69. SANTALACE-^:. 
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hairy, segments ovate acute.— ^. B. 1381.— Fl. purple or pale 
red, appearing before the lanceolate 1., which are narrowed 
below. Berries red. A small deciduous shrub.— Woods, rare. 
Sh. III. Mezereon. 
2. D. Laur^ola (L.) ; racemes axillary of about 5 glabrous 
drooping bracteate fl., 1. lanceolate attenuate below glabrous 
evergreen.— -£". B. 119.— A small evergreen shrub, 1—3 feet high, 
slightly branched, naked below. Fl. yellowish green, funnel- 
shaped. Berries bluish black. — Woods and thickets. Sh. II. — 
IV E. 
Order LXIX. SANTALACE^. 
Perianth adnate to the ovary ; limb 3 — 5-fid ; aestivation val- 
vate. Stam. 3 — 5, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 
segments. Ovary 1 -celled ; ovules 1 — 4, pendulous from near 
the apex of a central placenta. Style 1. Fr. drupaceous, 
1 -seeded. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. — No stipules. 
1. Thesium. Perianth 4 — 5-cleft, top- or funnelshaped. 
Stam. 5, with a fascicle of hairs at their base. Style 1. 
Stigma simple. Nut drupaceous, crowned with the per- 
sistent perianth. 
1. The'sium Linn. 
1. T. humifusum (DC.) ; st. procumbent or ascending race- 
mose, racemes branched or simple, fl.-stalks as long as or longer 
than the fl., fr.-stalks patent, angles of fr.-stalks and edges of 
bracts and upper 1. denticulate-asperous, fr. oval-oblong, 1. 1- 
veined linear. — JR. xi. 542. T. linophyllum Sm. E. B. 247.— 
Parasitic on various pasture plants. Koot woody. St. nearly 
always prostrate, spreading in a circle. L. veiy slender ; veins 
usually obscure. Bracts 3, lower middle ones exceeding flowers. 
Perianth-tube very short, open, funnelshaped ; segm. triangular, 
spreading, a tooth on each side. Fr. ovoid, longer than the per- 
sistent perianth which is usually inflexed only at the end, 
strongly ribbed, slightly netted. — Chalky and limestone (oolite) 
hills. P. VI. VII. E. 
[_T. kiimile (Vahl) ; racemes spiked, Jl. nearly sessile, fr. 
strongly ribbed and netted sessile crowned with the very short 
inflexed perianth, /. fleshy linear 1 -veined. — B. xi. 542. — I 
gathered two specimens of this plant near Dawlish, Devon- 
shire, in 1829. P. VII. VIII.] 
