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RUBIACEiE 



young trees, clasping them so tightly as to distort their growth. 

 Handsome twisted walking-sticks (generally Hazel) are thus 

 formed, but the growth of the tree is generally checked. — Fl. 

 July, and again in October. Perennial. 



*Two other species of Honeysuckle are occasionally found in 

 copses, but are not natives of Britain : L. Caprifolium (Pale Per- 

 foliate Honeysuckle), distinguished by having the upper leaves 

 connate, or united by their bases, and the flower-heads sessile ; 



lonicera pericl'vmen'um (Honeysuckle, Woodbine). 



and L. Xylosteum (Upright Fly Honeysuckle), an erect shrub, 

 with downy, stalked leaves, and pale yellow, scentless flowers, 

 which grow in pairs in the axils. 



Ord. XXXVIII. Rubiace^e. — The Bedstraw Family 



Taken in its widest extension, this is a very large Order, con- 

 taining more than 2,800 species, characterised by having opposite 

 leaves, interpetiolar stipules, gamopetalous corollas, epipetalous 

 stamens alternate with the petals, and an inferior ovary of 2 



