388 SANTALACEAE. [Santalum. 
7. W. phillyreaefolia, Gray, I. c. — A low densely branching shrub, 
2—4 ft. high, glabrous lacunae Leaves crowded, small, oblong-lan- 
ceolate or spathulate, 3/s—1‘ * 83—5”, bluntly acuminate, gradually 
narrowing at the base to a short nekible, coriaceous, glabrous, pale 
brownish when dry. Flowers dimorphous, glabrous, bright yellow, — 
on short terminal pedur icles of See which epise — later = 
much the largest. Anthers small ovoid. Ovary glabrous, ovoid, with short 
style and large globose stigma. Scales linear, much shorter than the 
ovary. Drupe globose, 2—3“ in diameter, bright yellow, oo perianth 
breaking away from the base. 
Hawaii! Central plateaw and the adjoining high mountains from 4000—7000 ft. 
Only var. p of Gray belongs here, the form @, «fol. viridibus majoribus ovato-oblongis» , 
being a small-leaved form of W. Sandwicensis. The dimorphism, well established in this 
species, is likely to prevail also in others, notably in W. elongata and W. uva ursi, an 
to be associated with a difference in the in ae orescence; howeyer this may be, only the 
specimens with contracted spikes exhibit fi 
Orper LXXV. SANTALACEAE. 
Tube of perigone wholly or in part adnate, the limb 3—5-lobed, valvate 
in the bu tamens as many as lobes and opposite to them, inserte 
at their ite or within the free part of the tube. Anthers 2-celled, 
ri ae lengthwise. Ovary wholly or in part adnate, 1-celled, with 
3—5 ovules suspended from the apex of a free central placenta. Fruit 
an indehiscent nut or baat with a single seed which is destitute of a 
proper seed-coat. Albumen fleshy. Embryo straight, with a superior 
radicle. — Herbs, Raines or trees, with entire leaves, without stipules. 
Flowers usually small, greenish or dusky-red or 
Ow. 
An Order spread over eae: temperate regions of the whole world and the tropies of 
Australasia and Polyn 
Leaves all perfect, ics Drupe connate with the perigonial 
tube 1. Santalum. 
Leaves mostly ‘ftmentary, ‘dentiform or linear. Drupe connate. at 
the base on : 3 y : ; 
2. Exocarpus. 
1. SANTALUM, L. 
Tube of perigone at first free, but finally connate with the ovary, the 
limb 4-, rarely 5- lobed, each lobe with a tuft of hairs at its base. Disk 
investing the tube and running out into lobules which alternate with the 
lobes of the perigone. Stamens 4 (5), inserted at the base of the lobes. 
Ovules 2, pendulous, anatropous. Style simple; stigma 2—4-cleft. Drupe 
1-seeded, marked at the apex with the scars of the fallen lobes. Embryo 
