228 CAPRIFOLIACE.iD 



creeping ; siejus annual, erect, about 6 in. iiigh, slender ; leaves 

 opposite, decussate, ovate ; flowers in a terminal umbel, minute, 

 dark purple ; brads 4, large, ovate, 3'ellow, tipped with purple, 

 forming an in\olucre; jruil, a red berry. — Alpine moors in 

 Scotland, and the north of England ; rare. I'he fruit is said by 

 the Highlanders to create appetite, and hence is called Ltis-a- 

 cliraois, plant of gluttony. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. C. saiiauinca (\\'ild Cornel, Dogu-;ood). — Very different in 

 habit from the preceding ; a bushy shrub, 5 — 6 feet high, with 

 opposite, ovate, acute leaves, and terminal, many-flowered, 

 corymbose eynies of cream-white flowers; berries small, black- 

 purple. — Hedges and thickets, especially on a chalk or lime- 

 stone soil; coumion. I'lie wood, with that of the Spindle-tree 

 (Euoiiyinus europe'cus) and Guelder Rose (Vlbiirmmi), which has 

 a similar te.xture, and is therefore confused under the same name 

 Dogwood, was used formerly for skewers or "dagges." The 

 leaves assume blood-red and dark purple tints early in autum.n. — 

 Fl. June. Perennial. 



SuE-Ct.Ass n. GAMOPETAL_F 



Having both calyx and corolla, and the petals of the latter 

 united. 



Series I. EPfOYN.F. Ord. XXXA H.— XLHI 



Ovary inferior 



g Shiniens epipetalous 



Oro. XXX\'H. Caprifoli.4ce-'e.^The HoNEV.srciCLE 

 Family 



A small but veiy varied Order, comprisuig trees, shrubs, and 

 herbaceous plants, jirincipally confined to the Northern Hemi- 

 sphere. The leaves are usually exstipulate and opposite ; the 

 floipers cons[)icuous and sometimes monosymmetric ; sepals 3 — 5, 

 superior; pehils 3 — 5, united; sUiineiis 4 10, usually equal ui 

 number to the petals and alternate with them ; ovary 3 — 5- 

 chambered ; /nil/ in must cases a berrv.. Such faw)unte plants 

 as the fragrant Honeysuckle, the Guelder Rose, the Elder, and 

 the elegant little ]jlant upon which Einnnsus ti.\ed to commemorate 

 his name, make the Grder an interestmg,one. 



I. i\Di}x.\. — Herbs ; leeu'es ternate ; flmcers small, green, s in a 

 head; corolla rotate; slaiiiens forked; berry with 4 or 5 i-seeded 

 chambers. 



