2 Lxxiv. CAPRifOLiACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Adoxa. 



A genus differing much from the order in habit. Perhaps nearer Chryso- 

 splemum. 



1. A. IHoschatellina, I^nn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 2. 



Vab. inodara, Falc. mss. ; inodorous, cauline leaf often solitary, flo-wers 5-6- 

 merous. 



Kashmir, Falconer; Pir Pinjal, alt. 11,500 ft., C. B. C— Disteib. N. Europe, 

 Asia, and America. 



Bootstock short, creeping. Stem simple, 3-6 in., terminating in a solitary 

 peduncle. Badioal leaves ^2 in. diam., ivith a long 2-6 in. petiole ; cauline 2 in 

 European, often I in Kashmir specimens, smaller, petiole short or ; segments 

 obtuse or mucrouate. Heads \ in. diam., green, in European specimens with a 

 terminal 4-merous and 4 lateral 5-merous flowers ; in Kashmir with a terminal 

 5-merous and 4 or more lateral 6-merous ones. Drwpe J in. diam. ; endoearp and 

 seeds flattened. — Odour of the European plants muteky, of Kashmir 0, on which 

 account and the 5-6-merous flowers Falconer regarded the latter as a distinct species 

 (A. inodora, Fale.), but its habit and all other characters are identical with the 

 European. 



2. SABIBTTCUS, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves unequally pinnate, large, often stipulate ; 

 leaflets serrate or laciniate. Corymbs large, very compound, bracteate ; flowers 

 small, jointed with the pedicel, very rarely bracteolate. Ccdyx-limh 3-5-toothed. 

 Corolla rotate or campaniilate, 3-5-partite. Stamens 6, attached to the base of 

 the coroUa. Ovary 3-5-ceUed ; style short, 3-5-partite, or stigmas 3-5-sessile ; 

 ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous. Drwpe crowned by the calyx-teeth, 3— 'i- 

 ceUed. Seeds compressed ; embryo long. — Distrib. Species 10-12, in all tem- 

 perate regions (except S. Africa). 



1. S. Xabulus, Linn. ; herbaceous, leaflets free, stipules often foliaceous 

 serrate, drupes black. H. f. ^ T. in Jowrn. Linn. Sac. ii. 179 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 260 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 2. 



Kashmie; alt. 6000-10,000 ft., plentiful; T. Thomson, Szc—Disim^. Europe, N. 

 Africa, and to the Elburz Mts. 



Gregarious ; stems mostly simple, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves 9 in. ; leaflets 5-9, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3-6 in,, puberulous or nearly glabrous. Corymb peduncled or 

 leafy at the base, compact and 3-rayed in English, usually larger and many-rayed 

 in Kashmir specimens; bracteoles minute, linear. Corolla ^ in. diam., broadly cam- 

 panulate, white pink or dark purple. Drwpe ^ in. diam., globose. — Flowers with a 

 strong peculiar odour, both in Kashmir and Europe, uppermost usually barren. 



2. S. javanica, Blume Bijd. 657; a straggling shrub, leaflets free, 

 stipules usually small or 0, drupes black. DC. Prodr. iv. 322; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 124 ; H. f. 8^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 180. S. Wightianus, Wall 

 Cat. 6303; W. |- A. Frodr. 388. S. rubra. Ham.; Wall. Cat. 482. S. - 

 chinensis, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Land. vi. 297 ; DC. I.e. S. Thunber- 

 giana, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 265 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 3. Sambucus 

 sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 259. 



Assam and East Bengai, Pi.ain ; ascending in Khasia to 6000 ft. alt., in Sikkim 

 to GOOO. — DtsTEiB. Java, China, Japan. 



Leaves 18 in., of 5-9 oblong-lanceolate leaflets 3-8 in., puberulous or nearly 

 glabrous. Corymb usually leafy at the base, often ] ft. diam., puberulous or almost 

 villous; bracteoles minute, ovate. Corolla ^ in. diam., broadly campanulate, white 

 or pink. Berry ^-J in. diam., globose.— Uppermost flowers usually barren ; female 



