218 48. AQUIFOLIACE^. 49. OLEACE^. 



Tribe V. Monotropea. 



12. MONOTROPA Linn. 



1. M. Hypopitys (L.) ; fl. in a drooping cluster, lateral ones 

 with 8 terminal with 10 stamens, fr. erect, bracts and fl. glabrous 

 externally. E. B. 69. Inner side of the pet., filaments, germen 

 and style glabrous (Hypopitys glabra Bernh., DC.); or hairy 

 (H. multiflora Scop., DC.). 'Plant 6 8 in. high, succulent, 

 simple, clothed with ovate scales, terminating in a short cluster, 

 dingy yellow, at length turning nearly black. Fl. with large 

 scaly bracts. Not parasitical. (Phytol. i. 341.) Clusters some- 

 times erect. Woods. P. VII. VIII. Yellow Bird's-nest. 



Order XLVIII. AQUIFOLIACEJB. 



Sep. inferior, 4 6, imbricate. Cor. regular, 4 6-parted, 

 imbricate Stam. inserted into the base of the corolla and 

 alternate with its lobes. Disk 0. Ovary 2 6-celled ; ovules 

 solitary, pendulous, with a cupshaped seed-stalk. Fr. fleshy, not 

 bursting; seeds stony, 2 6. 



1. ILEX. Cal. 4 5-fid, persistent. Cor. rotate, 4 5-fid. 

 Stam. 4 5, inserted upon the corolla. Stigmas 4 5, 

 nearly sessile. Fr. fleshy, containing 4 5 1 -seeded nuts. 



1. ILEX Linn. Holly. 



1. I. Aquifolium (L.) ; 1. ovate acute spinous wavy shining, 

 peduncles axillary short many-flowered, fl. somewhat umbellate. 

 E. B. 496. St. 7- 4. A small tree. L. evergreen, often quite 

 entire on the upper branches, edged with strong spinous teeth 

 and terminated by a spine on the lower ones. Fl. white. Berries 

 scarlet. Woods and hedges. T. VI. VIII. 



Order XLIX. OLEACE^. 



Cal. monosepalous, divided, persistent. Cor. with 4 8 divi- 

 sions, rarely 0, valvate. Stam. 2. Ovary free, 2-celled ; ovules 

 in pairs, pendulous. Stigma entire or bifid. Fr. a berry, drupe 

 or capsule, often 1-seeded. Albumen dense or none. 



1. LIGUSTRUM. Fr. fleshy, a berry containing 2 membranous 

 1-seeded nuts. Cal. cupshaped with 4 minute teeth. Cor. 

 funnelshaped ; limb 4 -cleft, spreading. Stam. 2. 



