150 41. loranthacejE. — 42. caprifoliace>e. 
involucre of 4 ovate yellow leaves tipped with purple. Fr. red. 
• — Moist alpine pastui'es. P. VII. E. S. 
Subdivision III. COROLLIFLORjSI. 
Pet. united bearing the stamens. 
Order XLI. LORANTHACEiE. 
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 oj)posite to the j)etals and the filaments moi'e or less com- 
bined with them, anth. sometimes adnate to the petals. Ovary 
1, 1-celled with 1 erect ovule. Style filiform or 0. Stigma capi- 
tate. Er. succulent. Albumen fleshy. — Parasitical plants with 
entire, mostly opposite leaves. 
1. ViscuM. Dicecious. Male: Cal. 0. Pet. 4, ovate, fleshy, 
united at the base. Anth. adnate to the petals, many-celled. 
Fern.: 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 
stem sessile clustered. — E. B. 1470. St. 8.— Evergreen, parasi- 
tical, yellow, succulent. Male fl. about 3 together, female about 
5, yellowish. Berries white, pellucid, globular, viscid.^ — For an 
excellent description of this plant see height. Shrop. 491. See 
also Loudon’s Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 500, and Ann. Nat. Hist. to. 
185. — Parasitical on various trees. P. III. — IV. Mistletoe. E. 
Order XLII. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 
Cal. adnate with the ovary, usually with bracts at the base, 
limb 4 — 5-lobed. Cor. regular or irregular, 4 — 5-cleft. Stam. 
free, on the corolla, 4 — 5, alternate with the lobes. Ovary 3 — 5- 
celled, cells with one or more pendulous ovules. Stigmas 1- — 3. 
Fruit indehiscent, 1- or more celled, usually fleshy. Albumen 
fleshy. — L. opposite. 
1. Sambucus. Cal. -limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed, at 
length reflexed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 3-4- 
seeded. 
2. Viburnum. Cal. -limb 5-eleft. Cor. campanulate or fun- 
nelshaped, 5-lobed. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1- 
seeded. 
3. Lonicera. Cal.-hmb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular or 
