THYMELE7E — SANTALACEJE. 
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Stam. 8, shorter than the perianth, inserted in the tube in 
2 rows. 
1. Daphne Linn. 
1. D. Mezertum (L.) ; fl. subternate lateral sessile, tube hairy, 
segments ovate acute. — E. B. 1381. St. 8. — Fl. purple, ap- 
pearing before the lanceolate 1. which are attenuated below. 
Berries red. A small shrub. — In woods, rare. Sh. III. Me- 
zereon. E. S. 
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. Fl. yellowish-green, funnelshaped. 
Berries bluish-black. — Woods and thickets. Sh. II. — IV. — E. S. 
Order LXX. SANTALACEiE. 
Perianth adnate to the ovary ; limb 3 — 5-fid ; aestivation val- 
vate. Stam. 4 — 5, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 
segments. Ovary 1 -celled ; ovules 2 — 4, pendulous from near 
the apex of a central placenta. Style 1. Fr. drupaceous, 
1-seeded. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. 
1. Thesium. Perianth 4 — 5-cleft, top- or funnelshaped, per- 
sistent. Stam. 5, with a fascicle of hairs at their base. 
Style 1. Stigma simple. Nut drupaceous, crowned with 
the persistent perianth. 
1. Thesium Linn. 
1. T. linophyllum (L.) ; racemes branched or simple, fl. stalked, 
fr. oval-oblong stoutly ribbed and slightly reticulated crowned 
with the more or less inflexed perianth, 1. narrowly linear-lan- 
ceolate 3-nerved. — E. B. 247. — Fr. equal to or rather longer 
than the persistent inflexed perianth. The middle bract in the 
lower part of the racemes longer than the flowers. Roots woody. 
Herbaceous st. spreading. — Chalky and limestone (oolite) hills. 
P. VI. VII. E. 
[2. T. humile (Vahl) ; racemes spiked, fl. nearly sessile, fr. 
strongly ribbed and reticulated sessile crowned with the very 
short inflexed perianth, I. fleshy linear l-nerved. — R. Icon. f. 947. 
— Fr. 4 or 5 times as long as the persistent inflexed perianth. 
Middle bract much longer than the flowers. — I gathered 2 spe- 
cimens of this plant somewhere near Dawlish in Devonshire, in 
Aug. 1829, and it is introduced here in the hope that some bo- 
tanist may rediscover it.] 
