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40. LORANTHACE-i:. 41. CAPKIFOLIACE Jl. 
2. C. suecica (L.) ; herbacemis, 1. all opposite sessile ovate, 
fl. umbellate shorter tban the 4i-leaved petal-like involucre. — B. 
.'110. 8t. 52. 1. — Flowering shoots about 0 in. high, aimual, 
springing fi'om the procunibent or subterranean creeping woody 
leafless stems. Fl. dark pui-ple Nvith yellow stamens, in a small 
f-olitary terminal umbel with an in v. of 4 ovate yellow 1. tipped 
with purple. Fr. red. — Moist alpine pastures. P. VII. E. S. 
Division III. COROLLIFLOR^. 
Pet. united. Stamens epipetalous; except in Ericncem and 
part of Plantaginace<e which have hypogyuous, and Campanu^ 
kicece which has epigynous stamens. — Orders XIj. — LXIII. * 
Order XL. LORANTHACE^. 
Cal. aduate to the ovary, with two bracts at its base; limb entire 
or lobed. Cor. of 4 — 8 more or less united petals. Stam. a.smany 
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. succident. Albumen fleshy. — Parasitical phants 
with entire mostly opposite leaves. 
1. ViscuM. Dioecious. 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, blunt. Berry 
1-seeded, crowned with the calyx. 
1. Vis'cTJM Linn. Mistletoe. 
1. V. aifhum (L.) ; st. repeatedly forked, branches terete, 1. 
ovate-lanceolate blunt, fl. in the forks of the stem sessile clus- 
tered. — E. B. 1470. St. 8. — Evergreen, parasitical, yellow, suc- 
culent. Male fl. about 3 together, female about 5, yellowish. 
Berries white, pellucid, globular, viscid. — Parasitical on various 
trees. P. III.IV. E. 
Order XLI. CAPRIFOLIACE^i:. , 
Cal. ndnate with the ovary, visually with bracts at the base ; 
limb 4 — 5-lobed. Cor. regular or irregiilar, 4 — (5-cleft. Stam. 
* Orders XL. — XL VI. and Tribe 3 of XL VII. are often considered 
as Onlyci floral. Their ovary is inferior. 
