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cloven at the summit. Style short. Stijjma elonj^ate. Nut 
1 -seeded, clothed with the large coloured herrylike perigone. 
— G. F. G. Moiiochl. 44. 
1. II iPi’OPHAii Linn. Sea Buckthorn. 
1. H. rhamnoides (L.l. — E. B. 425. — A thorny shrub with 
linear-lanceolate silvery leaves. FI. appearing with the young 
leaves. F'r. orange. Ileight 4 — 6 feet. — Sandy spots and cliffs 
of the south-east and east coasts. Sh. V. E. 
Order LXIX. TIIYMELE^. 
Perianth tubular, inferior, often colom'ed, limb 4- rarely 5-cleft. 
Stam. definite, in the orifice of the tube. Anth. 2-celled, burst- 
ing longitudinally. Ovary free, 1 -celled, with 1 pendulous ovule. 
Fr. a nut or di-upe. Albumen 0 or thin and fleshy. Radicle 
superior. 
1. Daphne. Perianth 4-fid, deciduous. Berry fleshy, 1 -seeded. 
Stam. 8, shorter than the perianth, inserted in the tube in 
2 rows. — G. F. G. Monochl. 46. 
1. Daphne XeVm. 
1. D. Mezereum (L.) ; fl. subternate lateral sessile, tube hairy, 
segments ovate acute. — E.B. 1381. St. 8. — Fl. purple, appearing 
before the lanceolate 1. which are attenuated below. Benies red. 
A small shrub. — In woods, rare. Sh. III. Mezereon. 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. SANTALACE.E. 
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 j ovules 2 — 4, pendulous fi-om near 
the apex of a central placenta. Style 1. Fr. drupaceous, 1 -seeded. 
Embiyo 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. — G. F. G. Monochl. 48. 
1. Thesium 
1. T. humifuswn^DC.)-, st. procumbent or ascending racemose, 
