50 ANGIOSPERM^. 



Tribe 2.— Monochlamyd. Ova. adh. at base only. 1. Cervantesia. 

 Trees or shrubs. Peru. Lvs. scattered. C. tomentosa, sds. eatfen 

 as almonds. 



Tribe 3 Pis. §, rarely $ c^; monochlamyd. Ova. adh. 1. 



Sintalum (Persian name), Sandalwood. Several spec, trees or 

 shrubs, vcood aromatic, used for fan-sticks, cabinet-work, etc. S. 

 album, White S. Ind.,S. Pacif. Isles. S. Freycinetianum, Yellow 

 S. Marquesas, Feejee Islands, Australia. 2. Comdndra, Bastard 

 Toad-Flax. Fls. §, umbelled. Sta. 5, connected to perianth by 

 tiifts of hairs. Fr. nut-like. Lvs. pale, slender. C. MmJeMdte, small, 

 suffruticose, parasitic on roots of trees. Rocky woods, U. S., Brit. Am. 

 3. Pyrularia. Fls. 9 S'l '" spikes or racemes. Ova. half-adh. Fr. 

 an oily, pear-shaped drupe. Trees or shrubs. P. pUbera, Oil-Nut. 

 Straggling shrub, 4°-12° high. AUeghenies, Penn. 



Ord. 3. Loranthaceae. Mistletoes.— Fls. diclinous or ij , mono- 

 or dichlamyd., isostemonous, 2-3-5-merous, usually small ; infl various. 

 Anthers with porous, transverse, or longitudinal dehiscence. Ova. 

 adh., usually crowned with an annular disk. Emb. (often several) 

 axile or excentrie ; perisperm copious. Ov. reduced to the embryo-sac. 

 Fr. a 1-seeded berry. Evergreen shrubs, parasitic ; or terrestrial trees. 

 Lvs. thick, coriaceous, simple, entire. 30 genera; 400 species. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



1. Loranthus. Dichlamyd. Dichotomous branching shrubs, usu- 

 ally parasitic. Fls. 4-8-merous. Fr. succulent. Tropical and sub- 

 tropical ; 300 species. L. europaeus, on Oak, Chestnut ; Eur. L. 

 longiflbrun, Ind. ; L. roiundif alius, Brazil. 2. Nuytsia ftoribunda, 

 Flame-tkbe, Pire-tbee. Terrestrial tree, 25° high. Pis. dichla- 

 myd., long, orange-colored, in large terminal racemes. Trunk ex- 

 udes a gum resembling gum-arabic. S. W. Australia. 3. Viscum, 

 Mistletoe. Fls. ^p or"9 d'l 4-merous. Monochlamyd. ; anthers 

 many-pored. Fr. a viscous Berry, furnishing the Birdlime of com- 

 merce. Parasitic shrubs. V. album, Classical Mistletoe; lvs. 

 olive-green, berries white, shining. Parasitic on various trees; fre- 

 quently on the Apple, rarely on the Oak. When found on either of 

 these trees, it was held sacred by the Druids. Native to Europe. 

 Plant, fls.. Fig. 65; young cells. Fig. 217, B, C. 4. Phoradendron. 

 Fls. 9 c? "'" <? i monochlamyd., 3-Tnerous ; immersed in catkin-like 

 spikes. Parasitic shrubs. Lvs. and stems yellowish-green. Many 

 species; American, from U. S. to Brazil. P. flavescens, American 

 Mistletoe. Berries white, viscous. On various trees, N. J. to 111., 

 and S. 5. Mysodendron (an allied genus, connected also with San- 

 talacese) ? c?- c? achlamyd., 9 monochlamyd. ; infl. clustered. 

 Fr. 1-celled, l-seeded, 3-gonous, dr}', with 3 longitudinal slits ; from 

 each slit a long plumose liristle protrudes, and twines around the stem, 

 to which the seed is wafted, thus serving the function of the viscid 

 berries of other genera Whole plant bright yellow Shrubs para- 

 sitic, especially on Beeches. Antarctic Am., Terra del Fuego. 



Oak Alliance. — Fr. 1-seeded. Perisperm 0. Cotyledons usually 

 fleshy, folded or sinuous. Trees or shrubs. 4. CupuliferBe. 5. Jug- 

 landacese. 



Ord. 4. Cupuliferae. Cuptjle-Bkarers. — Fls. ^p, monochlamyd. 

 Fr. a nut Lv.s. simple, alt., decid , or persistent. 9 genera; 280 

 species. Trees or shrubs. Gosmop. 1. Carpinus, Hornbeam, Iron- 



