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Family 244. Elaeagnaceae. AVhite- or brown-scurfy trees and 

 shrubs, with alternate or opposite, simple leaves ; disk lining the 

 perianth-tube; petals o; pistil i -celled; o\^ule i, ascending; endo- 

 sperm o or scanty. Elacagmis, Lcpargyraea. (Pf. Ill, 6a, 246.) 



Family 245. Myzodendraceae. South American parasitic 

 shrubs, with alternate, rather small leaves ; tioAvers dioecious, apet- 

 alous; stamens 2-3; pistil i-celled. My.zodendroji. (Pf. Ill, i, 



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Family 246. Santalaceae. Parasitic herbs, shrubs, and trees, 



with alternate or opposite, simple leaves ; disk epigynous ; petals 



o; pistil i-celled; ovules 2 to 5, pendulous; endosperm present. 



Santalnm, Comandra, Thesimn. (Pf. Ill, i, 202.) 



Family 247. Opiliaceae. Small trees and shrubs of tropical 

 climates, with alternate leaves, and perfect flowers ; sepals, petals 

 and stamens 4-5 each; pistil superior. Gpilia. (Pf. Nach. 142.) 



Family 248. Grubbiaceae. South African shrubs with opposite 

 or whorled leaves, and epigynous, apetalous flowers. Grubbia. 

 (Pf. Ill, I, 282.) 



Family 249. Olacaceae. Trees and shrubs, mostly tropical, with 

 usually alternate, simple leaves ; disk free or adnate to the calyx ; 

 petals present; pistil i- to 3-celled; ovules 2 to 3, pendulous; 

 endosperm fleshy. Ola.r. (Pf. ill, i, 231.) 



Family 250. Loranthaceae. Parasitic herbs or shrubs, with 

 opposite or alternate leaves, often reduced to bracts ; disk epi- 

 gynous ; petals o; pistil i-celled, inferior; ovules i, erect; endo- 

 sperm present. Loranthns, Viscum, Phoradcndron, Razonmow- 

 skia. (Pf. Ill, I, 156.) 



Family 251. Balanophoraceae. Parasitic, leafless herbs, all 

 tropical, monoecious or dioecious; disk o; petals o; pistil i -celled, 

 inferior; ovule i, erect; endosperm present. Balanophora. (Pf. 

 HI, I, 243.) 



Order Sapindales. Disk tumid, adnate to the calyx, lining its 

 tube or rudimentary, or entirely wanting; pistil i- to several- 

 celled ; ovules i to 2, erect, ascending, or pendulous ; endosperm 

 mostly o. 



Family 252. Sapindaceae. Trees and shrubs, mostly tropical, 

 vv^ith alternate (or opposite), mostly compound leaves; disk pres- 



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