170 41. CAPEIMLIACE^. 



1. Vis'cuM Linn. Mistletoe. 



1. V. al'hum (L.) ; st. repeatedly forked, branches terete, 1. 

 ovate-lanceolate blunt, fl. in the forks of the stem sessile clus- 

 tered. — E. B. 1470. — Evergreen, yellow, succulent. Spreads 

 by runners under living bark of tree. Male fl. about 3 together, 

 female about 5, yellowish. Berries white, pellucid, globular, 

 viscid. L. of male plant broader. — Parasitical on various trees. 

 P.m. IV. E. 



Order XLI. CAPEIFOLIACE^. 



Oal. adnate to the ovary, usually with bracts at the base ; 

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

 4 or 5, free, on the corolla, and alternate with the lobes. Ovary 

 8 — 5-celled. Stigmas 1 — 3. Fruit not bursting, 1- or many- 

 celled, usually fleshy. Albumen fleshy. — ^L. opposite. Stip. 

 rare. 



1. Adoxa. Oal. J-inferior, 2 — 3-cleft. Cor. rotate, 4 — 5- 

 lobed. Stam. 8 — 10, in pairs alternate with the lobes of cor. ; 

 anth. 1-celled. Styles 5 — 10. Fr. 4 — 6-celIed ; cells 1- 

 seeded. — L. ternate, lobed. 



2. Sambtjcus. Gal.-limb 6-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. 

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



3. VrBtrENUM. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. hell- or funnel-shaped, 

 6-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1-seeded. — 

 L. simple. 



4. LoNiCBEA. Cal.-limb small, 6-cleft. Cor. tubular or 

 funnelahaped, limb 5-fid or irregular. Stam. 5. Style fili- 

 form. Stigma capitate. Fruit 1 — 3-celled, few-seeded. , 



5. LiNNiEA. Cal.-limb 6-cleft, with lanceolate subulate equal 

 deciduous segments. Cor. turbinate bell-shaped, 6-lobed. 

 Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2 longer. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. 

 Fr. dry, 3-ceiled; 2 cells barren, 1 single-seeded. — Two 

 large and 2 minute bracts at the base of the fruit. 



1. Adox'a Linn. Moschatel. 



1. A. Moschatel'lina (L.). — E. B. 453. — Rhizome white, 

 fleshjr, toothed, soboliferous. St. solitary, erect, simple, 3 — 4 

 in. high, with 2 opposite leaves, and a head of 4 whorled and 1 

 terminal flowers. Root-1. ternate, 8-Iobod. Stam. often more 

 or less imited in pairs, showing their number to be normally 4. 



