69. SANTALACEJS. 365 



hairy, segments ovate acute. E. B. 1381. Fl. purple or pale 

 red, appearing before the lanceolate 1., which are narrowed 

 below. Berries red. A small deciduous shrub. Woods, rare. 

 Sh. III. Mezereon. E. 



2. D. Laureola (L.) ; racemes axillary of about 5 glabrous 

 drooping bracteate fl., 1. lanceolate attenuate below glabrous 

 evergreen. E. B. 119. Asmall evergreen shrub, 1 3 feet high, 

 slightly branched, naked below. Fl. yellowish green, funnel- 

 shaped. Berries bluish black. Woods and thickets. Sh. II. 

 IV. E. 



Order LXIX. SANTALACE^E. 



Perianth adnate to the ovary ; limb 3 5-fid ; aestivation val- 

 vate. Stam. 3 5, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 

 segments. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 1 4, pendulous from near 

 the apex of a central placenta. Style 1. Fr. drupaceous, 

 1-seeded. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. No stipules. 



1. THESIUM. Perianth 4 5-cleft, top- or funnel-shaped. 

 Stain. 5, with a fascicle of hairs at their base. Style 1. 

 Stigma simple. Nut drupaceous, crowned with the per- 

 sistent perianth. 



1. THE'SIUM Linn. 



1. T. humifusum (DC.) ; st. procumbent or ascending race- 

 mose, racemes branched or simple, fl.-stalks as long as or longer 

 than the fl., fr.-stalks patent, angles of fr.-stalks and edges of 

 bracts and upper 1. denticulate-asperous, fr. oval-oblong, 1. 1- 

 veined linear. R. xi. 542. T. linophyllum Sm. E. B. 247. 

 Parasitic on various pasture plants, lloot woody. St. nearly 

 always prostrate, spreading in a circle. L. very slender ; veins 

 usually obscure. Bracts 3, lower middle ones exceeding flowers. 

 Perianth-tube very short, open, funnelshaped ; segm. triangular, 

 spreading, a tooth on each side. Fr. ovoid, longer than the per- 

 sistent perianth which is usually inflexed only at the end, 

 strongly ribbed, slightly netted. Chalky and limestone (oolite) 

 hills. P. VI. VII. E. 



[T. humile (Vahl) ; racemes spiked,^, nearly sessile, fr. strongly 

 ribbed and netted sessile crowned with the very short inflexed 

 perianth, l.flesliy linear 1-veined. R. xi. 542. I gathered two 

 specimens of this plant near Dawlish, Devonshire, in 1829. P. 

 VII. VIII.] 



