41, CAPRIFOLIACE. 149 
1, Viscum. Dicecious. Male: Cal. 0. Pet. 4, ovate, fleshy, 
united at the base. Anth. adnate to the petals, many-celled. 
Fem. : Cal. an obscure entire superior margin. Pet. 4, erect, 
somewhat triangular, minute. Stigma sessile, obtuse. Berry 
1-seeded, crowned with the calyx. 
1. Viscum Linn. 
1. V. album (L.); st. repeatedly dichotomously branched, 
branches terete, 1. ovate-lanceolate obtuse, fl. in the forks of the 
stem sessile clustered. HE. B. 1470. St. 8.—Evergreen, parasi- 
tical, yellow, succulent. Male fl. about 3 together, female about 
5, yellowish. Berries white, pellucid, globular, viscid.—Parasi- 
tical on various trees. P. III.—IV. Mistletoe. E. 
Order XLI. CAPRIFOLIACEZA. 
Cal. adnate with the ovary, usually with bracts at the base, 
limb 4—5-lobed. Cor. regular or irregular, 4—5-cleft. Stam. 
free, on the corolla, 4—5, alternate with the lobes. Ovary 3—-5- 
celled. Stigmas 1—3. Fruit indehiscent, 1- or more celled, 
usually fleshy. Albumen fleshy.—L. opposite. 
1. Sampucus. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. 
Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 3—4-seeded. 
2. Visurnum. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. bell- or funnel-shaped, 
5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1-seeded. 
3. Lonicera. Cal.-limb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular or 
funnelshaped, usually saccate at the base, limb 5-fid or irre- 
gular. Stam. 5. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. Fruit 
1—3-celled, few-seeded. 
4, Linnza. Cal.-limb 5-cleft, with lanceolate subulate equal 
deciduous segments. Cor. turbinate-bellshaped, 5-lobed. 
Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2longer. Style filiform, stigma capitate. 
Fy. dry, 3-celled ; 2 cells barren, 1 single-seeded.—Two large 
and 2 minute bracts at the base of the fruit. 
1. Samsucus Linn. 
1. S. Ebulus (L.); herbaceous, st. furrowed, stip. leaflike ovate 
serrate, 1. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate serrate, cyme with 3 prin- 
cipal branches.— FE. B. 475.—St. 2—4 feet high. Cymes termi- 
nal. Fl. white, reddish externally; anth. purple. Fr. reddish- 
black.—Hedge-banks. P. VIII. Dwarf Elder. Danewort. 
2. S. nigra (L.); arborescent, stip. obsolete, 1. pmmnate, leaflets 
ovate cuspidate serrate, cymes with 5 principal branches.—E. B. 
