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Family 2, VALERIANACEZ, 
Leaves opposite. Stipules0. Inflorescence 
cymose. Calyx pappus-like. Ovary 3-celled; 
2 cells sterile, and the fertile one 1l-ovulate. 
Fruit an akene. 
1, Plectritis, DC. 
Limb of calyx straight, entire, obsolete. 
Tube of the corolla gibbous; limb 5-cleft, 2-la- 
biate; triandrous. Akene winged by the per- 
sistent, sterile cell—_©. - 
1. P. macrocera Gray. Corolla almost 
regular; akene semilunar; dorsal angle of 
akene obsolete; flowers white or rose-color. 
Common. Spring. 
2. P. conexsta Lind]. Corolla distinctly 
2-labiate; dorsal angle of akene distinctly ca- 
rinate; flowers rose-color.—Marin County. 
Spring. 
Family 3. CAPRIFOLIACEA, 
Leaves opposite. Stipules 0. Fruit baccate. 
1. Sambucus Tourn, ELDER. 
Limb of Calyx 5-dentate. Corolla rotate, 
regular. Ovary 3-5-celled; cells 1-ovulate: 
styles 9; stigmas 3-5. Fruit a 3-5-seeded 
berry. 
1. §.azauca Nutt. Flowers cream-colored; 
berries blue, pruinose.—». Berries eatable; 
root a powerfyl sudorific, 
