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43. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 
PL ex. cal. 
Fam. VIII. 43. CAPRIFOLIACEIE. De Candolle. 
Caprifolia . Jussieu. 
Calyx 1 -leaved, adherent to the ovary, rarely free, 4 or 
5-cut, generally with 2 or 3 bracteae at the base; corolla on 
the ovary, regular, 1 -petal, 4 or 5-cut, or 4 or 5 petals, en- 
larged at bottom, often soldered ; stamens as many as the 
lobes or petals, alternating with them; ovary 1, many- 
cell ed ; style 1 or 0; stigma 1 to 3; fruit a berry or nucu- 
lanium, 1 or many-celled, often crowned; seed pendent; 
perisperm fleshy ; corculum small, in the tip of the peri- 
sperm ; radicle above. — Stem shrubby ; leaves opposite ; 
flowers axillary or terminal, corymbose. 
Calyx bracteated ; corolla 1-petaled; 
stamens 4, 2 short Linnasa. 2 55. 
Cal. bracteated; cor. 1-pet. irreg. ; 
stam. 5 ; style 1 ; peduncles 2-flowered . . Xylosteon. 2 56. 
Cal. bracteated; cor . 1-pet. irreg.; 
stam, 5; style 1; peduncle l-flowered Periclymenum. 257. 
Cal. bracteated; cor. 1-pet. reg.; 
stam. 5; style 0; berry 1- seeded; 
flowers all fertile Viburnum. 258, 
Cal . bracteated ; cor. 1-pet. reg. ; 
stam. 5 ; style 0 ; berry 1 -seeded ; 
flowers outer barren Opulus. 259. 
Cal. bracteated; cor. 1-pet. reg.; 
stam. 5 1 style 0 ; nuculanium 5-seeded .. Sambucus. 260, 
Cal. bracteated ; corolla 4-petaled ; 
nuculanium 4 or 5-seeded Ilex. 263. 
Bmctece 0; corolla 4-petaled; 
drupe naked; nut 2-celled Cornus. 261. 
Bractece 0 ; corolla 5-petaied ; 
berry crowned, 5-seeded Hedera. 262, 
A. Cafrifoliaceas verje. Calyx bracteated ; 
corolla 1-petaled; style simple. 
I. 255. LINNflEA. Haller. Linne . 
Calyx 5-cut, bracteated ; bractece 2 or 4, persisting ; co- 
rolla bellshape, 5-lobed; stamens 4, 2 shorter than the 
others; stigma globose; berry dry, ovate, 3-celled; cells 
2-seeded. — Stem woody, creeping; leaves opposite, ever- 
green ; surculi upright, above naked, 2-flowered, 
