Il(» SANTALACK.'K. (sANDA I.WOOK FAMILY.) 



H'a//.) — Shallow jiiiie barren p()ii<]», Floriila, ami iiortliwanl. Fel). - March. 

 — A hirgc sliruli, with mnnerous siireadiii;; forked brainlns I.cives some- 

 what coriaceous, J - 1' long- 



6. CASSYTA, L. 



Fh>wers ])erfect. Calvx G-ck-ft, ])ersistciit, the exterior h)l)cs minute. Sta- 

 mens 12, in 4 rows, tiic inner row sterile: anthers 2-celkMl, the inner ones ex- 

 trorse, the outer introrse. Style very short : stigma disk-like. Fruit enclosed 

 in the Heshy persistent tube ol the calyx. — A leafless parasitic plaut, with 

 twining filiform stems, and spiked flowers. 



1. C. flliforrais, Miller. — South Florida. — Sjjike.s 2-4-flowered. 

 Calvx lohus thick, triangular, acute. Anthers oval, obtuse. 



Ohdkk 112. THY3IELEACE^. (Mkzkkkim Family.) 



Slniibs with acrid juice, tough bark, simple entire dotless leaves, 

 without .stipules, and regular perfect flowens, with a tubular or bell- 

 shaped -l-u-cleft rarely entire calyx. Stamens commonly twice as 

 many a.s the calyx lobes, in 2 rows : anthers 2-celled, opening length- 

 wise. Style simple : stigma capitate. Drupe with a single su.spended 

 anatropous seed, containing little or no albumen. Cotyledons plano- 

 convex. Radicle superior. 



1. DIBCA, L. Leatherwood. 



Calyx bell-shaped, entire, or obscurely 4-toothed. Stamens 8, unequal, ex- 

 scrted. Style filiform. Albumen none. — A low branching shrub, with alter- 

 nate petioled oblong or obovate deciduous leaves, and liglit yellow flowers, 

 from hairy buds, appearing before the leaves. 



1. D. palustris, L. — Shady banks of streams, Florida, and northward. 

 Feb. -March. — Shrub 2° -3° high, with pale spreading jointed branches. 

 Leaves 2' long, silky when young. Flowers three in a cluster, on short pedi- 

 cels. Drupe small, red. 



Order 113. SANTALACE^^. (Sandalwood Family.) 



Herbs, shrubs, or tree.s (ours root parasites), with simple entire ex- 

 stipulate leaves. — Calyx tubular, 4 - .5-cleft, valvate in the bud, the 

 tube coherent with the ovary. Stamens 4-5, opposite the lobes, and 

 inserted on the fleshy disk at their base: anthers introrse, opening 

 lengthwise. Ovary 1-celled, with 1-4 anatropous ovules suspended 

 from the apex of the free central placenta. Style single. Fruit 1- 

 seeded. Embryo small, at the apex of copious albumen. Cotyledons 

 cylindrical. Radicle superior. — Parasitic on the roots of various 

 trees or shrubs. 



