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XLVII. COKNACEiE 
2. Cornus oblonga, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 744. A shrub or 
small tree. Leaves oblong, 3-6 X 1-1 1 in., long-pointed; upper 
surface glabrous, lower minutely hairy. Cymes terminal, com- 
pound, pubescent, 1-2| in. across. Flowers nearly | in. diam. 
Calyx pubescent. Petals oblong, glabrous. Stamens pink, longer 
than the petals. Drupe glabrous, ovoid, J in. long. 
Simla ; August-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-7000 ft. — Burmnh. 
3. Cornus capitata, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 745. A small tree. 
Leaves oblong or ovate, 2-3 in., densely, minutely hairy ; stalks 
short. Flowers very small, crowded in hemispheric, terminal 
heads ^ in. diam., with a conspicuous involucre of 4, rarely 5, pale 
yellow, petal-like, ovate bracts 1-1 J in. broad. Drupes very small, 
coalescing in a succulent, globose head 1-2 in. diam., yellow or 
when ripe tinged with red. (Fig. 67.) 
Simla, common ; May- July. — Himalaya, from the Beeas to Bhotan, 3500- 
7000 ft. 
Often called the Strawberry tree ; fruit edible. 
XLVIII. CAPRI FOLIACE./E 
Shrubs, rarely small trees. Leaves opposite, simple, usually 
entire ; stipules none. Flowers 2 -sexual, regular or irregular. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; limb 5-lobed or toothed, some- 
times obsolete. Corolla gamopetalous ; tube long or short, often 
unsymmetrically dilated near the base ; limb 5-lobed or 5-toothed, 
sometimes 2-lipped. Stamens 5, rarely 4, inserted on the corolla- 
tube ; anthers oblong or linear, versatile. Ovary inferior, 1-5- 
celled ; style short or long, stigma capitate ; ovules solitary and 
pendulous or several and inserted at the inner angle in each cell. 
Fruit baccate or drupaceous, rarely dry, 1-5-celled ; seeds one 
to many. — Chiefly N. temperate regions ; absent from Africa. — 
Name from the Latin capra, a goat, and folia, leaves ; referring 
to the climbing habit of some species. 
Flowers numerous, in terminal cymes. 
Cymes many-flowered. Calyx-teeth short or none. 
Stamens 5 . . . . . . .1. Viburnum. 
Cymes 3 -flowered, in head-like clusters. Calyx lobes long, 
linear. Stamens 4 . . . . . . .2. Abelia. 
Flowers axillary, in pairs. Ovary 2- or 3-celled . . .3. Lonicera. 
Flowers in whorls, combined in drooping, axillary spikes. 
Ovary 5-celled ........ 4. Leycesteria. 
1. VIBURNUM. The Latin name of the Wayfaring Tree, 
V. Lantana. — Chiefly N. temperate regions. 
