LORANTHACEAE • EUPHORBIACEAE 267 



Family 88. LORANTHACEAE. P (3-4), A3-4, Gi 



ViscuM ALBUM. Mistletoc. March-April. E. Parasite on apple trees, but will 

 grow on almost any tree. Branches green dividing into two at each joint. Ls. 

 opposite, lane, 4, round-ended, yellowish green, stalkless. Fls. inconspicuous, in 

 forks of branches. Berry J, white, i -seeded. Europe (including Britain) and 

 North Asia. (Fig. 76 g.) According to Rehder the American Mistletoe, 

 Phoradendron flavescens, differs in the Is. being 3-5-nerved and the fls. in axillary 

 spikes. 



Family 89. BUXACEAE. Male fl. P4, A4; female P6, G (3) 



BUXUS. Box. Young branchlets square. Ls. opposite, ov., i, entire, rounded 

 or notched at end. Fls. yellowish green, in axillary clusters. Fruit a dry 3-horned 

 capsule. 



B. balearica. Balearic Box. 30. April-May. E. Ls. leathery, glossy, dark 



green above, pale below. Balearic Islands. 

 B. sempervirens. Common Box. 30. April. E. Like above, but Is. glossier 

 and smaller. Europe (including Britain), North Africa and North Asia. 

 (Fig. 67 H.) 



Variety argentea. Ls. with white border. 

 Variety aurea pendula. Golden Weeping Box. 

 Variety pendula. Green weeping form. 

 Variety suffruticosa. Edging Box. Dwarf; Is. obov. 



PACHYSANDRA. Mountain Spurge. Low shrubs not exceeding i foot. 

 Stems erect, fleshy. Ls. alternate, ov., coarsely and unevenly toothed, 3-nerved at 

 base, crowded at end of stem. Fls. small, unisexual, in erect spikes, the females at 

 the base. Fruit a 3-horned capsule. 



P. prociimbens. Alleghany Spurge. April. -J- E. Stems downy. Ls. 3, with 



hairs. South-east United States. (Fig. 104 k.) 

 P. terminalis. April. E. Stems hairless. Ls. 2, hairless. Japan. (Fig, 104 j.) 



SARCOCOCCA. Low evergreen shrubs. Ls. alternate, entire, pointed, 

 leathery and glossy, 3-nerved at base, hairless. Fls. small, unisexual, in axillary 

 racemes or clusters, the females at the base. Fruit j, a berry. 



S.humilis. i|. February-March. Ls. lane, 3, with prominent nerve parallel 



to each margin. Berry round, blue-black. China. (Fig. 128 c.) 

 S. ruscifolia. 2. February-March. Ls. ov., 2\, long-pointed. Fls. white, 

 fragrant, in few-flowered clusters. Berry round, crimson. China. 

 (Fig. 128 B.) 

 S. saligna {S. pruniformis). 3. March-May. Ls. lane, 5, long-pointed, with 

 marginal vein. Berry egg-shaped, purple. Himalaya. (Fig. 128 A.) 



Family 90. EUPHORBIACEAE. P4-10 or o, Ai-00, G (3) 



Andrachne colchica. 3. June-September. D. Stems erect, very slender, 

 hairless. Ls. ov., f , entire, rounded base, hairless, crowded. Fls. \, yellowish green, 

 unisexual, male in axillary clusters, female solitary in 1. -axils, P5 + 5, A5. Fruit |-, 

 a dry pale-brown capsule. Caucasus. (Fig. 128 d.) 



