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Order 4. DAPHNALES. Petals 0. Per- 

 igonium and stamens inserted in a perigynous 

 disc. Stamens 2 or its multiple. Carpidion 

 1, ovules never basilar. Stipules 0. 



Family 1. THYMELACE^. 



Perigonium gamosepalous. Ovary 1-celled, 

 1-ovulate; ovule lateral, attached near the 

 apex; style lateral. 



1. Dirca L. Leather wood. 



Flowers ^ . Perigonium corolline, campan- 

 ulate; limb obliquely truncate. Stamens 8, 

 the alternate ones shorter. Hypogynous scales 

 0. Style filiform, subterminal. Fruit a drupe. 

 ^. 



1. D. occiDENTALis Gray. Perigonium 

 greenish -yellow; drupe orange. — Contra Costa 

 hills. Coast Eange. Spring. 



Bark acrid, blistering when applied to the 

 skin. 



Family 2. LORANTHACEiE. 



Evergreen, dichotomous, parasitic peren- 

 nials. Branches articulate. Leaves opposite; 

 stipules 0. Flowers epigynous. Stamens in- 

 serted on the perigonium, opposite its lobes 

 and of the same number. Ovary 1-celled, 1- 

 ovuled. Fruit baccate. Seed often containing 

 several embryos. 



