148 LXV. CORNES. 
nerved, glabrous and glossy above, tomentose beneath. Twigs and inflores- 
cence rusty-tomentose. Panicles terminal, much-branched ; flowers minute, 
hairy. 
Orver LXVI. LORANTHACEA. , 
Flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular. Calyx bracted at 
base, adnate ; limb short, often obsolete. Petals 4-8, separate 
or more or less cohering, valvate in bud. Stamens as many as 
the petals and opposite them ; filaments adhering to the base 
or claw of the petal; anthers 2- or many-celled. Ovary infe- 
rior, 1-celled, with a solitary erect ovule adnate to the walls 
of the ovary ; style filiform or 0; stigma capitate. Fruit a 
succulent, l-seeded berry. Embryo in fleshy albumen.— 
Shrubby parasites, chiefly found in hot countries. Leaves 
quite entire, opposite or alternate, coriaceous or fleshy, without 
stipules. Flowers variously disposed, minute or very showy. 
Flowers bisexual. Petals linear or clawed, partly united 
in a tubular corolla. Style filiform. . . . . . . 1. Loranruus. 
Flowers unisexual, minute. Petals sessile, free or connate 
‘at base. Style O or very short. . . io a 2 Vise piE 
1. LORANTHUS, Linn. 
Flowers bisexual. Calyx-limb short, truncate or toothed. 
Petals 4-8, with slender claws, more or less united in a tubu- 
lar corolla. Stamens inserted on the claws of the petals ; 
filaments subulate ; anthers 2-celled. Style filiform; stigma 
capitate. Berry usually crowned by the limb of the ealyx.— 
Fl. Cap. i. p. 574; Lhes. Cap. t. 30. 
A large, chiefly tropical genus. Flowers usually brightly-coloured, yellow 
orange or scarlet, rarely white-—12 (or perhaps more) Cape species, all 
natives, either of the Eastern district or of Natal. 
2. VISCUM, Linn. 
Flowers unisexual. Calyx-limb obsolete. Petals 3-4, short, 
triangular or ovate-—Male: Anthers sessile on the face of the 
petals, opening inwards by several pores.—Female: Stamens 
0. Style very short or 0; stigmas capitate. Berry viscid, 1- 
seeded.— FV. Cap. ii. p. 578. 
Parasitic shrubs, natives of the warmer parts of the Old World. Stems 
forked, often jointed. Leaves opposite or 0. Flowers minute, greenish, 
cara tufted, or solitary.—l1 Cape species, dispersed, but the majority 
astern, 
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Orper LXVII. RUBIACEA. 
Flowers regular, mostly bisexual. Calyx-tube adnate ; lin 
4-6-lobed or toothed. Corolla monopetalous, epigynous, 4—-6- 
