68. THYMELACEJE. 69. SANTALACE^. 287 



fl. solitary. Perigone tubular, cloven at the summit. Style 

 short. Stigma long. Nut 1- seeded, in the large coloured 

 berry like pengone. 



1. HIPPOPHAE Linn. Sea Buckthorn. 



1. H rhamnoides (L.).-E. E. 425. A thorny shrub with 



linear-lanceolate silvery leaves. Fl. appearing with the young 



leaves. Fr. orange. Height 46 feet. Sandy spots and cliffs 



ot the south-east and east coasts chiefly. Sh. V. E. S. 



Order LXVIII. THYMELACE^S. 



Perianth tubular, inferior, often coloured, 4 5-cleft. Stam. 

 definite, m the orifice of the tube. Anth. 2-celled, bursting lon- 

 gitudinally. Ovary free, 1-celled; ovule 1, pendulous. Fr. a nut 

 or drupe. Albumen or thin and fleshy. Radicle superior. 



1. DAPHNE. Perianth 4-fid, deciduous. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. 

 Stam. 8, falling short of the perianth, inserted in the tube 

 in 2 rows. G. F. G. Monochl. 46. 



1. DAPHNE Linn. 



1. D. Mezereum (L.); fl. subternate lateral sessile, tube hairy 

 segments ovate acute. E. B. 1381. St. 8. Fl. purple, or pale 

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

 Berries red. A small shrub. Woods, rare. Sh. III. Mezereon 



E.' 



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

 drooping bracteated fl., 1. lanceolate attenuate below glabrous 

 evergreen. E.B. 119. A small shrub, 13 feet high, slightly 

 branched, naked below. Fl. yellowish-green, funnelshaped. 

 Berries bluish-black. Woods and thickets. Sh. II. IV. E. S. 



Order LXIX. SANTALACE^l. 



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

 vate. Stam. 45, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 

 segments. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 14, pendulous from near 

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

 Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. 



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

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

 Stigma simple. Nut drupaceous, crowned with the persist- 

 ent perianth. G. F. G. Monochl. 48. 



