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the top of the calyx- tube, estivation valvate. Stain. 4. Ovary 
2-cellctl. Style filiform. Fruit a drupe, crowned with the re- 
mains of the calyx ; endocarp thick and bony. Albumen fleshy. 
Seeds pendulous, solitary. — Leaves opposite. 
1. Cornus. Calyx-limb superior, of 4 teeth. Pet. 4. Stam.4. 
Style 1. Drupe with a 2-ceUed and 2-seeded nut. 
1. Cornus Linn. 
1. C. sanguined (L.) ; arborescent, branches straight, 1. ovate 
cuspidate green on both sides, cymes flat without an involucre. 
— E. B. 219. 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, downy beneath. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. Dog- 
wood. 
2. C. snecica (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. all opposite sessile ovate : 
nerves separate almost to the base, fl. umbellate shorter than the 
4-leaved petaloid involucre. — E. B. 310. St. 52. 1. — Flowering 
shoots about G in. high, annual, springing from the procumbent 
or subterranean creeping woody leafless stems. Fl. dark purple 
with yellow stamens, in a small solitary terminal umbel with an 
involucre of 4 ovate yellow leaves tipped with purple. Fr. red. 
— Moist alpine pastures. P. VII. E. S. 
Subclass III. COROLLIFLORiE. 
Pet. united bearing the stamens. 
Order XLI. LORANTHACEJE. 
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 
1, 1-celled with 1 erect ovule. Style filiform orO. Stigma capi- 
tate. Fr. succulent. Albumen fleshy. — Parasitical plants with 
entire, mostly opposite leaves. 
1. Viscum. Dieecious. Male: Cal. 0. Pet. 4, ovate, fleshy, 
united at the base. Anth. adnate to the petals, many-celled. 
Fem. : Cal. an obscure entire superior margin. Pet. 4, erect, 
somewhat triangular, minute. Stigma sessile, obtuse. Berry 
1 -seeded, crowned with the calyx. 
1. Viscum Linn. 
1. V. album (L.) ; st. repeatedly dichotomously branched, 
branches terete, 1. ovate-lanceolate obtuse, fl. in the forks of the 
