42. BliBIACE^. 167 



foliate, style glabrous. — St. twining. .. Fl. •white or purplish. Fr. 

 orange. Upper pairs of leaves connate, the rest distinct. — 

 Thickets. Sh.y. VI. "' ' E. S..!- 



, 2. L. Periclytdenum (L.) ; fi. ringent in terminal stalked 

 clusters, I. all distinct deciduous oval, st. twining. ^tFI. pale 

 yellow, externally, rtjd.;-' Fr. red. L. sometimes downy beneath, 

 often. lobed when Toung.— Woods and hedges. Sh. VI. — IX. 

 Soneysuckh. JVoodbine. E. S. I. 



3. £. Xyhs'teum (L. j ; peduncles 2-flowered dowuy as long as 

 the flowers, calyx-lirnb deciduous, berries slightly connected, at 

 the base, 1. oval downy, st. erect. — Shrub. Fl. pale yellow. L., 

 bracts, cal., cor. externally, filaments, and style downy. ■ Fr. 

 scarlet. — Thickets. Native in Sussex. Sh. V. E. 



\ ' , 5. Lixj.'je'a Grroiwv. 



. ll. X. borediis (Gron.). — St. ti'ailing and creeping. L. oppo-t 

 site, broadly ovate, stalked, dark green above, paler beneath. 

 Peduncles long, erect, 2-flowered, trdm short lateral branches 

 with ' 2 — i leaves. Fl. drooping, flesh-coloured, purple within. 

 —Woods, chiefly of fir, in the North. P. Vn. '- E. S. 



■ Order XLII. miBlAnEJE.'. ' 



Cal. ^pei^or, entire^ or lobed. Qpr. regular, 4 — 6-lobed. 

 Stam. 4^5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla. Ovarv- 1, 

 2-ceIled, with solitary erect ovules. Style 1, often bifid. Stig- 

 mas 2. Fr. a didymous indebiscent pericarp. Embryo straighti 

 in horny albumOn. — St. herbaceous, square. ■ - 



1. Shi;eaiidi.\. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. crowned with the 

 deeply 6-toothed calyx, dry. 



2. AsPEErLA. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. dry. Limb of the 

 calyx inconspicuous. 



3. GrAxrrii. Cor. rotate, 4-fld. Fr. dry. Limb of cal. in- 

 conspicuous. 



4.. RuBiA. Cor. rotate, 6-fid. M: sucevdeni, 2-lobed. Limb 

 of cal. incopspicuous. 



1. Sherae'dia Linn. Field-iladder. 



1. S. arceiisia (L.). — St. mostly decumbent, branched, leafy. 

 L. 6 in a whdii; obovate-lanceolate, acute, Fl. lilac, in a emails 

 sessile terminal umbel with 7 — 8 inv.-leaves. Cal. of 4 seg- 

 raentB, 2 of them bifid.— Fields. A. V.— VH. , E, S. 1 



