216 BITTERSWEET ORDER 



Lepargyraea Rafinesque 1817 Buffalo Berry 



(Gr. lepos, scale, argyraios, silvery) 



(Shepherdia Nuttall) 



PI. 33, fig. 8-9. 



Sepals 4, united into an urn-shaped calyx, petals none, the pistillate flow- 

 er with an 8-lobed disk nearly closing the mouth, style somewhat exserted, 

 stamens 8, fruit drupe-like, the fleshy perianth base enclosing the nut ; flowers 

 axillary, clustered, dioecious or polygamous ; pistillate flowers solitary to 

 few ; leaves opposite, entire, brown or silvery-scurfy : shrubs. 



1. Stems usually thorny, 6-20 ft. high; leaves ob- 



long, silvery above and below, 1-2 in. long L. argentea 



2. Stems not thorny, 3-8 ft. high ; leaves ovoid, 



silvery below only, 1-1.5 in. long L. canadensis 



SANTALACEAE SANDALWOOD FAMILY 



Sepals 4-5, grown to the ovary, petals none, stamens 5, anthers con- 

 nected by a tuft of hairs to the sepals, ovary 1-celled, ovules 2-4, style 1, 

 fruit drupe-like or nut-like, 1 -seeded, crowned by the persistent calyx- 

 lobes ; flowers greenish-white, perfect, in terminal, umbel-like clusters ; 

 perennial herbs, sometimes parasitic, with alternate, sessile leaves. 



Comandra Nuttall 1818 Toad Flax 



(Gr. koine, hair, aner, andros, man) 



PL 33, fig. 11. 



Characters of the family.. 

 Stems 4-10 in. high; leaves linear to lance-oblong; 



flowers small, white C. pallida 



LORANTHACEAE MISTLETOE FAMILY 



Sepals 2-4, petals none, stamens 2-4, ovary inferior, 1-celled, fruit a 1- 

 seeded berry; flowers dioecious, in spikes or panicles; evergreen parasites 

 on trees or shrubs, yellowish-green to brownish, branches 2-forking wijh 

 swollen joints ; leaves reduced to opposite leathery scales. 



1. Parasitic on juniper and cedar; berry globose, 



translucent Phoradendrum 



2. Parasitic on pines and spruces ; berry com- 



pressed, opaque Razumovskya 



