142 LOEANTHACE^. [FisCUM. 



in. long and | to f in. wide, but sometimes attainiuf 3 in. or more, and in 

 otter specimens seareely 1 in. long. Flowers minute, in 1 to 3 clusters 

 in each axil, sessile in a small cuprsfiaped 4-angled or 4-tootlied bract, and 3 

 together in each cluster ; the central one female, scarcely 1 line long, the 3 la- 

 teral ones males and considerably smaller. Calyx-border distinctly visible as a 

 prominent ring in the female buds. Tetals 4 or rarely 3, triangular, and I 

 have always seen an anther sessile on each pet^l, but, according to Wight, 2 

 of the 4 petals are without anthers. Berry globular, about 3 lines diameter. 

 Oji trees in tlie wpsis, CMmpitm and others. Common in India and tlie AicMpplago, ex. 

 tending westward sjnxogt to thp JTediterranean and ea^twiffd to Nortli Australia. 



Oedee lvii, CAPBIPOLIACE^. 



Calyx-tube adnate ; the lirtA of 4 or 5 lobes or teeth. Corolla gamopeta- 

 lous, inserted round the epigynous disk, with 4 or B lobes, imbricate in the 

 bud and sometimes irregular. Stamens as many as lobes of the corolla, al- 

 ternating with them and inserted in the tube. Ovary inferior, 2- to 5-celed 

 or rarely 1-celled, with 1 or more pendulous ovules in each cell. Stigmas as 

 many as cells, or united into one, sessile or on a single filiform style. Fruit 

 an indehiscent berry or rarely dry, 1- to 5-ceUed. Seeds 1 or more in each 

 cell. Embryo in the axis of a fleshy albumen. Kadiele superior, cotyledons 

 oval or oblong. — Trees, shrubs, or cHmbers, or very rarely herbs. Leaves op- 

 posite, usually without stipules, simple or rarely pinnate. 



• A rather small Order, chiefly dispersed over the temperate regions of the northern hemi- 

 sphere, vrith a very few tropic^ or southern species, scarcely to be distinguished from SuH- 

 acee except, in some instaiiees by the want of gtipiifis, in others by the irregular corolla. 



Erect shrubs. Corolla rotate, regular 1. Vibuknum. 



Climbers. Corolla tubular, irregular 3. Lonicera. 



1. VIBTIBNUM, Linn. 



Calyx vrith a border of 5 smaU teeth. Corolla rotate or shortly tubular, 

 regular. Stamens 5. Ovary 1 -celled or very rarely 2- or 3-celled, with 1 

 pendulous ovule in each. Stigmas 3 or rarely 2, sessile. Berry 1-seeded. — 

 Erect shrubs or small trees. Leaves entire or palmately lobed. Flowers in 

 terminal cymes or panicles. 



A considerable genus, with nearly the range of the Order, including several tropical but no 

 southern species. 



Mowers about 3 lines diameter, in flat almost umbellate corymbose 



cymes ; . . 1. F. venuhsum. 



Ilowers above 3 lines diameter, in ovate or pyramidal panicles . . 2. r. odoraUssimum. 



1. V. venulosum, Bewth. A perfectly glabrous shrub. Leaves ever- 

 green, shortly stalked, ovate, elliptical, or oblong, obtuse or very shortly acu- 

 minate, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 in. long, entire or slightly toothed towards the 

 end, coriaceous and shinuig above, with a few nerves very prominent under- 

 neath diverging from the midrib, and fine transverse veins between them. 

 Flowers white, numerous, in compact broad cymes, sessile above the last 

 leaves and shorter than them, the primary branches 4 or 5 together from the 

 same point. Oo]X)Ua with a very short tube and spreading limb, about 3 



