. A manual of botany. Botany. 366 MANUAL OP BOTANY Sub-Class III.—GamopetaljE or Corolliflor^. Series 1.—Inferce or EpigyncB. Cohort 1.—Eubiales. Order 163. CaprifoliacbjB, the Honeysuckle Order.—Cha- racter.—Small trees, shrubs, or raxelj herbs, ieaties opposite, usually exstipulate. Calyx superior, 4—S-cleft. Corolla gamo- petalous, 4—5-cleft, tubular or rotate, regular or irregular, rarely polypetalous. Stamens 4—5, inserted on the corolla, and alternate with its lobes. Ovary inferior, 1—6-oelled, often with 1 ovule in one cell, and several in the others, pendulous, or suspended; style fili
. A manual of botany. Botany. 366 MANUAL OP BOTANY Sub-Class III.—GamopetaljE or Corolliflor^. Series 1.—Inferce or EpigyncB. Cohort 1.—Eubiales. Order 163. CaprifoliacbjB, the Honeysuckle Order.—Cha- racter.—Small trees, shrubs, or raxelj herbs, ieaties opposite, usually exstipulate. Calyx superior, 4—S-cleft. Corolla gamo- petalous, 4—5-cleft, tubular or rotate, regular or irregular, rarely polypetalous. Stamens 4—5, inserted on the corolla, and alternate with its lobes. Ovary inferior, 1—6-oelled, often with 1 ovule in one cell, and several in the others, pendulous, or suspended; style filiform or absent; stigmas 1—3 or 5. Fruit indehiscent, 1- or more-celled, dry or succulent, and crowned by Pig. 1121. Fie. 1122. Fig. Fig. 1121. Pistil of tlie common Elder (Sambucus nigra) surrounded by a superior 5-lobed calyx, Fig. 1122. Entire flower of the same. Fig. 1123. Vertical section of the seed. the persistent calyx lobes. Seeds solitary or numerous; embryo small, in fleshy albumen. Diagnosis.—Small trees, shrubs, or rarely herbs, with oppo- site usually exstipulate leaves. Calyx superior, 4—S-cleft, per- sistent. Corolla gamopetalous, and bearing commonly as many stamens as it has lobes, to which they are alternate ; regular or irregular. Ovary inferior, 1—6-cell6d. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds with fleshy albumen. Distribution OAid Numbers.—ChisQ-y natives of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. They are rare in the southern hemisphere. Illustrative Genera :—Lonicera, Linn.; Viburnum, Linn.; Sambucus, Linn. There are about 220 species. Properties and Uses.—The plants of this order have fre-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Green, J. Reynolds (Joseph Reynolds), 1848-1914. London, J. & A. Churchill
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