64 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



come more and more imbedded in the lignious system of the support, owing to the deposition 

 of the nesv wood of the latter. The fibres of the parasite never penetrate bevond (heir oricri. 

 nal attachment, altliough the later developed fibres appear to have the power of arriving at this 

 point, but no further. This is very remarkable. In the adult plant the sucker bearing shoots 

 frequently run to a considerable distance, many of the stocks being literally covered with para- 

 sites, all of which have originated from one seed. I have seen such shoots, which had taken 

 their course along a decayed branch, become reflexed, and return in quest, as I may express it, 

 ot a part capable of affording due nourishment. In all ttie species of Loranfhvs which I have 

 sxammed the same phenomena occur, and also in the species of Viscum from which the draw, 

 ings were made. I have reason to believe, however, that in some LoranUii and Visca the at- 



Ir.hT?f ^^ ^'^ ! -^T'T^i'V*^^'^?,"^'' ^^*^ ^"^^'^ ^««»'y a primary attachment: 

 such will approximate m form to be Viscum album. J tr j 



r..;nrZll' '^'•'^"-t^";;"^ shoots frequently run contiguous to each other, and are occasionally 

 reciprocally united by suckers ^ m such there is actual communication between the lignious 



system 



As already observed nearly all Ihe plants of this order are parasitic, the genus Miyl 

 '^it'Zt ^ 1'1^™'.J ^''"P"""' ''»' ^'^. Griffith inforn,,, „,e that he once found a terre 



a terrestrial 



fan scl celv htl 27n w' '" ''""'?,' 'u'""'' ^'^^' ^"^ ^^ "^"^P^^^ ^^^' l»'« pl^^t in question 

 can scarcely belong to that, genus. All the species of Loranthm and Vi^mJur. .hmil. ,„Wh 



Viscum 



scar'eefv ir?h the tr^ht fr ^T'aZ^ '? 'T "'''' '^''^^ '" "'" ?'"««• «"'< v-'hen dried are 

 gone Zr operatkn ' " ""' '''*™"^ "^ ="""'"'"" "">- ^'r-ture after having under- 



lobed" ^Perall'iV C 'i^r'^!;'//' ",' '■""'•rj '' "•?""'» "f "^ '»'■== ""'I' short, entire or 

 Mlals and onnnVi .; .„ 1 h Z '' """*"^ ■ *"'-'»"<'n '"I'ul". Stamens as miny as the 



^ e ™ ere.°T adnaL S; J r'"!.' "^'^ ""'u'^f ""'"'''"'J »'"' "'^ P^'"'' : "■"hejs versa- 



.ar; ^s^yTe 'Eirm":r'*al„,ar „"',irg'"Ti|rta; fatf V' ^ caly.. Voelled : ovule so.i- 



ne.^t the hiU^,t ,h kkened or ,^ „^^^^^^ w'?° """'«'"' '» "-^ ""'^ "f » H'^^J »'bumen : rad.cle 



fleshy. en.ire,Vptur;^rre\7"aU;tt';o;';Ss^„a„ti':,;" " ' ^'"'"^' ^"'"'"^"■''" ' ^'^"' 



inguo oX'hk wtch'i^caro'lprr'eS'T„1;f ™",'.° -knowledge n,y ignorance, know- 



a mark of relalionshin F shnuwTnS;. > ,\ " "' ■"'* '»'"*'? pendulous ovniom affords 

 tablished by the vti'd pulp by .^ht bftrfllliTh '^''\'° "'^"^""^ *''■''> » f"'"-" ''• 

 ousseed >vi,h a superiorUiclI Add to theslTh"", 'LT' '^ ^''^r^^' ^■"' ^^ ^''"^'^T 





seem to me of sufficient im- 



relations. By a similarity of struct»r75n?K '^'^'^"^'^^ ^^'^o have hithnrto sought in vain for its 

 ^vhich they are said tX prir na W ^^ "^T^T 'f «^«^'they are related to Corneae, from 



LoranaJ, alternate w thTh 7^^ cS'^'lt f '^'/^T''' ^^"^^ "P^"^'*^ »^« P^^^'« ^^^ 

 seems lo have been overlooked on accost of he ontf ""'^Pj"- '^^«^^'«^^«. J^^^ indicated, 

 monopetalous flowers, a distinction r^nllll ! "".«/*«iiiy having polypetalous. the other 



portance, as compared toXsSu^^^^^^^^^ ^'"^ "^^^^^ secondary im- 



whose leading gL.era, fL"/ pd^^^^^^^ 



flowers, hac ^o.,««.i *u:_ , '. . F"7P«td«ous. ihe same structnrp rta«^^U, ^.......r.^tu\n\^<l 



flowers, has caused this 



same structure, namely monopetalous 



ovary.ovules, and seed are widelv distinT Rr. -^ r. ^"^ ^' aprifoliaceae , though their 



«f all living Botanists the most iStdyaru^^^ ^"^. 



P/o^eaceae. annrrl.. ,..k:.u i,A ' , ,^^^^y,*^q"ainte<i with the strurtnrp L,1 «ffinitJps of 



structure and affinities ot 

 out as related to Loranthaceae, an ^ 



atbn.ty mentioned on his authority bv mo tr^^nrl "f u"' f ''^"*«^^ ^^ iora^/Aaceae, an 

 vey the impression that they could no defect ,> I "''' ^"^ ^'^ ^"''" ^^'^^ '^'""^'^ «« *« '=«^- 

 with either order and therefore do not atten^nt to ,t*"\"^t, myself very inti,„ately acquainted 



ty of Mr. Griffith, ^ho has studied Ira^ZJ^^m:"!^^ question, but I have the inthori- 



with very great care, for stating that " every 



