40. loranthacea:, — 41. caprifoliace^. 153 



leafless stems. Fl. dark purple with yellow stamens, in a small 

 solitary tei-minal umbel with an inv. of 4 ovate yellow 1. tipped 

 with purple. Fr. red.— Moist alpine pastures. P. VII. E. S. 



Subdivision III. COROLLIFLOEiE. 



Pet. united bearing the stamens. 



Order XL. LORANTHACEJE. 



Cal. adnate to the ovary, with 2 bracts at its base ; limb entire 

 or lobed. Cor. of 4 — 8 more or less united petals. Stam. as many 

 as and opposite to the petals with which the filaments more or 

 less combine ; anth. sometimes adnate to the petals. Ovary 

 1 , 1-celled with 1 erect ovule. Style filiform or 0. Stigma capi- 

 tate. Fr. succulent. Albumen fleshy. — Parasitical plants with 

 entire, mostly opposite leaves. 



1. VisccjM. Dioecious. Male: Cal.O. Pet. 4, ovate, fleshy, 

 united at the base. Anth. adnate to the petals, many-celled. 

 Fem. : Cal. an obscure entire superior margin. Pet. 4, erect, 

 somewhat triangular, minute. Stigma sessile, obtuse. Berry 

 1 -seeded, crowned with the calyx. 



1. ViscuM Linn. Mistletoe. 



1. V. album (L.); st. repeatedly dichotomously branched, 

 branches terete, 1. ovate-lanceolate obtuse, fl. in the forks of the 

 stem sessile clustered. — B. B. 1470. St. 8. — Evergreen, parasi- 

 tical, yellow, succulent. Male fl. about .3 together, female about 

 6, yellowish. Berries white, pellucid, globular, viscid. — Parasi- 

 tical on various trees. P. III. IV. E. 



Order XLI. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 



Cal. adnate with the ovary, usually with bracts at the base ; 

 limb 4 — 5-lobed. Cor. regular or irregular, 4 — 5-cleft. Stam. 

 free, on the corolla, 4 — 5, alternate with the lobes. Ovary 3 — 5- 

 eelled. Stigmas 1 — 3. Fruit indehiscent, 1- or many-celled, 

 usually fleshy. Albumen fleshy. — L. opposite. 



1. Sambucus. Cal. -limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 6-lobed. 

 Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 3 — 4-seeded. 



2. Viburnum. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor.bell- or funnel-shaped, 

 5-lobed. S^tam. 6. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1-seeded. 



3. Lonicera. Cal.-limb small, 6-cleft. Cor. tubular or 

 funnelshaped, usually saccate at the base, limb 6-fid or irre- 



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