152 39. CORNACE^. 



Stam. 8 — 10, in pairs alternate with the petals, anthers 1- 

 celled. Berry 4 — 6-celled ; cells l-seeded. 



2. Hedbra. Cal. superior, hmb of 5 teeth. Pet. 5 — 10, not 

 adhering at the apex. Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 6 — 10, conni- 

 vent, or combined into one. Berry 6-celled and 5-seeded, 

 crowned with the calyx. 



1 . Adoxa Linn. Moschatel. 



1. A. MoschatelUna(lj.). — E. B. 453. — Rhizome white, fleshy, 

 toothed, stoloniferous. St. solitary, erect, simple, 3 — 4 in. high, 

 with 2 opposite leaves, and a head of 4 whorled and 1 tei-minal 

 flowers. Stam. often more or less combined, showing their 

 number to be normally 4. Fl. with a musky smell. Terminal 

 fl. usually divided in fours, the others in fives, but the numbers 

 vary. — Woods and shady hedge-banks. P. IV. V. 



2. Hedera Linn. Ivy. 



1. H. Helix (L.); 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate and 5-lobed, 

 lobes angular, umbels simple downy erect. — E. B. 1267. — Climb- 

 ing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering branches 

 ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black. Embryo Uke that of 

 Cornacea. — Rocks, old walls, hedges. Sh. X. XI. 



Order XXXIX. COENACEiE. 



Cal. 4-lobed. Pet. 4, oblong, broad at the base, inserted at 

 the top of the calyx-tube ; aestivation valvate. Stam. 4. Ovary 

 2-celled. Style filiform. Fruit a drupe, crowned with the re- 

 mains of the calyx. Seed pendulous, solitary. Embryo in the 

 axis of fleshy albumen and as long as it. — Leaves opposite. 



1. CoRNUs. Calyx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet. 4. Stam. 4. 

 Style 1 . Drupe with a 2-celled and 2-seeded nut. 



I. CoRNUs Linn. 



1. C. sanguinea (L.); arborescent, branches straight, 1. ovate 

 cuspidate green on both sides, cymes flat without an involucre. 

 —E. B. 249. St. 52. 3.— Shrub 5—6 feet high. Old bark red- 

 dish. Fl. many, white, in terminal cymes. Fr. dark purple. L. 

 mostly opposite, strongly veined, acutely cuspidate, rounded 

 below. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. Dog-wood. 



2. C. sueciea (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. all opposite sessile ovate, 

 fl. umbellate shorter than the 4 -leaved petaloid involucre. — E.B. 

 310. St. 52. 1. — Flowering shoots about 6 in. high, annual, 

 springing from the procumbent or subterranean creeping woody 



