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2. Symphoricarpus, Cass. 



Calyx limb 5 — 4-dentate, persistent, f'orolla 

 funnel-shaped. 5 — 4-lobed. Ovary 4-locular; 

 two loculi cc-seeded but abortive, alternating 

 with two, 1-seeded aud fertile: style filiform. 

 Berry -4-locular, 2-seeded. 



h . flowers white, pink. 



3. Sambucus, Tourn. 



Limb of the calyx 5-dentate. Corolla rotate, 

 regular. Ovary 3 — 5-locular; loculi 1-ovulate; 

 styles, none; stigmas 3 — 5. Fruit a 3 — 5-seeded 

 berry. 



^ . flowers white. 



Family VII. Rubiacese. 



Leaves verticillate or opposite, and stipitate. 



1. Galium, L. 



Limb of the calyx entire, obsolete. Corolla 

 4 — 3-cleft, rotate. Ovary 2-locular; loculi 1- 

 ovulate; styles 2, connate at base, capitate at 

 apex. Fruit sometimes fleshy. 



. 2j! . T <? . stems quadrangular, leaves ver- 

 ticillate; flowers yellow, white. 



2- Asperula, L- 



Limb of calyx 4-dentate, nearly obsolete. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped. Styles 2, connate at 

 the base, capitate at the apex. Fruit 2-coccous. 



