SANTALACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 70

XLII. SANTALACEAE 1

Herbaceous or woody plants. Leaves alternate, simple, linear, oblong or lanceolate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen. Flowers small, hermaphrodite or unisexual. Perianth 3- to 5- lobed or -partite, tubular to campanulate-rotate. Stamens 3-5, opposite lobes of the perianth. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled. Style 1; stigma capitate or lobed. Fruit a small green nut or a drupe. Seed solitary, with abundant endosperm. Hemiparasites, growing on the roots of herbs or shrubs.

1 Herbs; perianth-segmentsunited; fruita smallgreennut

3. Thesium 1 Woody plants; perianth-segments free; fruit a drupe

2 Plantwitha woodyrhizome;stigmacapitate;perianth4-to

5-partite; flowers hermaphrodite 1. Comandra 2 Shrubs, without a rhizome; stigma 3- to 4-lobed; perianth 3-

to 4-partite; dioecious 2. Osyris