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3— 5-celle(i. Stigmas 1—3. Fruit not bursting, 1- or many- 
celled, usually fleshy. Perisperm fleshy.— L. opposite. Stip. 
rare. 
1. Adoxa. Cal. i-inferior, 2 — 3-cleft. Cor. rotate, 4 — 5- 
lobed. Stam. 8 — 10, in pairs alternate with the lobes of cor. ; 
anth. l-celled. Styles 5—10. Fr. 4— 5-celled ; cells 1- 
seeded. — L. ternate, lobed. 
2. Sambucus. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed; 
Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 3 — 4-seeded. — L. pinnate. 
3. Viburnum. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. bell- or funnel-shaped, 
5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1-seeded. — 
L. simple. 
4. LoNiCERA. Cal.-limb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular or 
funnelshaped, limb 5-fid or irregular. Stam. 5. Style fili- 
form.. Stigma capitate. Fruit 1 — 3-celled, few-seeded. 
5. LiNNJEA. Cal.-limb 5-cleft, with lanceolate subulate equal 
deciduous segments. Cor. turbinate, bell-shaped, 5-lobed. 
Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2 longer. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. 
Fr. dry, 3-celled ; 2 cells barren, 1 single-seeded. — Two 
large and 2 minute bracts at the base of the fruit. 
1. Adox'a Linn. Moschatel. 
'[.A. Moschatel'lina (L.) — E. B. 453. — Rhizome white, 
fleshy, toothed, soboliferous. St. solitary, erect, simple, 3 — 4 
in. high, with 2 opposite leaves, and a head of 4 whorled and 1 
terminal flowers. Root-1. ternate, 3-lobed. Stam. often more 
or less united in pairs, showing their number to be normally 4. 
Odour musky. Terminal fl. usually divided in fours, the others 
in fives, but the numbers vary. — Woods and shady hedge-banks. 
R IV. V. E. S. I. 
2. Sambu'cus Linn. Elder. 
1. .S'. Eb'ulus (L.) ; herbaceous, st. furrowed, sti]}. leaflike ovate 
serrate, 1. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate serrate, cyme with 3 prin- 
cipal branches. — E. B. 475.— St. 2 — 4 feet high.- Cymes ter- 
minal, compact. Fl. white, reddish externally ; anth. purple. 
Fr. reddish black.— Hedge-banks. P. VIII. Dwarf Elder:.', 
Banewort. E. S. I. ; 
2. S. nigra (L.) ; aborescent, stip. inconspicuous or wanting, 1. 
pinnate, leaflets ovate cuspidate serrate, cymes with 5 principal 
branches.— B. 476.— A small tree. Cymes large, terminal. 
