364 LX. CAPRIFOLIACEiE [Sambucios 



Closely alliedj 15. V. foetens, Dene. Himalaya 5-11,000 ft. Kashnilr-Garlawal. 

 Glabrous, 1. elliptic, serrate, blade 4-6, pet |-1 in. long, sec. n. distant 6-8 pair. Fl. 

 fecented, brandies fetid Avlieii bruised. Drupe J-| in., edible. 



5. SAMBUCUS, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 2. 



Tall herbs, shrubs or trees, pith large. L. large, imparipinnate, often 

 stipulate, leaflets serrate. Fl. small, regular, in compound bracteate corymbs. 

 Calyx-limb 3-5-toothed, corolla rotate or broadly campanulate, 3~5-cleft, 

 stamens 5. Ovary 3-5-celled, one pendulous ovule in each cell. Drupe 

 crowned by the calyx-teeth, 3-5-celled, endocarp cartilaginous. Species 

 15-20, Northern Hemisphere, 2 in Australia and 1 in South America. 



1 S. Ebulus, Linn. D^^arf Elder. Verii. GandaJ, Gandala^ Chenab. Kashmir 

 6-lOjOOO ft. Europe. North Africa. Western Asia. Grregarious, large herbaceous 

 stems, from a perennial rootstocli, 1. fetid when bruised, leaflets 3-5 pair, oblong 

 lanceolate, stipules foliaceous often pinnatilobed. Inflorescence glabrous, fl. white, 

 pink or dark lilac. Diupe purple. 2. S. adnata, Wall. Nepal. Sikkim 5-10,000 ft. 

 China. A shrub, 1. often bipmnate, stipules small or 0, leaflets nearly sessile, often 

 decurrent and adnata torachis, inflorescence hairy. Drupe red. 3. S. javanica, Blume. 

 Sikkim 4-8,000 ft., common in second growth. Assam. Khasi hills. Mamiansingh 

 (*S*. Thtmhergiana, Blume, Kurz E, El. ii. 3. Kachin hills, Upper Burma, is this species). 

 China, Japan. A shrub or small tree, leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, blade 4-8, 

 pet. ^l 111., stipules small or 0. Inflorescence pu.beru.lous or almost villous. El. white, 

 drupe black. 



Or-der LXI. RUBIACE^. Gen. PL ii. 7. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, rarely climbers, L opposite or whorled, stipules inter- 

 petiolar, sometimes intrapetiolar. Corolla gamopetalons inserted round the 

 epigyious disk, lobes usually 4-5. Stamens inserted in the corolla-tube, 

 alternating with its lobes, anthers dorsiiixed, cells 2 parallel, dehiscing longi- 

 tudinally. Ovary wholly inferior, usually 2-celled, ovules 1 or more in each 

 cell. Embryo in a copiou.s, rarely thin, fleshy or horny albumen. 



In most genera the wood fibres have bordered pits; exceptions are: Guettarda^ 

 Hamiltonia, Le^ptoderorhls, JPcederia, Morlnda^ Damnacanthus, ^Psychotria, Chasalia. 



I. Naiidece. — Fl. collected into dense globose heads. Corolla funnel-shaped, stigma 

 simple. Fruit 2~celled, |)ericarp thin, more or less fleshy, endocarp cartilaginous. 

 Erect trees or shrubs. 

 Ovaries confluent ; fruits forming a globose fleshy 



mass 1. Sargocephalus. 



Ovaries free, common receptacle often fleshy in fruit. 



Ovary 2-celled, ovules solitary in each cell . 2. Oephalanthus. 

 Ovary 4-cellcd in the upper part, ovules 



numerous 3. Anxhocephalus. 



Ovaries free, common receptacle usually dry in fruit. 

 Stigma clavate, fl. mixed with numerous filiform 



bracteoles 4. Adina. 



Stigma globose or ovoid, corolla lobes imbricate 5. Nauclea. 

 Stigma mitrseform, corolla-lobes valvate . . 6. Stephbgyne. 

 Climbers with hooked peduncles, bracteoles . .7. Uncaeia. 



II. Cinchonece.—OYnlQs numerous, capsule 2-celled, seeds winged. 

 Corolla-lobes valvate, large foliaceous reticulate persistent bracts. 



Style entire, trees or large shrubs . . . .8. Hymenodictyon. 



Style bifid, small epiphytic shrubs . . . Hymenopogon (p. 372). 



Corolla-lobes valvate, lobes fringed . . . .9. Cinchona. 



Corolla-lobes imbricate, style 2-5d . . . .10, Lxjculia. 



III. Bondeletiece. —OyuI&s numerous, capsule 2-celled, seeds angular, not winged, corolla- 

 lobes imbricate or twisted. 



Fl. in tf ichotomous panicles . . . . .11. Wendlanbia. 

 FL in scorpoid cymes 12. Geeekea. 



