4l. CAPEIFOLIACE^. 165 



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

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

 somewhat triangular, minute. Stigma sessile, blunt. Berry 

 1-seeded, crowned with the calyx. 



1. Vis'cTTM Linn. Mistletoe. 



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

 ovate-lanceolate blunt, 1). in the forks of the stem sessile clus- 

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

 Male fl. about 3 together, female about 5, yellowish. Berries 

 white, pellucid, globular, viscid. L. of male plant broader. — 

 Parasitical on various trees. (See J. of B. ii. 361.) P. m. 

 IV. E. 



Order XLI. CAPEIPOLIACE^. 



Cal. 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. Ovaiy 

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

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

 rare. 



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

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

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

 seeded. — L. temate, lobed. 



2. Sambucits. Cal. -limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. 

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



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

 5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessUe. Fruit 1-seeded. — ■ 

 L. simple. 



4. LoNiCBBA. Cal. -limb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tttbuhr or 

 funnelshaped, limb 5-fid or irregular. Stam. 5. Style Jili- 

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



5. LiNN^A. Cal.-limb 6-oleft, viith lanceolate subulate equal 

 deciduous segments. Cor. .turbinate bell-shaped, 5-lobed. 

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

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

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



1. Abox'a Linn. Moschatel. 



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

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

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



