166 :,,,.41,' CAPBIBOLIACEiE. . ; ;l 



Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2 longer. Style filifqrmji ^tigma capitate. 

 Fr. dry, 3-celled ; 2 cells barren, 1 single-seeded. — Two 

 - large 'and 2 'minute bracts at the base of tie fi'uit. 



1. Aijqx'a Lirvn... Moschatel. 



\.' A. Utoschatel'lina (L.). — Rbizome wbite,' fleshy, toothed, 

 soboliferous. St. solitary, erect, simple, 3 — 4 in. big'h, with -2 

 opposite leaves,' aiid a head of 4 whorled and 1 terminal flowers. 

 Stam. often more or less united in pairs, showing' their number 

 ^o bcnoi-maUy 4. iFl. iwith a tnusky smell. Terminal- fl. usu- 

 ally > divided injfouajs, the others in fives, but the numbers vary. 

 —Woods and shady hedge-banks. P. IV. V. ' E.' S. I. 



2. Sambti'ctjs iimw. , Elder. 



1. S. Eb'idus (L.) ; herbaceous, st. furrowed, slip. leaJJike ovate 

 serrate, 1. pinnate,' leaflets lanofeolate 'serrate, cyine with 3 piin- 

 cjpal brs-ncli^^-T^St;. 2 — 4feethigh. Oymes terminal. H. white, 

 reddislii ,externally ; , anth. purple. Fr. reddish bjack. — Hedge- 

 banjis. P.VIIL Livarf Elder.' ..DmieivoH. , E.S.I, 



2. S. nigra (Li.) \ a?-borescent,sti2}.inconspicufmS'OT wanting,!. 

 pinnate, leaflets ovate Cuspidate serrate,' cymes with 6 principal 

 branches. — A small tree. Cymes large, terminal. Fl. cream- 

 coloured. Fr. black, rarely green or white. — (3. laciniata; 1. 

 2 — 3-pinnate, Its. laciniate.^-7^ rotundifolia (DC.) ; Its. usually 

 8 orbicular. — Woods and hedges, p. near Ayr. Hooker. Enderbv, 

 Leicestershire. r:Tsle of Wight. \ T; VI. Elder.] '' E.S.I. 



3. ViBTTE'iftJM iJwK. Guelder-rose. 



1. V. Zantdna.(L.)';-l. oJ?oH^, witli a, cordate hase Jinely den- . 

 ticulate-serrate downy beneath, pubescence stellate. — A shmb 

 with rouid mealy 'branches. Young shoots, petidles, and under- 

 sides of thfe 1. densely, upperside more sparingly, covered with 

 stellate down. Cymes terminal. Fl. white, not radiant; Fr. 

 black. — Hedges and thickets on a calcareous soil. T.- V. Mealy 

 Guelder-ro^^.. Wayfaring' tree. ■ .E. 



2. V.'Op'ulvs (L.) '; I. 3 — 5-lobed, lobes acuminate and den- 

 tate, petioles with glands. — St. 27. 6. — Branches glabrous, tetra- 

 gonal when young, h. slightly downy benejith. Oymes large, 

 with linear bracts ; fl. white, inner ones fertile, outer barren and 

 radiant. Fr. red. — Hedges and thickets. T. Vl. YJl. Common 

 Quelder-rose. ' ' ' E. S. L 



4. Lon^ice'ba lAnn. Honeysuckle. 



Jl L. CnprifiUium (L.) ; fl. ringent whbrlfed terminal sessile, 

 \. deciduous glabrous on both Sides blunt, vpper I. connate-per- 



