Santalaceae. Sandalwood Family. 
Or Crtihrg | 
Herbs with alternate leaves without stipules. Flowers 
axillary or in terminal clusters 4, perfect, - i 
perianth 4-5=lobed, the lobes valvate in the bud; stamens as many as the lobes 
» inserted on a fleshy disc. Ovary inferior, 1-chambered ; 
end oppos reiheg 
ovules 2-4. Fruit a drupe, ornut—-witha_single seed, 
Comandra Nutt. 
partial root-parasiteD 
Perennial\erps from slender rootstocks, with alternate, entire leaves, 
Ssonetimes—parasitic—on—the—reets-0fotherplaatss> Flowers perfect, in terminal 
or axillary cymes or solitary in the axils. Calyx bell-shaped , 5S-lobed, the 
lobes persistewt on the fruit. Stamens 5, inserted on the calyx lobes between 
the lobes of tne fleshy disc, anthers attached to the perianth segments by a 
tuft of hairs. Fruit a globose or ovoid drupe, rather dry or pulpy. 
O Leaves dark green, obtuse, 6-20 mm. wide; fruit bright red. f§ C. livida 
O Leaves pale yellowish green, acute, 1-6 mm Wide; fruit 
4 bluish with a bloom. 2. Ce pallida 
i. Ce. livida Richards. Stems slender, erect, 20-25 cm. tall, unbranched , 
several from a small crown at the apex of a slender creeping rootstock, scaly 
at the base; leaves 5-5 cm. long, oblong, lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous wemieeh 
swefeees and somewhat glaucous, narrowed @I@mUReeee to a petiole 2-4 mn. long; 
flowers (iz[1-5| stwwerel axillary cymes, the calyx lobes ovate, the tube not 
prolongea beyond the ovary, stamens and style shorter than the lobes; drupe 
puro 6 mn. in diameter, bright red, resemblins a cherry, the seed nearly as 
large; peduncles 5-12 mm. long. 
In gravelly soil near the margin of woods or in small openings, below 35000 
feet; rare in our region and apparently confined to the north; & partial para- 
site reported on the roots of Picea, Pinus, Ledum, Salix, Betula, Alnus, Hibes 
and Lonicera. 
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