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3 Anthers subsessile within throat of perianth. 

 3 Anthers on setaceous or subulate filaments, some or 

 all exserted. 



4 Flowers in terminal involucrated heads. 



4 Flowers axillary or spiked. Nuts dry. 

 2 Perianth limb 4-parted. Stamens 4, included. 



2 Perianth limb 4-parted. 



all exserted. 

 2 Periantli limb 5-parted. 



all exserted. 



Stamens 8, upper row or 

 Stamens 10, upper row or 



Arthrosglen. 



Dais. 



Passerina. 



Sthuthiola. 



Gnidia. 



Lasiosiphon. 



List of Species. 



1 Dais, Linn. 

 cotinifolia, Harv. 



CE. 



2 Arthrosolen, G. A. Mey. 

 gymnostachys, C. A. M. 



3 Passerina, 



filiformis, L. 

 ericoides, L. 

 sp., {Wood 1504) 

 sp., (Thode). 



Linn. 



E. 

 var. A-F. 



BC. 

 DE. 



A. 



F. 



4 Struthiola, Linn. 



sp. nr. S. parviflora, Barle. F. 



sp. nr. S. Mundtii, EcM. B-C. 



5 Gnidia, Linn. 



nodiflora, Meisn. A-B. 



sp. ? ((t, coriacea), Meisn. HC. 



sp. nr. G. coriacea, Meisn. B-C. 



microcephala, Meisn. A-E. 



ovalifolia, Meisn. A-C. 



phajotricha, Gily. E-F. 



sp. {Englerodaphne leiosi- 



phon, Gilg). B.C. 



6 Lasiosiphon, Fresen, 



caffer, Meisn. D-F. 



Meisnerianus, Endl, var. AB. 

 sp. nr. L. Meisnerianus, 



Endl, A. 

 sp. nr. L. Meisnf^rianns, 



Endl. DE. 



macropetalus, Meisn. AB. 



linifolius. Dene. DE. 



sp. nr. L. linifolius J Dene. A. 



EF. 



sp. nr. L. splendens, Engl. A,E. 



. . „ „ EZ. 



antbylloides, Meisn, var. A-B. 



sp. nr. „ „ Z. 



sp- nr. „ „ B, 



Kraussii. Meisn. var. B-E. 



sp. oir. L. Kraussii, Meisn. BC. 



sp, (^Vm, 2935. 2938). Z. 



7 Peddeia, Harv. 



africana, Harv. Ji-E. 



sp. {Sim, 2940). hZ. 



ORDER CXLVIII. LORANTHACEyE. 



By far the larger number of the members of this Order are 

 parasitical on trees and shrubs, the exceptions being Nuytsia, an 

 Australian genus, and a few species of Lorantlius. The Mistletoe is 

 well-known in Europe as Viscuni album, from its fruits and also from 

 the fruit of others of this genus, and of Lorantlius, bird lime is pre- 

 pared, and it is said that its abundance in tlie fruit depends very 

 much upon the stock upon which the parasite grows. The leaves of 



