182 40. LOKAXTHACEJE. 41. CAPEIFOLIACE2E. 



Division III. COROLLIFLOR^E. 

 (Orders XL. LXIII. 1 ) 



Pet. united. Stamens epipetalous ; except in Ericacea and 

 part of Plantaginacete, which have hypogynous, and Campauu- 

 lacece, which has epigynous stamens. 



Order XL. LORAOTHACEyE. 



Cal. adnate to the ovary, with two bracts at its base ; limb 

 entire or lobed. Cor. of 4 8 more or less united petals. Stain, 

 as many as and opposite to the petals, with which the filaments 

 more or less combine ; anth. sometimes adnate to the petals. 

 Ovary 1, 1-eelled with 1 pendulous ovule. Style filiform or 0. 

 Stigma capitate. Fr. succulent. Perisperm fleshy. Parasitical 

 plants with entire mostly opposite leaves and no stipules, Con- 

 nects this Division with Div. Calyciflorse and Monochlamydese. 



1. VISCUM. Dio3cious. Male : Cal. 0. Pet. 4, ovate, fleshy, 

 united at the base. Anth. adnate to the petals, many-celled. 

 Fern. : Cal. an obscure entire superior margin. Pet. 4, erect, 

 somewhat triangular, minute. Stigma sessile, blunt. Berry 

 1-seeded, crowned with the calyx. 



1. YIS'CUM Linn. Mistletoe. 



1. V. al'bum (L.) ; st. repeatedly forked, branches terete, 1. 

 ovate-lanceolate blunt, fl. in the forks of the stem sessile clus- 

 tered.^. B. 1470. Evergreen, yellow, succulent. Spreads 

 by runners under living bark of tree. Male fl, about 3 together, 

 female about 5, yellowish. Berries white, pellucid, globular, 

 viscid. L. of male plant broader. Parasitical on various trees. 

 P. III. IV. E. 



Order XLI. CAPRIFOLIACE/E. 



Cal. adnate to the ovary, usually with bracts at the base ; 

 limb 4 5-lobed. Cor. regular or irregular, 4 5-cleft. Stam. 

 4 or 5, free, on the corolla, and alternate with the lobes. Ovary 



1 Orders XL. XLVI. and Tribe 3 of XLVII. are often regarded as 

 Calycifloral. Their ovary is inferior. Order XL. is sometimes placed in 

 Monochlamydeae. 



