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4 or 5, free, on the corolla, and alternate with the lobes. Ovary 
3 — o-celled. Stiginaa 1 — 3. Fruit not bui-sting, 1- or many- 
celled, usually fleshy. Albumen fleshy. — L. opposite. 
1. Sambccvs. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. 
Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 3 — i-seeded. — L. pinnate. 
2. ViBURXUM. Cal.-limb o-cleft. Cor. hell- or fimncl-shapcd, 
5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1-seeded. — 
L. simple. 
3. LoxiCEHA. Cal.-limb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular or 
fiinnelshaped, limb o-fid or irregular. Stam. 5. Sti/le Jili- 
form. Stigma capitate. Fruit 1 — 3-ceIIed, few-seeded. 
4. LiNNiEA. Cal.-limb 5-cleft, unth lanceolate mhulate equal 
deciduous segments. Cor. tm-binate-bellshaped, 5-lobed. 
Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2 longer. Stjie filiform : stignia capitate. 
Fr. dry, 3-ce"lled; 2 cells barren, 1 single-seeded. — Two 
large and 2 minute bracts at the base of the fruit. 
1. Saitbtjctts lAnn. Elder. 
1. S. Eb'ulus (L.) ; herbaceous, st. fuiTowed, stip. lea/like ovate 
sen'ate, 1. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate serrate, cyme ■with 3 prin- 
cipal branches. — E. B. 475. — St. 2 — i feet high. Cymes temii- 
nal. Yi. white, reddish externally ; anth. purple. Fr. reddish 
black. — Hedge-banks. P. YIII. Dxvai-f Elder. DanexvoH. 
E. S. I. 
2. & nigra (L.) ; arborescent, dip. inconspicuous or wanting, 1. 
pinnate, leaflets ovate cuspidate seiTate, chines with 5 principal 
branches. — E. B. 476. — A small ti-ee. Cannes large, temiiual. 
Fl. cream-coloured. Fr. black, rarely gi-een or white. — Q. laci- 
niata ; 1. 2 — 3-pinuate, Its. laciniate. — y. rotundifolia (DC.) ; Its. 
usually 3 orbicular. — Woods and hedges, ft. neai'A^T. Hooker. 
Enderby, Leicestershire, y. Isle of Wight. T. ^'I. Elder. 
E. S. I. 
2. Yibuk'nttm Linn. Guelder-rose. 
1. V. Lantdna (L.) ; /. oblong with a cordate base Jincly 
denticulate-serrate downy beneath, pubescence stellate. — E. B. 
•>31. — A shrub with roimd mealy branches. Young shoots, 
petioles, and under sides of the 1. densely, upper side more 
sparingly, covered with stellate down. Cymes temiinal. Fl. 
white, not radiant. Fr. black. — Hedges and thickets on a cal- 
careous soil. T. Y. Meahj Gueldi-r-rose. Wayfaring tree. 
E. 8. ? 
2. V. Op'nlus (L.) ; /. 3 — B-lobed, lobes acuminate and den- 
tate, petioles with glands. — E. B. 332. St. 27. 6. — Branches glu- 
