Plate 45. 
THE SANDAbWQOD FAMILY (ORDERlxia.SANTALACEAM 
i PERIANTH of 3-5 Lobes, in one row, uni ted into & funnel-shaped tube which adheres to 
the seedcase (superior) and spreading into 3-5 lobes 
STAMENS -3-5, the same number as the lobes of the perianth., on the base of which 
they are inserted cepi-pctalous). 
PISTIL of 1 CARPEL, the seedcase i-celled and adhering to the tube of the perianth 
(inferior), the style usually short, and the stigma 2 -or 3 -lobed. 
FRUIT a nut or berry-like drupe, with i-d seeds hanging from the top of a free 
central column (placenta) or very rarely erect, decaying to free the seeds (inde- 
h'i scent), often crowned -with, the withered perianth. 
FLOWERS small, in clusters ( racemes, panicles, or spikes ), or solitary in the axils 
of the leaves. 
times with the lower ones opposite, entire 
scales, or absent, without stipules, 
sitic on the roots of other plants, to which 
selves by means of little disk Like suckers, 
of the Figwort Family. 
DISTINGUISHED from the Daphne Family (Thym- 
etcaceae) by the perianth-tube being combined 
with the seedcase and by the fruit being a berry- 
tike drupe or nut with several hanging 
seeds attached to a free central column 
also in the species though gener - 1 
ally possessed of 
1 LEAVES alternate, or some- 
occasionally reduced to 
ROOTS partially para- 
they attach them- 
as in some 
green leaves, be- 
ing usually partially 
parasitic on the roots of other plants (hosts). 
parts magnified 
Sj 
yle 1 
cut in two. &. stigma. 
BASTARD 
TOAD -FLAX, 
