Santalaceae 73 



frequently reduced to scales; flowers dioe- 

 cious or monoecious, regular; in terminal or 

 axillary clusters. 



Greenish-yellow or brownish, 



smooth, fleshy; stems rather 

 skya amer- 



icana(Nutt) slender, numerous, and tufted, 

 Kuntze. forked or branched into 4-angled 



Dwarf jointed branches. Leaves re- 



Mistletoe. 



duced to opposite scales at the 



joints. Flowers very small, the staminate 

 and pistillate on separate plants; staminate 

 plants 2-4 inches long, with the flowers on 

 terminal peduncle-like joints; pistillate plants 

 much smaller and darker coloured; berries 

 ovate, purplish brown, of an inch long. 



Throughout the Rockies, parasitic on 

 Pinus Murrayana; locally abundant, ap- 

 pearing in midsummer. 



SANTALACE^ 

 Sandalwopd Family 

 Low herbs parasitic on the roots of other 



