396 SANTALACEJE. (SANDALWOOD FAMILY.) 



Synopsis. 



* Flowers perfect. 



1. COMANDRA. Anthers connected with the calyx-lobes by a tuft of hairs. Leaves al- 



ternate. 



* * Flowers dioecious. Shrubs. 



2. DARBYA. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Anthers connected with the calyx-lobes by a tuft of hairs. 



Leaves opposite. Flowers umbelled. 



3. PYRULARIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 5. Anthers free. Albumen oily. Leaves alternate. 



Flowers spiked. 



4. BUCKLEYA. Calyx-limb double, each 4-lobed. Stamens 4. Anthers free. Albumen 



fleshy. Leaves nearly opposite. Flowers terminal. 



1. COMANDRA, Nutt. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft, the persistent lobes alternating 

 with the lobes of the disk. Stamens 5 : anthers connected with the calyx -lobes 

 by a tuft of hairs. Stigma capitate. Fruit nut-like, 1 -seeded. Smooth peren- 

 nial herbs, with alternate leaves, and small greenish-white flowers, in axillary 

 and terminal umbel-like peduncled clusters. 



1. C. umbellata, Nutt. Stem branching above ; leaves sessile, lanceolate 

 or oblong ; peduncles several, corymbose, 3 - 5-flowered, mostly longer than the 

 leaves ; style slender ; fruiting calyx urn-shaped. (Thesium umbellatum, L.) 

 Dry soil in the upper districts of Georgia, and northward. April and May. 

 Stem 8'- 10' high. Leaves % - 1' long. 



2. DARBYA, Gray. 



Flowers dioecious. Sterile flowers top-shaped, 4-5-cleft, the lobes ovate, 

 spreading. Stamens 4-5, inserted into the sinuses of the crenately 4 - 5-lobed 

 disk : filaments short : anthers connected with the calyx-lobes by a tuft of hairs. 

 Fruit 1-celled, 1-seeded. Fertile flowers unknown. A small shrub, with oppo- 

 site oval membranaceous short-petiole d leaves, and small greenish flowers in 

 axillary peduncled umbels. 



1. D. umbellulata, Gray. Near Milledgeville and Macon, Georgia, 

 Dr. Boykin, Prof. Darby. Lincolnton, North Carolina, Curtis. Shrub 1 - 1 

 high. Leaves 1' long, smooth. Peduncles 3 - 8-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 



3. PYRULARIA, Michx. OIL-NUT. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-cleft, the lobes recurved. Disk composed of 5 

 roundish glands. Stamens of the sterile flowers short, alternate with the glands. 

 Fertile flower pear-shaped. Style short and thick : stigma depressed-capitate. 

 Drupe pear-shaped, fleshy. Albumen oily. A low branching shrub, with al- 

 ternate deciduous leaves, and small greenish flowers in a short terminal spike. 



1. P. oleifera, Gray. (Hamiltonia oleifera, Afuhl.) Shady banks on the 

 mountains, Georgia, and northward. May. Leaves petioled, obovate-oblong, 

 acute at each end, pubescent, 3' -4' long. Drupe 1' long. 



