Introduction to structural and systematic botany, and vegetable physiology, : being a 5th and revedof the Botanical text-book, illustrated with over thirteen hundred woodcuts . erect. Corolla imbricated or contorted in aestivation. Jasminace^e. Seeds suspended. Corolla valvate in aestivation. Oleace^s. EXOGENOUS OR DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 431 837. Ord. CaprifoliacefB {Honeysuckle Family). Mostly shrubs,often twining, with opposite leaves, and no stipules (but Viburnumoften has appendages like them). Calyx-tube adnate to the 2-5-celled ovary; the limb 4 - 5-cleft. Corolla regular or
Introduction to structural and systematic botany, and vegetable physiology, : being a 5th and revedof the Botanical text-book, illustrated with over thirteen hundred woodcuts . erect. Corolla imbricated or contorted in aestivation. Jasminace^e. Seeds suspended. Corolla valvate in aestivation. Oleace^s. EXOGENOUS OR DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 431 837. Ord. CaprifoliacefB {Honeysuckle Family). Mostly shrubs,often twining, with opposite leaves, and no stipules (but Viburnumoften has appendages like them). Calyx-tube adnate to the 2-5-celled ovary; the limb 4 - 5-cleft. Corolla regular or inserted on the corolla, as many as the petals of which it iscomposed, and alternate with them, or rarely one fewer. Fruitmostly a berry or drupe. Seeds pendulous, albuminous. — Ex. TheHoneysuckles (Lonicera), which have usually a peculiar bilabiatecorolla (473), the Snowberry (Symphoricarpus), Diervilla, whichhas a capsular fruit, &c, compose the tribe , character-ized by their tubular flowers and filiform style: while the Elder(Sambucus) and Viburnum, which have a rotate or urn-shapedcorolla, form the tribe Sambuce/e. Chiefly plants of temperate. regions. Several species, such as Honeysuckle, &c, are widelycultivated for ornament. They are generally bitter, and ratheractive or nauseous in their properties. 838. Ord. RubiaceSB {Madder Family). Shrubs or trees, or oftenherbs, with the entire leaves either in whorls, or opposite and fur-nished with stipules. Calyx-tube completely, or rarely incompletely FIG. 859. Branch of Lonicera (Xylosteon) oblongifolia: the two ovaries united! 860. Lo-nicera (Caprifolium) parviflora. 8G1. A flower about the natural size. 862. Longitudinal sec-tion of the ovary. 863. Longitudinal section of a magnified seed, showing the albumen andminute embryo. 432 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. adnate to the 2 - 5-celled ovary; the limb four- or five-cleft ortoothed, or occasionally obsolete. Stamens as many as the lobes ofthe regula
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