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LORANTHACE^J — CAPRI FOLI ACEiE. 
stem sessile clustered. — E. B. 1470. St. 8. — Evergreen, parasi- 
tical, yellow, succulent. Male fl. about 3 together, female about 
5, yellowish. Berries white, pellucid, globular, viscid.— For an 
excellent description of this plant see Leight. Shrop. 491. See 
also Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 500, and Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 
185. — Parasitical on various trees. P. III. — IV. Mistletoe. E. 
Order XLII. C APRIFOLIACFJE. 
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- 
cclled, cells with one or more pendulous ovules. Stigmas 1 — 3. 
Fruit indehiscent, 1- or more celled, usually a berry. Albumen 
fleshy. — L. opposite. 
1. Sambucus. Cal. -limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed, at 
length reflexed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Berry 3 — 4- 
seeded. 
2. Viburnum. Cal. -limb 5-cleft. Cor. campanulate or fun- 
nelshaped, 5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Berry 
1-seeded. 
3. Lonicera. Cal. -limb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular or 
funnelshaped, usually saccate at the base, limb 5-fid or 
irregular. Stam. 5. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. Berry 
1 — 3-celled, few-seeded. 
4. LinN/EA. Cal. -limb 5-cleft, with lanceolate subulafe equal 
deciduous segments. Cor. between turbinate and campanu- 
late, 5-lobed. Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2 longer. Style filiform, 
stigma capitate. Fr. a dry 3-celled berry, 2 cells barren, 1 
single-seeded. — Two large and 2 minute bracts at the base 
of the fruit. 
1. Sambucus Linn. 
1. S. Ebulus (L.); herbaceous, st. furrowed, stip. leafy ovate 
serrate, 1. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate serrate, cyme with 3 prin- 
cipal branches. — E. B. 475. — St. 2 — 4 feet high. Cymes termi- 
nal. Fl. white, reddish externally, anth. purple. Berry red- 
dish black. — Hedge-banks. P. VIII. Dwarf Elder. Dane- 
wort. 
2. S. nigra (L.) ; arborescent, stip. obsolete, 1. pinnate, leaflets 
ovate cuspidate serrate, cymes with 5 principal branches. — E. B. 
476. — A small tree. Cymes large, terminal. Fl. cream-co- 
loured. Berry black, rarely green or white. — /3. laciniata ; 1. la- 
ciniated. — Woods and hedges. /3. near Ayr. Hooker. T. VI. 
Elder. 
