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Orper 4. DAPHNALES. . Petals 0. Per- 
igonium and stamens inserted in a perigynous 
disc. Stamens 2 or its multiple. Carpidion 
1, ovules never basilar. Stipules 0. 
Family 1. THYMELACEA. 
Perigonium gariosepalous. Ovary 1-celled, 
l-ovulate; ovule lateral, attached near the 
apex; style lateral. 
1. Direa L. LEATHERWOOD. 
Flowers 3. Perigonium corolline, campan- 
ulate; limb obliquely truncate. Stamens 8, 
the alternate ones shorter. Hypogynous scales 
0. Style filiform, subterminal. Fruit a drupe. 
R. 
1. D. occmentatis Gray. Perigonium 
greenish-yellow; drupe orange.—Contra Costa 
hills. Coast Range. Spring. 
Bark acrid, blistering when applied to the 
skin. 
Family 2. LORANTHACEA. 
Evergreen, dichotomous, parasitic peren- 
nials. Branches articulate. Leaves opposite; 
stipules 0. flowers epigynous. Stamens in- 
serted on the perigonium, opposite its lobes 
and of the same number. Ovary 1-celled, 1-. 
ovuled. Fruit baccate. Seed often containing 
several embryos. 
