L0RANTUACEJ3 AND ULMA0EJ3. 311 



P. olkifkba, Gray. Buffj.l)-uul. Oil-nut. 



I. ir s ov it '-oh! »ng, p dated at b)Lh cads, somewhat downy, or at length nearly 

 Fm >o."h, somowh it succulent. 



Itich wool 'J banks an 1 m mntains. May. S'e.m- 4 to 6 foet high, with a very 



root. Leives 2 to :i inches long, oily to the ta-te. Flowers in a terminal 



sp;k; greenish-yellow. Sjii.es ripening but one fruit, which 1b about 1 inch lou;: 



Order 95. LOlflNTHAOEJE.— Mldetoe Family. 



/')'/;/ /.' tnti wffli esriaceotts greenish foliage, pxrigiiic on trees, represented in 

 the northern temperate zone chiefly by the Mistletoe, distinguished from the pr - 



- order by ill i tru'y shnp le ovule being sctitary and suspended from tht ape* 

 cj tiki cell. Fn :vt a l-s.-edjd berry. 



VISGUM; Linn. Misleto'e. 



The ancient Latin nam ■• fron viscits, glua, in al.usiou to the glutinous fruit. 



Flowers nnnoejious or dioeeious. Perianth fleshy- 

 <> ►riaeioiis; in the sterile flowers 3 kp4-partedj the triangular 

 -. eafib with a sossile anther directly adhering to its inner 

 face, and opening by several pores; iD the fertile the tube of 

 the perianth is combined with the ovary, the border obsolete. 

 Srivi.MA sessile. Fruit a globular berry. — Af.ich branched 

 p trUUical shrubs, with jointed stems, oj^posite leaves and 

 small jfowsrs in short spi/ccs. 



V. FLA-TESCENS, Pufsh. White MUletoe. 



B an:\es round, spreading; leaves obovate or oval, contracted at the base Info a 

 .eliort p •tiole, 3-nerved; spikes axillary, solitary ; *fe r&bfltnDeri mostly trlfid. 



Parasitic on the trunks of old tree;, especially EUu^, Oak*, and Hickories. April . 

 Wb>V.e plant yellowish green, 9 to 18 inches high. Fljtoers small, greeuish-y el ;ow. 

 B.r, tap ;ar.y white, ivsoja'oling white wax. 



Ohder 93. UL3XA.CEJE — Elm Family. 



Trees or shrub-, with alternate roujliUh leaves, an.2 deciduous itipuies, pcrffcf ^ 

 rurdj p >lyjarmu> /ho:rs in axillary clusters or solitary, wititke definite stamens in- 

 s rfa I on t te bise of fie free pzrUit'i w'U:k is inbricatoA in Ihi bud. Perianth fres 

 from tie ovary, bell-sh iped, i to 9-eIeft. SrifLas or oraua 2 ; ovary 1 to 2-e^lie<l 

 Jit -it 1-eellei, with a sia^lj susp^n.lji-s el. 



1. ULMUS ; Linn. Elm. 



The classical L itin name. 



Perianth bell-shapsd, 4 to 9 cleft. Stamens 4 to 9, 

 with long an! slenler filaments. Styles 2, short. Ovary 

 flat, 2-celled, with a single anatropous ovule suspended from 

 the summit of each cell. Fruit a 1-celled and 1-seeded 



