442 
LXXXVIII. SANTALACEiE 
Osyris arborea, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 232. A shrub, 5-10 ft. ; 
young shoots sharply 3-angled. Leaves nearly sessile, oblong- 
ovate, 1-1| in., tip acute. Flowers minute, 2- or 1-sexual, yellow- 
green, shortly stalked. Perianth 3-4-lobed. Male flowers in 
small, stalked, axillary clusters, often forming short panicles : 
stamens 3-4. Female or 2 -sexual flowers, solitary on axillary 
Fig. 144. Osyris arborea. 
stalks, lengthening in fruit : style short, thick, stigmas 3-4, 
recurved. Drupe globose, J in., red when ripe. (Fig. 144.) 
Simla ; August-April. — Subtropical Himalaya, 1000-6000 ft. — S. India. 
LXXXIX. BALANOPHORACE^E 
Flowers small, 1-sexual. Perianth of male flowers usually 
3-parted, of female none ; stamens usually 3, filaments united ; 
ovary 1 -celled, ovule 1. Fruit minute, nut-like. — A small Order 
consisting of fleshy, leafless herbs parasitic on roots ; tropical 
and subtropical regions. 
