DICOTYLEDONS. — LORANTHEyi:. 249 



** Cal. bractcated. Style none. Stigmas 3. Cor. monopetalous. 



3. VIBURNUM. 



Ca/. small, 5-fid. Cor. of 1 petal 5-lobed. Slam. I). Berry \ -seeded. 



1. V. La72ta7ia, leaves elliptico-cordate serrate veiiiy downy be- 

 neath, p. 96. — Woods. 



2. V. Opulus, leaves glabrous 3-lobed acuminate and serrate, 

 petioles with glands, p. 96. — Woods. 



A. SAMBUCUS. 

 Cal. very small, 5-fid. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. Slam. 5. Berry 

 1-celled, 3-seeded. 



1 . S. Ebidiis, cymes with 3 principal branches, leaflets lanceolate, 

 stipules foliaceous, stem herbaceous, p. 96. — Way-sides. 



2. S. nigra, cymes with 5 principal branches, leaflets ovate, stem 

 arboreous, p. 96. — Woods and hedges. 



*** Cul. icithout biacfece. Style 1. Cor. polypetutous. 



5. HEDERA. 



Cal. .5 -toothed. Petals 5. Stam. 5 alternate with the petals. 

 Berry .5-sceded, crowned with the segments of the cul. 



1. II. Helix, leaves 5-lobed the lobes angular, floral leaves ovate, 

 the umbel erect, p. 82. — Trunks of trees and rocks. 



6. CORNUS. 



Cal. 4-toothed. Pet. 4. Stam. 4 alternate with the petals. 

 Drupe not crowned ; its 7iut with 2 cells ; cells 2-seeded. 



1. C. sanguinea, arborescent, branches straight, leaves opposite 

 ovate green on both sides, cymes destitute of involucre, p. 55. 

 — Woods. 



2. C. suecica, herbaceous, leaves all opposite ovate glabrous, 

 flowers few umbellate surrounded by a 4-leaved involucre and 

 springing from the axil of the forked extremity of the stem, 

 p. 55. — Moztntains. 



Order XXXVII. LORANTI1E.E. Juss. 



{FiscoidecB. Piich.) 



Cal. 1-leaved, adherent with the ovary, usually with another little 

 calyx at its base ; or with two bract^^K wliich supply its place. 

 Cor. 0, or polypetalous. Stam. attached to the base of the 

 lobes or parts of the cor.; generally equal to them in number; 

 rarely twice as many. Ovary surmounted by 1 stvle and stigma. 

 Fruit fleshy or dry with one seed attached to tlie top of its cell. 

 Kmbryo cylindrical, in the axis of a fleshy albumen, beyond 

 which ihc 5U])ciior radicle is exsertcd. 



