124 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
£. Flowers subtended by three bracts; calyx rolled 
up to the base after flowering, one-third as long as the 
fruit :—TZ. montanum, Ehrh.; stem erect, 14—2 ft., leaves 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, dark blue-green; thickets, 
frequent. 7. linophyllum, L. (including humzfusum, 
DC., zxtermedium, Schrad., and dzvaricatum, DC.), 
stem prostrate, leaves linear, acute, yellowish-green ; 
open hill-sides ; Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees, local. 
C. Flowers subtended by three bracts; calyx rolled up 
only at the tip after flowering, equal to or longer than 
the fruit:—Z. alpinum, L.; stem prostrate, 4-6 in., 
branching on one side only, flowers in a dense terminal 
unilateral raceme; alpine pastures, frequent. TZ. Zenuz- 
foltum, Saut.; resembling the last, but stem more erect, 
flowers in a bilateral panicle; Switzerland, local. 7. 
pratense, Ehrh.; stem prostrate, 6-12 in., branching on 
all sides, very flexuose; pastures, common. 
Order LXXVIT.—LORANTHACE:. 
Flowers unisexual or: bisexual; sepals thick, 4-8; 
stamens 4-8; ovary entirely inferior, I-celled, 1-ovuled ; 
ovules very rudimentary ; fruit a I-seeded berry; leaves 
usually opposite, coriaceous. Woody evergreen plants, 
parasitic on trees. A moderately large order, of Tro- 
pical and Temperate climates; very few in Europe; not 
alpine. 
Ee VISCUM, Au, 
Flowers small, green, dicecious; leaves opposite, entire, 
yellowish-green ; stem jointed, brittle; fruit a very viscid 
berry. 
