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fleshy. Radicle superior, shorter than the two oblong cotyledons.— 
Trees or shrubs, rarely herbaceous. Leaves opposite, or alternate. 
Flowers in heads, umbellate, or corymbose. 
GENERA. 
Flowers in four parts, perfect ......... seooee ConNuS, V. 1. p. 198. 
3. COROLLIFLORZ:. 
Petals united, bearing the stamens. 
ORDER XLI. LORANTHACEA.—Don. 
Perianth double. Flowers perfect, or unisexual. Calyx tube sur- 
rounded at the base with scales, and attached to the ovary, the limb 
short, entire, or lobed. Petals four to eight, more or less united, 
valvate in estivation. Stamens as many as the petals, and opposite 
to them. /ilaments more or less attached to the petals, or wanting. 
Stigma capitate. Fruit a one seeded succulent berry. Albumen 
fleshy. adicle superior, thickened or truncated at the apex.— 
Generally parasitical plants, with opposite entire more or less fleshy 
leaves. 
GENERA. 
TOWELS CUCSCIOUS sos cccee vosccaveceecceces ». VISCUM, Vv. 3. p. 1278. 
ORDER XLII. CAPRIFOLIACEA.—Juss. 
Perianth double. Calyx of five or four sepals, united into a tube 
and attached to the ovary, the limb four or five lobed. Petuls as 
numerous as the lobes of the calyx, more or less united into a tube at 
the base, regular or irregular. Stamens the same number asthe lobes 
of the corolla, and attached to it. Ovary three to five celled. 
Stigmas one to three. Fruit usually a berry, crowned by the per- 
sistent limb of the calyx, one or many celled, each cell one or many 
seeded. Hmbryo in the middle of the fleshy albumen.  Radicle 
superior.—Shrubs with exstipulate leaves. Flowers mostly corymbose, 
and sweet scented. 
GENERA. 
Stigmas sessile. 
COLO A TOLALC.scecoeverccseccccccccececcess ... SamBucvs, v. 1. p. 440. 
corolla campanulate .......sccccesseeeeeeee- WVIBURNUM, V. 1. p. 438, 
Stigmas on a filiform style. 
corolla tubular, or funnel shaped......... Lonicera, v. 1. p. 305. 
corolla campanulate, or turbinate ...... Linnaa, v. 2. p. 807 p 
