288 69. SANTAIACE^. 70. ARISTOLOCHIACE^. 
evergTeen. — E.B. 119. — A small shrub, 1 — .3 feet high, slightly 
branched, naked below. Fl. yellowish gi-eeu, funuelshaped. 
Berries bluish black. — Woods and thickets. Sh. II. — IV. E. S. ? 
Order LXIX. SANTALACEvE. 
Perianth adnate to the ovary ; limb 3 — 5-fid ; aestiyation val- 
vate. Stam. 4 — 5, opposite to and inserted at the base of the 
se^ents. Ovarj- 1-celled ; o^iiles 1 — 4, pendidous from near 
the apex of a central placenta. Stjie 1. Fr. drupaceous, 1-seeded. 
EmbiTO in the axis of fleshy albumen. 
1. THESirsi. Perianth 4 — 5-cleft, top- or fimnel-shaped. 
Stam. 5, ■s\-ith a fascicle of hairs at their base. Style 1. 
Stigma simple. Xut di-upaceous, crowned vdth the persist- 
ent perianth. — G. F. G. Monochl. 48. 
1. The'sicm Linn. 
1. T. hanifttsitm (DC.) ; st. procmubent or ascending racemose, 
racemes branched or simple, li.-stalks as long oi' longer than the 
fl., fi-.-stalks patent, angles of fr. -stalks and edges of bracts and 
upper 1. denticidate-asperous, fi-. oval-oblong, 1. 1-veined linear. 
—E. xi. 542. T. Unophyllum Sm., E. B. 247. — Parasitical. 
Root woody. St. nearly always prostrate, spreading in a circle. 
L. veiy slender ; veins usually obscure. Bracts 3, lower middle 
ones exceeding flowers. Tube of perianth veiy short, open, 
funnelshaped ; segm. ti-iangiilar, spreading, a tooth on each 
side. Fr. oval, longer than the persistent perianth which is 
usuallv inflexed only at the end, strongly ribbed, slightly netted. 
—Chalky and limestone. (oolite) hUls. P. VI. ^TI. E. 
\_T. intcrmedimn (Schrad.) ; st. more erect panicled, panicle 
pyramidal, lowest branches longest, 1. linear-lanceolate 3- veined; 
IS said to be a native of Britain.] 
[T. Mmile (Vahl) ; racemes spiked,^, nearly sessile, fr. strongly 
ribbed and netted sessile crowned with the veiy short inflexed 
perianth, I. fleshy linear 1-veined. — R. xi. 542. — Fr. 4 or 5 times 
as long as the persistent inflexed perianth. Middle bract much 
exceeding the flowers.— I gathered two specimens of this plant 
somewhere near Dawlish in Devonshire in 1829, but it was 
probably not indigenous. P. VII. ^'III.] E. 
Order LXX. AKISTOLOCHIACE^. 
Perianth adnate to the ovary below, tubular above, with a 
lobed dilated usually irregular limb. Stam. 6 — 12, epigynous. 
