3S. AKALIACE^.— 39. CORNACE.i:. 
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so in our Hedera). — L. alternate without stipules. — Perhaps 
Adoxa shoiild be placed in C'apn fuUace<e and Hvderu in Cornucete. 
1. Adox.\. Cal. half inferior, limb trifid. Cor. superior, 
4 — 5-cleft, rotate with a short tube contracted at the throat. 
Stam. 8 — 10, in pairs alteraate with the petals, anthei-s 1- 
ceUed. Beny 4 — 5-celled; cells 1-seeded. 
2. Hedeea. Cal. superior, limb of 5 teeth. Pet. 5 — 10, not 
adhering at tlie apex. Stam. b — 10. Styles 5 — 10, conni- 
veut, or combined into one. BeiTy 5-celled and 5-seeded, 
crowned with the calyx. 
1. Adox'a Lhin. ^loschatei. 
1. A. Moschcftel'Una (L.). — E. B. j.5.3.— Rhizome white, tleshy, 
toothed, stoboliferous. St. solitary, erect, simple, 3 — 1 in. high, 
with 2 opposite leaves, and a head of 4 whorled and 1 terminal 
flowei's. Stam. often more or less united in pairs, showing their 
number to be nonuaUy 4. Fl. with a muslsy* smell. Terminal 
fl. usually divided in foiu'S, the others in fives, but the numbers 
vary. — Woods and shady hedge-banks. P. IV. "S". E. S. I. 
2, Hed'bra Linn. Ivy. 
1. H. Helix (L.) ; 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate and 5-lobed, 
lobes angular, imibels simple downj' erect. — E. B. 1267. — Climb- 
ing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering branches 
ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black. Embryo like that 
of Cornacem. — Rocks, old walls, hedges. Sh. X. XI. E. S. I. 
Order XXXIX. CORXACE.E. 
Cal. 4:-lobed. Pet. 4, oblong, broad at the base, inserted at 
the top of the calyx-tube ; valvate in the bud. Stam. 4. Ovary 
2-celled. Style "filiform._ Emit a drupe, crowned with the re- 
mains of the calyx. Seed pendulous, solitary. Embryo in the 
axis of fleshy albimien and as long as it. — Leaves opposite. 
1. CoRNTJS. Calvx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet. 4. Stain. 4. 
Style 1. Drupe with a 2-celled and 2-seeded nut. 
1. Cor'ntjs Linn. 
1. C. sangidn'ea (L.) ; nrhorcscent, branches straight, 1. ovate 
cuspidate green on both sides, c-yiues flat without an involucre. 
—E. B. 249. St. 52. .3.— Shrub o— 6 feet high. Old bark red- 
dish. Fl. many, white, in tenninal cj-mes. Fr. dark purple. L. 
mostly opposite, strongly veined, acutely cuspidate, rounded 
below. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. 'Dog-wood. E. 1. 
