Hippophae.] ^— cxxxr mumAoNAcEX, (J. D. Hooker.) 203 
Seed oblong, testa crustaceous, shining, albumen scanty.—Species 2, 
Europe and N. Asia. 
,l. H. rhamnoides, Linn. ;—Schlecht. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 607, and in 
nnæa xxxi. 296; leaves from obovate to linear-oblong, not tomentose, 
clothed beneath with short silvery or rusty circular scales. Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
1v: 1055; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 549; Brand. For. Fl. 388; Gamble Man. 
Ind. Timbers, 317. H. tibetana, Schlecht. in Linnea l. c. 
Nonrg-WzsrERN HIMALAYA; in the beds of streams of the inner drier ranges, 
from Kumaon westwards, alt. 7000-12,000 ft. WESTERN TIBET, ascending to 15,000 ft. 
arate. Affghanistan and westwards to N. and Middle Europe, N. and Central 
A thorny shrub or small tree, with rigid branches and silvery twigs and leaves. 
aves j-2 in., narrowed into the short petiole, above sparsely scaly when young, 
green and glabrous in age, beneath clothed with circular toothed scales. Flowers on 
2e old wood ; male minute ; perianth-segments oblong ; filaments short. ruit in. 
diam, oblong or globose, orange yellow or scarlet, —Excessively variable in habit, 
and in the density of the foliage, and the breadth and shape of the leaves. 
2. H. salicifolia, Do» Prodr. 68; leaves linear-lanceolate densely 
clothed beneath with white or rusty stellate hairs and some circular scales. 
Schlecht. in DO Prodr. xiv. 607, and in Linnea xxxi. 295; Brand. For. 
Fi. 387, H. conferta, Wall. Cat. 4032 ;, Royle Ill. 323. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Jamu to Sikkim, alt. 5-10,000 ft. 
A willow-like shrub, 10-20 ft., with lateral thorns. Leaves 2~4 in., dull green 
and glabrous or pubescent above, margius usually recurved, midrib often rusty red. 
` oeras in H. rhamnoides, but fruit smaller (always ?).—Different as this plant looks 
a its ordinary condition from H. rhamnoides, I expect that it will prove a form of 
t due to the moister climate which it affects. 
OrpER CXXXII. BLORANTHACEE. 
Parasitic evergreen shrubs. Leaves usually opposite, entire, exstipulate, 
. Sometimes absent. Flowers 1-2-sexual, racemed spicate or fascicled, usually 
Tacteate and often 2-bracteolate. Calyx adnate to the ovary, limb 
St. cate or. 0, rarely toothed. Petals 4-8, free or connate, valvate in pud. 
amens equal to and opposite the corolla-lobes, usually inserted. on t em. 
ad, “ry Inferior, 1-celled ; style short or long, stigma simple ; ovule 1, erect, 
nate all round to the walls of the ovary. Fruit a l-seeded berry or 
ie Seed adnate to the pericarp, albumen fleshy; embryo straig "v 
to cle Superior ——Genera 13, native of tropical and a few of tempera 
Untries ; species about 500. . 
Flowers 2-soxual 20... « 1. LORANTRUS. 
ilex 505075 7 0 0 07 077 Y 
ntiers adnate to the petals, opening by pores . . - . 2 VISCUM. 
uthers on the middle of the petals i dehiscing transversely 3. ARCBUTHOBIUM. 
nthers at the base of the petals, many-celled « . + 4. NOTOTHIXOS. 
nthers af the base of the petals, 2-celled . . . - e © 5. GiNALLOA. 
1l LORANTHUS, Linz. 
Leaves o : Petals free or more or 
Pposite or alternate. Flowers 2-sexual. Peta : 
lesg connate into a tubular corolla with spreading tips. Stamens pig 
Mostly Petals, anthers adnate or versatile, cells parallel.—Species abou , 
tropical. 
