312 69. SANTALACEJE. 



1. Daph'ne Linn. 



1. D. Mezlreum (L.) ; fl. about 8 together lateral sessile, tube 

 Hairy, segments ovate acute. — B. B. 1381. — Fl. purple or pale 

 red, appearing before the lanceolate L, which are narrowed be- 

 low. Berries red. A small deciduous shrub. — Woods, rare. 

 Sh. in. Mezereon. E. 



2. D, Lauriola (L.) ; racemes axillary of about 6 glabrous 

 drooping bracteate fl., 1. lanceolate attenuate below glabrous 

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

 slightly branched, naked below. Fl. yellowish green, funnel- 

 shaped. Berries bluish black. — Woods and thickets. Sh. 11. — 



rv. E. 



Order LXIX. SANTALACE^. 



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

 vate. Stam. 3 — 5, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 

 segments. Ovary 1-celIed; 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. — No stipules. 



1. Thesium. Perianth 4 — 5-oleft, top- or funnel-shaped. 

 Stam. 5, with a fascicle of hairs at their base. Style 1. 

 Stig-ma simple. Nut drupaceous, crowned with the per- 

 sistent perianth. 



1. The'sittm Linn. 



1. T. hwmifusum (DO.) ; st. procumbent or ascending race- 

 mose, racemes branched or simple, fl.-stalks as long as or longer 

 than the fl., fr.-stalks patent, angles of fr.-stalks and edges of 

 bracts and upper 1. denticulate-asperous, fr. oval-oblong, 1. 1- 

 veined linear. — R. xi. 642. T. Unophyllum Sm. E. B. 247. — ' 

 Parasitical. Root woody. St. nearly always prostrate, spread- 

 ing in a circle. L. very slender; veins usually obscure. Bracts 

 3, lower middle ones exceeding flowers. Peiianth-tube very 

 short, open, funnelshaped ; segm. triangular, spreading, a tooth 

 on each side. Fr. ovoid, longer than the persistent perianth 

 which is usually inflexed only at the end, strongly ribbed, 

 slightly netted. — Chalky and limestone (oolite) hills. P. VI. 

 VII. E. 



[ T. Mmile (Vahl) ; racemes spiked,^, nearly sessile, fr. strongly 

 ribbed and netted sessile crowned with the very short inflexed 

 perianth, l.Jteshy linear 1-veined. — R. xi. 542. — I gathered two 

 specimens of this plant near Dawlish, Devonshire, in 1829. P 



vn. vm.] 



