Viscum. | LORANTHACES. 623 
3. V. salicornioides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 485.—A small tufted 
perfectly glabrous much-branched leafless species 2-4in. high; 
branches opposite, rather succulent, terete, Jointed ; joints #,—4 in. 
long, j,in. broad, terete or obscurely flattened, expanded at the 
tip. Flowers very minute, dicecious, 4-8 together at the nodes, 
forming a ring round the branch, partly concealed by the expanded 
tip of the joints. Male flowers much the smallest; perianth-seg- 
ments 3, triangular, each bearing a sessile anther on its inner face. 
Female flowers more numerous; ovary ovoid, crowned by 3 very 
minute perianth-lobes. Fruit jin. long, ellipsoid, tipped by the 
persistent perianth-segments.—Raoul, Choix, 42; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel.i. 101; Handb. N.Z. Fil. 108. 
Nortu anp SoutH Istanps: From Mongonui and Kaitaia southwards to 
Dunedin, but often local. Sea-level to 1500 ft. 
Usually parasitic on Leptospermum, but also seen on Gaultheria and: 
Dracophyllum. 
Orper LXXIIl. SANTALACEA, 
Trees or shrubs or herbs, often parasitic on the roots of other 
plants. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple and entire, sometimes 
reduced to minute scales or altogether wanting; stipules absent. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual, usually small and. 
greenish, solitary or in axillary or terminal cymes or spikes. 
Perianth superior or inferior, 3-6-lobed or -partite; lobes valvate,. 
often hairy behind the anthers. Stamens 3-6, inserted on the 
perianth-lobes and opposite to them; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 
inferior, rarely superior, 1-celled; style short; stigma capitate or 
3—4-lobed ; ovules 2-3, pendulous from a central column. Fruit an 
indehiscent nut or drupe. Seed solitary, globose or ovoid; albu- 
men copious, fleshy ; embryo usually small, terete, radicle superior. 
An order of moderate size, widely dispersed in both temperate and tropical 
regions. Genera 28; species not much exceeding 200. The only species of 
much economic value is Santalum albwm, which yields the well-known sandal- 
wood. Both the New Zealand genera are found in Australia, and Haxocarpus 
extends also to the Pacific islands, Malay Archipelago, and Madagascar. 
Leafy. Perianth superior. Flowers in axillary cymes .. 1. FUSANUS. 
Leafiess. Perianth inferior. Flowers in axillary spikes.. 2. Exocarpus. 
1. FUSANUS, R. Br. 
Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual by abortion, in axillary or 
terminal racemes or fascicles. Perianth-tube turbinate, adnate to 
the ovary and produced above it into a projecting rim; segments 
4-6, each furnished with a tuft of hairs at the base. Stamens 4-6, 
affixed to the base of the perianth-segments and shorter than them ; 
anthers ovate, dehiscing longitudinally. Disc lining the projecting 
