46 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 



corolla, almost sessile. Stigmas 2, flat. Capsule globular, 

 2-celled, many-seeded. Elowers dimorphous. 



a. (B. triphylla), Three-leaved Bouvardia. Somewhat 

 shrubby; leaves nearly smooth, ovate or oblong-ovate, the lower ones 

 in threes, the upper ones sometimes in pairs ; corolla scarlet and 

 slightly downy outside. 



b. (B. leiantha), Downy-leaved Bouvardia. Leaves rather 

 downy ; corolla deep scarlet, smooth outside. 



Both species cultivated from Mexico, in greenhouses. 



CAPRIFOLIACEJE, HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



Mostly shrubs. Leaves opposite, without true stipules. 

 Flowers often irregular. Calyx-tube adnata to the ovary. 

 Corolla tubular or wheel-shaped. Stamens usually as many 

 as the corolla-lobes and inserted on the corolla-tube. Fruit a 

 berry, stone-fruit, or capsule. Seeds with endosperm. 



I. SAMBUCUS, ELDER. 



Calyx limb minute or wanting. Corolla with a small, 

 rather urn-shaped tube and a flattish, spreading, 5-cleft limb. 

 Stamens 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit a globular, pulpy 

 stone-fruit, 3-seeded, appearing like a berry. Shrubs with 

 odd-pinnate leaves and very many small white flowers in 

 compound cymes. 



a. (S. Canadensis), Comjion Elder. Stems 5-10 ft. high, 

 with a thin cylinder of wood surrounding abundant white pith. 

 Leaflets 5-11, oblong, taper-pointed, smooth; cymes flat and often 

 very large ; fruit purplish black, insipid or almost nauseous, but 

 somewhat used in cookery. 



h. (S. racemosa), Red-Berried Elder. More woody, with 

 brown pith ; leaflets fewer, downy beneath, especially when young ; 

 cymes panicled and somewhat pyramidal ; fruit scarlet. 



II. VIBURNUM, ARROWWOOD, BLACK II.UV. 



Calyx small, 6-toothed. Corolla wheel-shaped, with a 



5-lobed limb. Stamens 6. Stigmas 1-3. Fruit a pulpy, 



1-seeded stone-fruit, often eatable, usually with a flattish 

 stone. 



