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43. CAPRIFOLIACEJE. 
1. Sambucus. Cal. -limb small 5-fid. Cor. 5-fid rotate or 
urceolate Stam. 5. Style 0 ; stigmas 3 sessile. Fr. pulpy 
or juicy 3— j-seeded. — Sbr. or suburb, rarely berb. fetid. 
L. odd-pinnate. FI. w.‘ or pinkish. 
t Tribe II. LONICEREJE. 
The Honeysuckle Tribe. 
Cor. more or less tubular funnel-shaped or bell-shaped, limb 
irregularly or regularly 5-fid. Style filiform ; stigma 3-lobed 
capitate. — Cells of oy. many-ovulate. Raphe of seeds dorsal 
or extrorsal. FI. rather large axillary often agglomerate in 
whorls and fragrant, w., y. or r. Fr. mostly baccate and often 
connate, sometimes dry or capsular. 
t2. Lonicf.ra. Cal. -limb small 5-cleft persistent. Cor. tu- 
bular funnel- or bell-shaped, limb mostly irregularly 5-fid. 
and ^-bilabiate or ringent. Stam. 5. Fr. berry-like crowned 
by the persistent cal. -limb, 1-3-celled each cell 2-3 seeded. 
— Sin*, often twining. L. simple often connate mostly 
entire. 
Tribe I. Sambucece. 
The Elder and Guelder-rose Tribe. 
1. Sambucus L. 
Elder. 
tl. S. EBULUS L. Dwarf Elder or Danewort. Enf / OS . 
Herbaceous smooth; 1. pinnate, lfts. oblong-lanceolate gra- 
dually acuminate sharply closely and finely serrate ; the lowest 
pair ovate remote stipularv; cymes 3-partite, fl. all perfect 
and distinctly stalked. Brot. i. 474; EB. t. 475; Sm. E. Fl. ii. 
109; Buch 195. no. 285; DC. iv. 322 (excl. /3); Koch 356; 
Bab. 154. — Ilerb. per. Mad. reg. 2, r. Shady places near cot- 
tages, bv road-sides &c., nowhere apart from cultivation and 
principally in the north ; S. Vicente, Bib. da Achada do Mar- 
ques (S 1 * Anna), between Fajaa d’Ovelha and l >,a do Fargo, 
( 'anhas between the Pouso and the Carvalhal, Curral das 
Freiras on ascent to Pico Grande, Porto Novo between 
F unchal and S tH Cruz up the Levada a little above the mill. 
July. — Roots strong and large creeping extensively. St. an- 
nual succulent stout erect thickish furrowed 1-2 feet high. 
Foliage rather large dark full gr. very fetid; lfts. 3-5 in. long 
1-L', broad, the lowest pair shorter and broader, set low down 
the petiole close to the stem, like stipules. Cyme terminal 
mostly single; its branches subpubescent. Fl. rather large for 
an Elder, w. or pale flesh-colour pink outside with purplish anth. 
