512 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, toothed, cori- 
aceous, glabrous, shining, pale green ; 
beautifully spotted with yellow, 
having the midrib rather prominent, 
the rest of the leaf reticulately 
veined. Petioles articulated with 
‘the branches, and dilated at the 
base. (Don’s Mill.) An evergreen 
shrub. Japan, Height 6 ft.to 10 ft., 
and probably much higher in warm 
sheltered situations. Introduced in 
1783. Flowers dark blood-coloured ; 
May and July. Berries red; ripe 
in March ; not yet seen in England. 
As hardy as, or hardier than, the 
common laurel; and, what is a very f 
valuable property in England, it will 929. A. japénica, 
endure coal smoke better than 
almost any other evergreen. It is readily propagated by cuttings; and 
grows freely in any soil tolerably dry, advancing steadily by shoots of from 
6 in, to 9 in. long every season. 
Orver XL. CAPRIFOLIA'CE. 
Orb. CHAR. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla monopetalous; tube short ; limb 5- 
lobed ; zestivation valvate. Stamens 5, adnate to the corolla, and alternat- 
ing with its lobes. Ovarium 3-celled. Style exserted. Stigmas 3, distinct, or 
combined. Berry pulpy, rarely dry, crowned by the calyx, 1 or many celled. 
Seeds solitary, twin or numerous in the cells. Albumen fleshy. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, or compound, generally exstipulate, deciduous, or ever- 
green. Flowers terminal, corymbose, or axillary. — Shrubs or low trees, 
natives of Europe, North America, and Asia, which may be arranged in 
two sections as under : — 
Sect. I. Sampu‘cen Humb. et Kth. 
Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, regular, rotate, with 5 segments only 
connected a little at the base; rarely tubular. Style wanting. Stigmas 3, 
sessile, 
Sampu‘cus Tourn. Corolla rotate, urceolate. Berry roundish, pulpy, 1-celled, 
3—4.seeded, hardly crowned. 
Visu’rnum L. Corolla rotate, subcampanulate, and tubular. Berry 1- 
seeded, crowned by the calycine teeth. Low deciduous trees or shrubs ; 
partly evergreen. 
Sect. II. Lonice‘r£# Brown. 
Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, more or less tubular, usually irregular 
Style filiform, crowned by three distinct or concrete stigmas. 
Driervi’LLa Tourn. Calyx bibracteate at the base, 5-parted. Corolla 3-cleft. 
Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded. A low deciduous shrub. 
Loni’cer4 Desf. Tube of calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 5-parted, usually irre- 
gular. Berry 3-celled. Cells few-seeded. Deciduous and evergreen shrubs, 
many of them twiners. ; 
Sympuorica’rpos G. Don. (Symphoria Pers.) Calyx 4—5-toothed. Co- 
rolla almost regular. Berry crowned by the calyx, 4-celled, two of them 
empty, and the other two containing 1 seed each Deciduous shrubs. 
