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CCXIII. LOEANTHACEiE. 



Loranthus albus. 

 ^ flower (magO« 



Loranthvs. 

 Young embryo with. 

 itsBuspensor (mag.)' 



Mistleto. 

 Fruit cut vertically. 



Mistleto. Fruits. 



Loranthns. 

 Embryo (mag.) 



Loranthus albus. 

 Ovaiy cut vertically (mag.). 



loranthvs albus, 

 Q flower (mag,). 



Loranthus albus. 

 Diagram Jf , showing 

 the bracts the caly- 

 code, and calyx. 



Loranthus albus. 

 Fruit cut vertically (mag.). 



opposite to the perianth-lobeSj and inserted on them ; filaments adnate at the base, 

 free above, or very rarely coherent, variable in length, sometimes ; anthers introrse, 

 2-celled, erect and adnate, or incumbent and versatile, dehiscence longitudinal, 

 sometimes many-celled and opening by numerous pores [Viscum), rarely 1-ceUed 

 dehiscing transversely [Arceuthobium] . Ovaet inferior, usually crowned by an 

 annular disk, 1-celled ; style terminal, simple, sometimes ; stigma terminal, more 

 or less thick (sometimes obsolete), undivided or emarginate; ovule sessile, orthotro- 



