278 68. THYMELACE&.—69. SANTALACES. 
linear-lanceolate silvery leaves. FI. appearmg with the young 
leaves. Fr. orange. Height 4—6 feet.—Sandy spots and cliffs 
of the south-east and east coasts chiefly. Sh. V. E. 8. 
Order LXVIII. THYMELACES. 
Perianth tubular, inferior, often coloured, 4—5-cleft. Stam. 
definite, in the orifice of the tube. Anth. 2-celled, bursting lon- 
gitudinally. Ovary free, 1-celled, ovule 1, pendulous. Fr. a nut 
or drupe. Albumen 0 or thin and fleshy. Radicle superior. 
1. Dapuys. Perianth 4-fid, deciduous. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. 
Stam. 8, shorter than the perianth, inserted im the tube in 
2 rows.—G. F. G. Monochl. 46. 
1. Darang Linn. 
1. D. Mezereum (L.) ; fl. subternate lateral sessile, tube hairy, 
segments ovate acute.—E. B. 1381. St.8.—F. purple, or pale red, 
appearing before the lanceolate 1. which are ‘narrowed below. 
Berries red. A small shrub.—Woods rare. Sh. III. Mezereon, 
E. 
2. D. Laureola (L.); racemes axillary of about 5 glabrous 
drooping bracteated fl., 1. lanceolate attenuated below glabrous 
evergreen.— E. B.119.—A small shrub, 1—3 feet high, slightly 
branched, naked below. FI. yellowish-green, funnelshaped. 
Berries bluish-black.— Woods and thickets. Sh. II—IV. 4.8. 
Order LXIX. SANTALACEA. 
Perianth adnate to the ovary; limb 3—5-fid; estivation val- 
vate. Stam. 4—5, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 
segments. Ovary l-celled; ovules 1—4, pendulous from near 
the apex of acentral placenta. Style 1. Fr. drupaceous, l-seeded. 
Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. 
1. Tuestum. Perianth 4—5-cleft, top- or funnelshaped. 
Stam. 5, with a fascicle of hairs at their base. Style 1. 
Stigma simple. Nut drupaceous, crowned with the persist- 
ent perianth.—G. F. G. Monochl. 48. 
1. Taesrum Zann. 
1. T. humifusum (DC.); st. procumbent or ascending racemose, 
racemes branched or simple, fl.-stalks as long or longer than the 
fl., fr.-stalks patent, angles of fr.-stalks and edges of bracts and 
upper |. denticulate-scabrous, fr. oval-oblong, 1. 1-nerved lear. 
—T. linophyllum Sm., E. B. 247.—Plant always parasitical. 
Root woody. St. nearly always procumbent. L. very slender ; 
