﻿SANDALWOOD 
  FAMILY 
  67 
  

  

  flowers 
  4-parted; 
  stamens 
  4, 
  inserted 
  around 
  a 
  rudimentary 
  

   ovary. 
  Pistillate 
  flowers 
  with 
  4 
  unequal 
  sepals, 
  the 
  inner 
  

   ones 
  dilated 
  in 
  fruit 
  ; 
  akenes 
  smooth, 
  compressed.* 
  

  

  1. 
  U. 
  gracilis 
  Ait. 
  SLENDER 
  NETTLE. 
  Perennial, 
  slender, 
  with 
  

   some 
  stinging 
  hairs, 
  2-6 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  ovate-lanceolate 
  or 
  nar- 
  

   rower, 
  with 
  slender 
  petioles, 
  taper-pointed, 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  with 
  3-5- 
  

   nerves 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  rounded 
  or 
  sometimes 
  almost 
  heart-shaped 
  

   base, 
  almost 
  smooth 
  ; 
  stipules 
  lanceolate. 
  Flower 
  clusters 
  in 
  branch- 
  

   ing 
  panicled 
  spikes, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  petioles. 
  Flowers 
  dioecious 
  or 
  

   bisexual. 
  

  

  2. 
  U. 
  urens 
  L. 
  SMALL 
  NETTLE. 
  Annual; 
  stem 
  stout, 
  4-angled, 
  

   hairy, 
  12-18 
  in. 
  tall, 
  with 
  few 
  stinging 
  hairs; 
  branches 
  slender. 
  

   Leaves 
  elliptical 
  or 
  ovate, 
  serrate 
  or 
  incised, 
  3-5-nerved, 
  acute 
  or 
  

   obtuse 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  thin, 
  hairy 
  ; 
  petioles 
  often 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  blades 
  ; 
  

   stipules 
  short. 
  Flower 
  clusters 
  axillary, 
  in 
  pairs, 
  loose, 
  mostly 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  petioles. 
  On 
  damp 
  soil 
  in 
  waste 
  places. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  

   Europe. 
  

  

  22. 
  SANTALACE-ffi. 
  SANDALWOOD 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs, 
  shrubs, 
  or 
  trees 
  with 
  entire 
  leaves. 
  Flowers 
  usually 
  

   small. 
  Calyx 
  4-5-cleft, 
  its 
  limb 
  epigynous. 
  Corolla 
  wanting. 
  

   Stamens 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  calyx 
  lobes 
  and 
  opposite 
  them, 
  

   inserted 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  a 
  fleshy 
  disk. 
  Style 
  1 
  ; 
  ovary 
  

   1-celled, 
  with 
  2-4 
  ovules 
  borne 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  free 
  central 
  

   placenta. 
  Fruit 
  1-seeded. 
  

  

  COMANDRA 
  Nutt. 
  

  

  Low, 
  smooth 
  perennials 
  with 
  herbaceous 
  stems, 
  rather 
  

   woody 
  below, 
  often 
  parasitic. 
  Leaves 
  alternate 
  and 
  nearly 
  

   sessile. 
  Flowers 
  nearly 
  white, 
  in 
  small 
  umbel-like 
  clusters, 
  

   bisexual. 
  Calyx 
  bell-shaped 
  at 
  first. 
  Stamens 
  borne 
  on 
  a 
  

   5-lobed 
  disk 
  which 
  surrounds 
  the 
  pistil 
  ; 
  anthers 
  connected 
  

   by 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  hairs 
  to 
  the 
  calyx 
  lobes. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  umbellata 
  Nutt. 
  BASTARD 
  TOADFLAX. 
  Plant 
  8-10 
  in. 
  high, 
  

   with 
  very 
  leafy 
  stems. 
  Roots 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  trees, 
  from 
  

   which 
  they 
  draw 
  nourishment. 
  Leaves 
  oblong 
  or 
  oblanceolate, 
  pale, 
  

   nearly 
  1 
  in. 
  long. 
  Umbel-like 
  clusters 
  about 
  3-flowered, 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  leaves. 
  Rocky, 
  dry 
  woods. 
  

  

  