182 40. LORANTHACE^. — 41. CAPEITOLIACE^. 
Division III. COROLLIFLOR^. 
(Orders XL.— LXIII.i) 
Pet. united. Stamens epipetalous ; except in Ericaceae and 
part of Plantaginaceoe, which have hypogynous, and Campanu- 
lacece, which has epigynous stamens. 
Order XL. LORANTHACE^. 
Cal. adnate to the ovary, with two 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, with which the filaments 
more or less combine : anth. sometimes adnate to the petals. 
Ovary 1, 1 -celled with 1 pendulous ovule. Style filiform or 0. 
Stigma capitate. Fr. succulent. Perisperm tieshy. — Parasitical 
plants with entire mostly opposite leaves.and no stipules. Con- 
nects this Division with Div. Calyciflorse and Monochlamydeae. 
1. ViscuM. Dioecious. 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, blunt. 
Berry 1 -seeded, crowned with the calyx. 
1. Vis'cuji Lhm. Mistletoe. 
1. V. al'biim (L.) ; st. repeatedly forked, branches terete, 1. 
ovate-lanceolate blunt, fl. in the forks of the stem sessile clus- 
tered. — E. B. 1470.— Evergreen, yellow, succulent. Spreads 
by runners under living bark of tree. Male fl. about 3 together, 
female about 5, yellovnsh. Berries white, pellucid, globular, 
viscid. L. of male plant broader. — Parasitical on various trees. 
P. III. IV. E. 
Order XLI. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 
Cal. adnate to the ovary, usually with bracts at the base ; 
limb 4 — 5-lobed. Cor. regular or irregular, 4 — 5-cleft. Stam. 
4 or 5, free, on the corolla, and alternate with the lobes. Ovary 
1 Orders XL.— XLVI. and Tribe 3 of XLVII. are often regarded as Calyci. 
floral. Their ovary is inferior. Order XL. is sometimes placi'd in 
Monochlsmydeae. 
