148 39. CORNACEH.—40. LORANTHACES. 
2. Hepvera Linn. 
1. H. Helix (L.); 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate and 5-lobed, 
lobes angular, umbels simple downy erect.—E. B. 1267.—Climb- 
ing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering branches 
ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black, Embryo like that of 
Cornacee.—Rocks, old walls, hedges. Sh. X. XI. Ivy. 
Order XXXTX. CORNACEA. 
Cal. 4-lobed. Pet. 4, oblong, broad at the base, inserted at 
the top of the calyx-tube, sstivation valvate. Stam.4. Ovary 
2-celled. Style filiform. Fruit a drupe, crowned with the re- 
mains of the calyx. Seeds pendulous, solitary. Embryo in the 
axis of fleshy albumen and as long as it.—Leaves opposite. 
1. Cornus. Calyx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet.4. Stam. 4. 
Style 1. Drupe with a 2-celled and 2-seeded nut. 
1. Cornus Linn. 
1. C. sanguinea (L.); arborescent, branches straight, 1. ovate 
cuspidate green on both sides, cymes flat without an involucre. 
—E. B. 249. St. 52. 3.—Shrub 5—6 feet high. Old bark red- 
dish. Fl. numerous, white, in terminal cymes. Fr. dark purple. 
L. mostly opposite, strongly nerved, acutely cuspidate, rounded 
below.—Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. Dog-wood. 
2. C. suecica (L.); herbaceous, 1. all opposite sessile ovate, 
fl. umbellate shorter than the 4-leaved petaloid involucre.—E. B. 
310, St. 52. 1.—Flowering shoots about 6 im. high, annual, 
springing from the procumbent or subterranean creeping woody 
leafless stems. FI. dark purple with yellow stamens, in a small 
solitary termimal umbel with an involucre of 4 ovate yellow leaves 
tipped with purple. Fr. red.—Moist alpine pastures. P. VII. 
E. $. 
Subdivision ITI. COROLLIFLOR. 
Pet. united bearmg the stamens. 
Order XL. LORANTHACEA. 
Cal. adnate to the ovary, with 2 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 and the filaments more or less com- 
bined with them, anth. sometimes adnate to the petals. Ovary 
I, 1-celled with 1 erect ovule. Style filiform or 0. Stigma capi- 
tate. Fr. succulent. Albumen fleshy.—Parasitical plants with 
entire, mostly opposite leaves. 
