40. LOEANTHACEiB. 169 



1. CoENUS. Calyx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet. 4. Stam. 

 4. Style 1. Drupe with a 2-celle(i and 2-aeeded nut. 



1. Coe'ntis Lnnn. 



1. C. sanguin'ea (L.) ; arborescent, branches straight, 1. ovate 

 cuspidate green on both sides, cymes fiat -without an involucre. 

 —K B. 249. St. 62. 3.— Shrub 5—6 feet high. Old bark red- 

 dish. PL many, white, in terminal cymes. Fr. dark purple. 

 L. mostly opposite, strongly veined, acutely cuspidate, rounded 

 below. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. Bog-wood. E. I. 



2. C. suecica (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. all opposite sessile ovate, fl. 

 umbellate shorter than the i-leaved petal-like involucre. — -B. B. 

 310. St. 52. 1. — Flowering shoots about 6 in. high, annual, 

 springing from the procumbent or subterranean creeping woody 

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

 solitary terminal umbel with an inv. of 4 ovate yellow 1. tipped 

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



Division III. COROLLIPLOR^. 



(Orders XL.— LXIII.*) 



Pet. tmited. Stamens epipetalous ; except in Bricacecs and 

 part of Plantaginacece, which have hypogynous, and Campanu- 

 lacecB, which has epigynous stamens. 



Order XL. LOBANTHACE^. 



Oal. adnate to the ovary, with two bracts at its base ; limb 

 entire or lobed. Gor. 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 pendulous ovule. Style filiform or 0. 

 Stigma capitate. Fr. succulent. Albumen fleshy. — Parasitical 

 plants with entire mostly opposite leaves and no stipules. Con- 

 nects this Division with Div. C^alyciflorse and Monochlamydese. 



1. VisciTM. Dioecious. Male:Cal. 0. Pet. 4, ovate, fleshy, 

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

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

 somewhattriangular, minute. Stigma sessile, blunt. Berry 

 1-seeded, crowned vdth the calyx. 



* Orders XL.— XLVI. and Tribe 3 of XLVII. are often regarded 

 as Calycifloral. Their ovary is inferior. Order XL. is sometimea 

 placed in Monochlamydeae. 



