waste places, not uncommon in England and 

 Scotland and Ireland, 



furrowed. 



%^ 7, 8, — Stem 2 — 3 ft. high, anguhir and 

 Leaves pinnate; leaflets serrate. Cymes large, terminal 



The 



purplish. Anthers large, purple. Berries spherical, black. ^ 

 plant has a fetid smell, and is violently purgative. * 



2. S. nigra L. (common E.):; cymes with 5 principal branches, 

 leaflets ovate or roundish, stipules obsolete, stem arboreous. 

 E. B. t. 476. — /3. leaflets laciniate. 



1 The monopetalous orders with a free ovary will be found among the Corolli- 

 lOK^ ; and CucuKBiTACEiE among the poi3i)etalous division. 



