A MANUAL FLORA 
OF 
MADEIRA. 
PART IV. 
Subclass III. COROLLIFLORiE. 
Stamens inserted on the more or less tubular (gamopeta- 
lous or monopetalous) cor. Pet. more or less united or 
coherent. 
Sect. A. C aJ. -tube adnate to the ov., limb superior. Cor. 
superior. 
Order XLIII. CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 
The Honeysuckle Family. 
FI. perfect. Cal. -tube united with the ov. mostly bracteate, 
limb superior shortly 4-5- rarely 2-3-toothed. Cor. 4-5-cleft, 
the lobes imbricate in bud. Stam. 4-5 free i. e. adnate only 
to the base or bottom of cor.-tube and alternate with its lobes. 
Ov. inferior 3-5-celled. Style 0 or filiform. Stigmas 3-5 or 
single and 2-3-lobed capitate. Fr. 1-3- or many-celled inde- 
hiscent mostly berry-like fleshy or juicy rarely dry. Alb. fleshy. 
— Shr. sometimes climbing or subarborescent rarely herbs and 
then perennial. L. opposite simple without stip. FI. termi- 
nal and corymbose or axillary. Berries mostly red or black 
rarely w. or y. often connate, rarely and then scarcely eatable. 
Tribe I. SAMBTJCEM. 
The Elder and Guelder-rose Tribe. 
Cor. rotate regular, pet. 6 equal mostly coherent only at their 
base. Style mostly 0 and stigmas 3 sessile ; in Adoxa styles 
4-6. Cells of ov. 1-ovulate. Fr. berry-like. Raphe of seeds 
ventral or introrsal. FI. small mostly corymbose. 
