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41. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 
Fl. cream-coloured. Fr. black, rarely green or white. — */3. 
laciniata (Lam.) ; 1. 2 — 3-pinnate, Its. laciniate. — y. rotundi- 
folia (DC.) ; Its. usually 3 orbicular. — Woods and hedges, y. 
Isle of Wight. T. VI. Elder. E. S. I. 
3. Vibxtr'num Linn. Guelder-rose. 
1. V. Lantdna (L.) ; I. oblong with a cordate base finely 
d.enticulate-serrate downy beneath, stip. 0, pubescence stellate. 
— E. B. 331. — A shrub with round mealy branches. Young 
shoots, petioles, and undersides of the 1. densely, upperside more 
sparingly, covered with stellate down. Cymes terminal. Fl. 
white, not radiant, all perfect ; fr. black. — Hedges and thickets 
on a calcareous soil. T. V. Mealy Guelder-rose. Viayfarinfj 
tree. E. 
2. V. Op'ulus (L.) ; 3 — 5-lobed, lobes acuminate and den- 
tate, stip. (?) linear, petioles with glands. — E. B. 332. St. 27. 
6. — Branches glabrous, tetragonal when young. L. slightly 
downy beneath, with linear adnate stipules (?). Cymes large, 
with linear bracts ; fl. white, inner ones fertile, outer barren 
and radiant. Fr. red. — Hedges and thickets. T. VI. VII. 
Common Guelder-rose. E. S. I. 
4. Lonice'ea Linn, em., DC. Honeysuckle. 
X 1. L. Caprifolium (L.) ; fi. ringent whorled terminal sessile, 
1. deciduous glabrous on both sides blunt, upper I. connate-per- 
foliate, style glabrous. — E. B. 799. — St. twining. Fl. white or 
purplish. Fr. orange. Pericarp and placenta becoming fleshy. 
Upper pairs of leaves connate, the rest distinct. — Thickets. 
Sh. V. VI. K 
2. L. Fericlym'emtm (L.) ; fi. ringent in terminal stalked 
clusters, /. all distinct deciduous oval, st. twining. — E. B. 800. 
— Fl. pale yellow, externally red. Fr. red. Pericarp, placenta, 
bracts, and axis becoming fleshy. L. sometimes downy 
beneath, often lobed when young. — Woods and hedges. Sh. 
VI. — IX. Honeysuckle. Woodbine. E. S. I. 
3. L. Xylos'teum (L.) ; peduncles 2-fiou'ered downy as long as 
the flowers, calyx-limb deciduous, berries slightly connected 
at the base, 1. oval downy, st. erect. — E. B. 91G. — Shrub. Fl. 
pale yellow. L., bracts, cal., cor. externally, filaments, and 
style downy. Fr. scarlet.— Thickets. Native in Sussex 
(Borrer). Sh. V. E. 
