720 



CCXIII. LORANTHACE^E. 



Loranlliui. 

 Young embryo with 

 itssuspcnsor (mag.). 



nthvt albut. 

 flower (mag.). 



Mistleto. 

 Fruit cut vertically. 



MUtlcto. Fruit*. 



Lorantfiut. 

 Embryo (mag.) 



Loranthus albut. 

 Ovary cut vertically (mag.). 



I.oranthut albut. 

 9 flower (mag.). 



Loranlhut albut. 

 Diagram 9 < showing 

 the bracts the caly- 

 code, and calyx. 



Loranlhut albut. 

 Fruit cut vertically (mag.). 



opposite to the perianth-lobes, and inserted on them ; filaments adnate at the base, 

 free above, or very rarely coherent, variable in length, sometimes ; anthers introrse, 

 2-celled, erect and adnate, or incumbent and versatile, dehiscence longitudinal, 

 sometimes many-celled and opening by numerous pores (Viscum), rarely 1-celled 

 dehiscing transversely (Arceuthobium) . OVARY inferior, usually crowned by an 

 annular disk, 1-celled ; style terminal, simple, sometimes ; stigma terminal, more 

 or less thick (sometimes obsolete), undivided or ernarginate ; ovule sessile, orthotro- 



