68. thymelacejE. — 69. santalace^. 287 



fl. solitary. Perigone tubular, cloven at the summit. Style 

 short. Stigma long. Nut 1-seeded, in the large coloured 

 berry like perigone. 



1. HippopHAE Zmw. Sea Buckthorn. 



1. H. rhamnoides (L.). — E. B. 425. — A thorny shrub with 

 linear-lanceolate silvei-y leaves. VI. appearing with the young 

 leaves. Fr. orange. Height 4 — 6 feet. — Sandy spots and cliffs 

 of the south-east and east coasts chiefly. Sh. V. E. S. 



Order LXVIII. THYMELACEiE. 



Perianth tubular, inferior, often coloured, 4 — 5-cleft. Stam. 

 definite, in the orifice of the tube. Anth. 2-celled, bursting lon- 

 gitudinally. Ovary free, 1-celled ; ovule 1, pendulous. Fr. a nut 

 or drupe. Albumen or thin and fleshy. Radicle superior. 



1. Daphne. Perianth 4-fid, deciduous. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. 

 Stam. 8, falling short of the perianth, inserted in the tube 

 in 2 rows.— G. F. G. Monochl. 46. 



1. Daphne Linn. 



1. D. Mezerevm (L.) ; fl. subternate lateral sessile, tube hairy, 

 segments ovate acute. — E. B. 1381. St. 8. — Fl. purple, or pale 

 red, appearing before the lanceolate 1. which are narrowed below. 

 Berries red. A small shrub. — Woods, rare. Sh. III. Mezereon. 



E. 



2. D. Laiireola (L.) ; racemes axillary of about 5 glabrous 

 drooping bracteated fl., 1. lanceolate attenuate below glabrous 

 evergreen. — E.B. 119. — A small shrub, 1 — 3 feet high, shghtly 

 branched, naked below. Fl. yellowish-green, funnelshaped. 

 Berries bluish-black. — Woods and thickets. Sh. II. — IV. E. S. 



Order LXIX. SANTALACE^E. 



Perianth adnate to the ovary; limb 3— 5-fid; aestivation val- 

 vate. Stam. 4 — 5, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 

 segments. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 1 — 4, pendulous from near 

 the apex of a central placenta. Style 1 . Fr. drupaceous, 1-seeded. 

 Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. 



1. Thesium. Perianth 4 — S-cleft, top- or funnel-shaped. 

 Stam. 6, with a fascicle of hairs at their base. Style 1. 

 Stigma simple. Nut drupaceous, crowned with the persist- 

 ent perianth.— G. F. G. Monochl. 48. 



