Viacum.] CXIX. LORANTHACEiE (SPKAGUE). 411 



wrinkled in a dried state, up to 2 J lin. in diam. ; internodes up to 3 in. 

 long, the uppermost more or less compressed. Flowers dioecious tetra- 

 merous. Male inflorescence consisting of 1-2 3-flowered cvmules each 

 of which is borne by a bracteal cup. Bracteal cup shallowly trough- 

 shaped, 1|-2| Hn. long, about 1 J lin. broad, ciliate. Solid base of the 

 liovver | lin. long. Receptacular tube about J lin. long. Petals ovate- 

 deltoid, f lin. long, J-1 lin. broad. Anthers trigonous, elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong in outline, | lin. long, J-| lin. broad. Female plant not known. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Khodesia: Matoppo Hills, about 5000 ft., En^Ier, 2846a! 



v. matabelense may possibly prove to be the male plant of 7'. Menyharthii, 



Order CXX. SANTALACE^. (By J. G. Baker and 

 A. W. Hill.) 



Flowers hermaphrodite or subdioecious, regular, perianth simple, 

 green or corolline, sometimes fleshy, adnate at the base to the ovary or 

 the disk ; lobes usually 4-5, valvate, with a tuft of hairs on the face. 

 Stamens as many as the perianth-lobes, inserted at or below their base ; 

 anthers in the Tropical African genera with 2 parallel cells dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Disk epigynous or perigynous, ovary inferior, 1 -celled ; 

 ovules 2-3, pendulous from the apex of a free-central placenta; style 

 short or cylindrical ; stigma terminal, capitate or 2-3-lobed. Fruit 

 indehiscent, dry or fleshy. Seed globose or ovoid ; testa obsolete ; 

 albumen copious; embryo central, oblique; cotyledons usually sub- 

 terete; radicle superior. — Herbs, shrubs or trees, often parasitic. 

 Leaves usually alternate, entire, exstipulate. Inflorescence axillary or 

 terminal. Flowers minute, usually greenish. 



Species over 250, spread tlirongh the Temperate and Tropical regions of both 

 hemispheres. 



Flowers hermaphodite. 



Fruit dry ' . . . .1. TirLSiUM. 



Fruit succulent ........ 2. OsVRiDOCAErus. 



Flowers sub-dia^cious ....... 3. OsYEis, 



1. THESIUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 221. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth-tube adnate to the ovary and 

 forming a cup above ; lobes usually 5, valvate, with a tuft of hairs on 

 the face. Stamens 5, inserted at or below the base of the lobes ; fila- 

 ments short, slender ; anthers ovoid or oblong, with 2 parallel cells 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Epigynous disk inconspicuous. Ovary 

 inferior ; ovules 2-4, pendulous from the apex of a slender flexuose 

 placenta ; stigma capitate or obscurely 3-lobed. Fruit dry, globose, 

 crowned with the persistent perianth. Seed similar in shape to the 

 fruit ; albumen fleshy ; embryo central, usually oblique ; radicle as long 

 as or longer than the cotyledons. — Herbs or undershrubs, often parasites. 

 Leaves in the Tropical African species linear, subulate or reduced to 



