640 LORANTHACEA. 
Placenta apice libera conica ovula ferens, ovula ad nuclei 
redacta, extus convexa intus plana, mere cellulosa, et om- 
nino simplicia, fasciculus pilor. simplicium alborum, pone 
stamen quodque. 
Tubus perianth gibberibus totidem obsoletis quot laciniis 
et his alternantibus. ; 
This is I believe Schæpfia. 
It is a very curious genus, evidently uniting Olacineæ, San- 
talaceæ and Loranthaeeæ, but more akin to the former than 
to either of the others. 
Oss. The calyx is reduced to a mere ring and is. evidently 
the transition from that of Loranthacee. 
With Santalacez it agrees, in opposition of the stamina, 
the valvation of the perianth, the structure of the placenta 
and in the ovula, which are reduced to the nucleus. 
With Olacinez in habit, structure of the ovarium, and val- 
vation of corolla. 
With Loranthacez in the valvate periauth, opposition of 
stamens and in the inferior calyx. 
It is curious that in these orders, in which the calyx is 
rudimentary, the corolla is much developed, and vice versa, 
of which Santalacez are a notable example. 
l. Alabast just before expansion. 
2. Flower. 
3. Do. vertically. 
4. Corolla longit. spread open. 
- 5. One of its laciniz, stamen deflexed shewing the fasci- 
cle of | hairs, 
6. Back view of stamen, 6a inner or front do., 65 lateral 
O0. 
7. Pollen. 7a do. immersed in water. 
8. Hair from the fascicles behind the stamina. 
9. Pistillum. - 
10. Stigmata and upper part of style. 
i. oy transverse section below the midir. llado. to- 
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