Notolhixos.] CXIV. LOEANTHACEiG. 1383 



oblong-cuneate or spathulate, narrowed into a petiole, very obtuse and rarely 

 mucronulate, J to Jin. long or rarely more, the nerves faint or inconspicuous. 

 Flower-heads solitary or 3 together on very short terjninal peduncles, usually 

 -with few flowers, the females about J line long, the males considerably smaller. 

 Pruits about 3 lines long. — Viscum incamim,, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 73. 

 Hab.: Biisbane lliver, Moreton Bay, Fraser, F. v. Mueller. 



2. N. cornifolius (leaves Cornus-like), Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 103 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. in. 897. A larger species than the preceding one, the 

 young parts hoary-tomentose, becoming at length nearly glabrous ; branches 

 terete. Leaves obovate-oblong or oblong-cuneate, obtuse, narrowed into a short 

 petiole, mostly 1^ to Sin. long. Flower heads several, opposite, in pairs, in a 

 terminal raceme nearly as long as the leaves, with minute bracts both under the 

 short peduncles and under the heads. Flowers sessile in the heads, the females 

 not ^ line long, the males still smaller. 



Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser. 



Var. suhaureus. Divaricately branched, the young parts and under side o£ the leaves 

 ■densely covered with a more or less golden tomentum. Leaves ovate, obtuse, narrowed into a 

 short petiole, mostly about J to lin. long. Each partial flower-head, ^ to Jin. long, the 

 lateral ones very divaricate or recurved. — N. subaureus, Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 397 ; Viscum 

 sjiiiaurei™, F. v. M. in Herb. Hook.— Brisbane Eiver, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller; l^sviioh., 

 Nevnst. 



Ordee CXV. SANTALACE^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or more or less dioecious. Perianth-tube adnate to the 

 •ovary, either entirely or at the base only, or the adnate part reduced to the broad 

 base of the ovary ; simple or showing a slightly prominent ring outside the limb 

 above the ovary, the limb of 3 to 5 rarely 6 segments, valvate in the bud. 

 Stamens as many as the lobes and opposite to them, inserted at their base or 

 within the free part of the tube ; anthers 2-celled, the cells opening longitudin- 

 ally, sometimes confluent and apparently opening in 4 valves. Ovary inferior or 

 if superior attached by a broad base, usually 1-celled, with 2 to 5 ovules sus- 

 pended from a free placenta, but the structure often obscure or apparently 

 homogeneous before fecundation ; stigma terminal, entire or lobed, sessile on the 

 ovary or borne on a short style. Fruit an indehiscent nut drupe or berry, with a 

 single erect seed. Albumen fleshy ; embryo straight, usually very small near the 

 top of the albumen, with a superior radicle and small cotyledons. — Herbs or 

 shrubs rarely trees, usually glabrous or nearly so. Leaves alternate or rarely 

 opposite, entire, without stipules, often reduced to minute scales or very 

 •deciduous. Flowers usually small, sometimes minute, in terminal or lateral 

 heads cymes or spikes, or rarely solitary. 



The Order is widely dispersed over the temperate parts of the globe with a few tropical 

 species. 



Tkibe I. Thesieae. — PiHanth-tuhe adnate at the iase, witli the upper campanulate ovoid 

 or cylindrical portion superior. No scales or glands between the stamens. Fruit a small nut. 



Herbs or small sbrubs, with alternate linear leaves 1. Thesiu.\i. 



Tkibe II. OsyrideSS. — Perianth superior, tube adnate to the ovary, not produced above it. 

 Fruit a drupe. 



Scales or glands alternating with the stamens at th^ base of the perianth 

 limb. Ovary at first free. Trees or shrubs, with flat leaves mostly 

 opposite 2. Santalum. 



Disk 4-lobed. Anthers with 2 parallel cells opening longitudinally. Fruit 



a drupe. Trees or shrubs, with opposite flat leaves 3. Fns.iNUS. 



Anthers terminal, with cells confluent, opening in 2 or 4-lobes. Leaves 

 alternate, minute and scale-like, or deciduous or none. Flowers minute. 

 Flowers solitary or clustered, surrounded by 2 to 4 scale-like bracts ... 4. Choketkum. 



