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leafless steins. Fl. dark purple with yellow stamens, in a small 

 solitary terminal umbel with an inv. of 4 ovate yellow 1. tipped 

 with purple. Fr. red. Moist alpine pastures. P. VII. E. S. 



Subdivision III. COROLLIFLOT^E. 

 Pet. united bearing the stamens. 



Order XL. LORANTHACE.E. 



Cal. adnate to the ovary, with 2 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 -celled with 1 erect ovule. Style filiform or 0. Stigma capi- 

 tate. Fr. succulent. Albumen fleshy. Parasitical plants with 

 entire, mostly opposite leaves, 



1. VISCUM. Dioecious. Male: Cal.O. 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, obtuse. Berry 

 1 -seeded, crowned with the calyx. 



1. VISCUM Linn. Mistletoe. 



1. V. album (L.); st. repeatedly dichotomously branched, 

 branches terete, 1. ovate-lanceolate obtuse, fl. in the forks of the 

 stem sessile clustered. E. B. 1470. St. 8. Evergreen, parasi- 

 tical, yellow, succulent. Male fl. about 3 together, female about 

 5, yellowish. Berries white, pellucid, globular, viscid. Parasi- 

 tical on various trees. P. III. IV. E. 



Order XLI. CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



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

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

 free, on the corolla, 4 5, alternate with the lobes. Ovary 3 5- 

 celled. Stigmas 1 3. Fruit indehiscent, 1- or many-celled, 

 usually fleshy. Albumen fleshy. L. opposite. 



1. SAMBUCUS. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. 

 Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 3 4-seeded. 



2. VIBURNUM. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. bell- or funnel-shaped, 

 5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1-seeded. 



3. LONICERA. Cal.-limb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular or 

 funnelshaped, usually saccate at the base, limb 5-fid or irre- 



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