CXVII. CAPEIFOLIACE^. 479 



pendulous, oblong ; testa thin, transversely rugose ; raphe prominent and lateral : 

 albumen copious, fleshy. Embkto minute, straight, a'xile ; cotyledons hypogeous in 

 germination ; radicle superior. 



PEINCIPAL GENERA. 

 * Garrya [see Cornea, p. 476.] Simmondsia [see Buxea^- 



The affinities of Garrya are obscure. A. de Jussieu malies the same ohservations as on GunneraoecB, 

 and places it between Gunnera and Cornea. Like the latter, Garrya has epigynous stamens, suspended and 

 anatropous ovules, a fleshy fruit, a minute embryo at the top of an abundant albumen, a woody stem, and 

 opposite leaves. As in Gunnera, the styles are stigmatiferous throughout their length, (rarcya approaches 

 Hamamelidete in the inferior ovary, the pendulous anatropous ovule, the two distinct styles, the albu- 

 minous and axile embryo, and the woody stem ; but HamamelidecB have frequently petals, and are poly-i 

 androus, the ovary is 2-celled, the fruit a septicidal capsule, the embryo large, and the leaves are 

 alternate. 



Garrya elliptica grows in Mexico and California [and G. Fadyeni in Jamaica and Cuba]. There i§ 

 nothing to be noticed respecting their useful properties. 



CXyil. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 



(Capripolia, a. L. de Jussieu. — Capeipoliacb.^, De Gandolle. — CAPEipaLiACE^ and 

 Sambuce^, Kunth. — Capeifoliaobje and Vibuene^, Bavtling. — Loniceee^, 

 Undlicher.) 



CoEOLLA monopetalous, epigynous, isostemonous, imbricate in hud. Stamens 5-4, 

 inserted on the corolla. Ovaet with 2-5 one- or many-ovuled cells. Ovules pen- 

 dulous, anatropous. Feuit a berry. Embeto albuminous. — Leaves opposite, exsti- 

 pulate. 



Plants with a woody or partially woody, stem, very rarely herbaceous perennials. 

 Leaves opposite ; stipules absent, sometimes represented by filiform or glandular 

 appendages, situated at the base of the petiole. Plowees perfect, regular or 

 irregular; inflorescence various, generally definite. Calyx superior, 5-fid or -toothed. 

 CoEOLLA superior, monopetalous, tubular or infundibuliform or rotate ; limb 5-fid, 

 regular or ringent, imbricate in bud. Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube, alter- 

 - nate with its lobes ; filaments filiform, equal or didynamous ; anthers introrse, 2- 

 celled, dehiscence longitudinal. Ovaet inferior, 2-5-celled; style terminal, some- 

 times filiform with a capitate undivided or bilobed stigma, sometimes nearly or 

 quite obsolete, with 3-5 stigmas ; ovules sometimes solitary and pendulous near the 

 top of the cell, sometimes many, 2-seriate at the central angle, anatropous. Beeet 

 several-celled, rarely 1-celled by the disappearance of the septa. Seeds inverted ; 

 testa bony or crustaceous, raphe dorsal or ventral. Ejibeto straight, occupying the 

 axis of a fleshy albumen ; radicle superior. 



