HI. 
Viburneæ. 
Sambucearum tribus. 
Frutices v. rarius arbusculæ. Folia opposita, petiolata, sæpe 
coriacea et sempervirentia, pennicostata et indivsa v. palmaticostata 
et lobala, integerrima v. serrata v. dentata, dentibus sæpe calloso- 
glanduløsis v. dentium loco glandulis ceallosis  marginalibus. 
Stipulæ sæpius nullæ; si adsunt, liberæ, filiformes v. glanduli- 
formes. Flores parvi, hermaphroditi, regulares, superi, in cymas 
terminales umbellalas v. rarius paniculatas dispositi, exteriores 
interdum steriles, ampliati, radiantes, pedicellis uni - v. bibractea- 
tis.  Calycis quinquepartiti laciniæe obtusæ, sæpius persistentes; 
limbus rarissime fere indivisus. Corolla campanulato - rotata v.- 
rarius infundibuliformis v. tubulosa v. urceolata, quinquefida, lobis 
obtusis æstivatione imbricatis, Stamina quinque uniseriata, immo 
corollæ tubo inserta, exserta; rarius biseriata medio tubo inserta 
et inclusa. Filamenta sæpius compressa, apice filiformi æstivatione 
implicata. . Antheræ medio dorso affixæ; loculi appositi, basi li- 
beri, longitudinaliter dehiscentes.  Ovarium inferum uniloculare. 
Ovulum unicum anatropum, ex. apice anguli centralis pendulum- 
Stylus brevissimus conicus, rarius cylindricus v. styli tres in 
unum connali; stigma capitatum trilobum v. stigmata tria capi- 
tata libera v. plus minus connata. Drupa baccata v, achenoidea, 
unilocularis v. spurie bi- v. trilocularis, endocarpio tenui chartaceo 
Y. Crustaceo, rarius crassiusculo subosseo, sæpius compresso et 
vario modo sulcato v. inflexo. Semen compressum sæpe sulcatum 
v. excavatum et marginibus inflexum, rarius ovoideum; raphe la- 
teralis; testa tenuissima, &e simplici cellularum stralo constans,y 
fusca. Albumen 'carnosum, interdum ruminatum; embryo in hujus 
apice minutissimus, cotyledonibus semicylindricis, radicula cylin- 
drica umbilico proxima supera. 
