164 39. COENAGEiE. — 40. LOEANTHACE^. 



crowned with the remains of the calyx. Seed pendulous, soli- 

 tary. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen and as long as it. 

 — Leaves opposite, exstipulate. 



1. CoBNTJs. Oalyx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet. 4. Stam. 

 4. Style 1. Drupe with a 2-celled and 2-seeded nut. 



1. Coe'ntts Linn. 



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

 cuspidate green on both sides, cymes flat without an involucre. 

 —K £. 229. -Si!. 52. 3.— Shrub 5—6 feet high. Old bark red- 

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

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

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



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

 umbellate shorter than the 4,-leaved petal-like involucre. — E. 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 pui-ple. Fr. red. — Moist alpiue pastures. P. VII. E. S. 



Division III. COROLLIFLOR^. 



(Orders XL.— -LXIII.*) 



Pet. united. Stamens epipetalous ; except in Ericaceie and 

 part of Flantaginacem, which have hypogyiious, and Camparm- 

 lace/e, which has epigynous stamens. 



Order XL. LOEANTHACEtE. 



Cal, adnate to the ovary, with two 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 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. Calycittorse and Monochlamydeffi. 



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



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

 as Calycifloral. Their ovary is inferior. Order XL. ie spmetimes 

 placed in Monoclilamydeas. 



