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Benth. / Corchorus grandiflorus, Spring. !), is a real shrub, from 6 to 
8 feet high ; and Erblichia odorata, Seem., is a good-sized tree, often 
attaining a height of 30 feet and more. The leaves are said to be 
exstipulate,—another misstatement, as all Turneracee have stipules. 
In Turnera ulmifolia, Zinn,—a common hot-house plant, from which 
most authors seem to have solely derived their knowledge of this 
group,—they are, on account of the hairy covering of the stem, hardly 
visible, but in the more glabrous species, such as T. Salicifolia, S¢. 
Hil., they are plainly to be seen, and in Erblichia odorata, Seem., 
they are still more manifest. The calyx is, in Turnera and Piriqueta, 
monophyllous ; in Erblichia, pentaphyllous. The latter is doubtless 
the normal state of the calyx of the order, for if the calyx of the two 
former is examined, it will be found that its lobes are in fact true 
sepals, traceable to the very base. The connecting link between 
them appears to be Erblichia, one of those peculiar genera, the dis- 
covery of which will always produce great changes. As no other 
points of difference besides those already disposed of seem to exist 
between the orders, I have no hesitation in uniting Turneraceze and 
Passifloreze into one Natural Family, adopting the name of Passiflo- 
racez for both.” 
The following passage is also extremely interesting, not only on 
account of the information it contains, but also as affording a very ob- 
vious and satisfactory explanation of a statement made by Mr. Griffiths, 
who believed he had discovered a non-parasitic Loranthus. While it 
would be most rash to assert that all the species of a genus were 
either parasites or the reverse, still the very evident and very prevail- 
ing parasitism of the species of Loranthus and Viscum fairly induces 
the conclusion that this is ‘the case, and leads one to inquire with 
more rigid scrutiny into all statements having an adverse bearing. In 
the present instance we have no doubt that a very careful and accu- 
rate botanist was deceived by appearances. 
“The three last-named species [of Loranthus] have scarlet flowers, 
more or less tipped with yellow, rendering them very ornamental ; 
indeed there can hardly be finer plants than many species of Loran- 
thus inhabiting tropical and subtropical countries, yet we never find 
them in any of our European gardens. Imagine a dense grove of 
misseltoes bearing, instead of the insignificant green flowers of our 
common Viscum album, Linn., blossoms of the brightest scarlet or 
yellow, and often averaging more than eight inches in length! Such 
are the species of Loranthus alluded to, which, to render them still 
more worthy of the attention of the horticulturist, do not in most cases 
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