154 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



5. C. sanguinea, L'Hcrit. : branches straight; leaves ovate, green on 

 both sides, pubescent beneath ; cymes expanding. 



HAB. Low grounds. Can. to Car. June, July. 1?. Shrub 

 812 feet high. Branches pubescent when young. Leares 

 broad, often oval. Drupe dark brown. 



C. C. stricta L'Herit. : branches stiff and straight, fastigiate ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, green on both sides, somewhat 

 naked; cymes panicled. C.fastigiatu Mich. C. sanguinea Walt. 



HAB. Banks of streams. Can. to Car. June. 1?. Shrub 812 

 feet high, stoloniferous. Cymes naked, sometimes paniculate. 

 Floicers white. Drupe blue. 



7. C. alba L'Herit. : branches recurved, smooth ; leaves broad- 

 ovate, acute, pubescent, hoary beneath ; cymes depressed, slightly 

 pubescent. C. stolo'nifera Mich. 



HAB. Wet woods. Can. and N. S. N. to Arc. Amer. May- 

 July. T?. Shrub 6 10 feet high. Cymes small. Drupe white 

 or lead-coloured. 



8. C. paniculata L'Herit. : branches erect ; leaves ovate, acuminate, 

 sometimes lanceolate-ovate, hoary beneath ; cymes panicled. C. ra- 

 cemosa him. 



HAB. Wet woods. July. ^>. Shrub 6 10 feet high. Flowers 

 in compact panicles, white. Drupe white, nearly globose. 



ft Leaves alternate. 



9. C. altennfolia IJnn. : branches warty ; leaves alternate, ovate, 

 acute, hoary beneath ; cymes depressed, expanding. 



HAB. Shady woods. Can. to Car. June. 1?. Small tree, 

 1520 feet high. Letices on slender petioles. Drupe purple. 



ORDER LXII. LORANTHACE^E. De Caml. 



Calyx with 2 bracts nl base. Petals 4 8, more or less 

 united ; aestivation valvate. Stamens as many as the petals, 

 and opposite to them. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule pendulous ; 

 style 1 or none ; stigma simple. Fruit fleshy, 1-celled ; endo- 

 carp membranaceous. Seed 1, pendulous ; embryo straight 

 in the axis of fleshy albumen / radicle superior, next to the 

 hilum. 



Shrubs, almost parasitical. Leaves fleshy, entire, opposite, 

 rarely alternate or wanting. 



1. VISCUM. Linn, 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Calyx with the margin 

 entire or a little prominent. STERILE FL. Petals 4, (rarely 

 3 or 5) united at base. Anthers 4, adnate with the petals. 



