278 CAPRIFOLIaCE^. [Sambucus. 



suhcarnosus in arboribus resiniferis Europm meridionalls Americceque borealis parasiticus^ 

 aphyllus valde prolifere ramosus^ ramis opposifis obtuse tetragonis ; more Salicornise arti- 

 culatuSi articiilis superne vaginantibus subpelviformibus. Flores terminales atque laterales 

 S€Bpe terni parvi inconspicui, 



I, A, Oxycedri; (Tab. XCIX.) " Bieb. 17. Taur, Cam, SuppL p 629." Spreng. Syst. 

 Veget. v. 3. p, 901. — " Razoumowskia Caucasica. Hoffm, Hart. Mosq. 1808. Intr. n. \.f. 1. 

 a-2." — Viscum Oxycedri. De Cand, FL Fr, ed. 3. v. 3. /?. 901. Bigel FL Taur. Cam. v. 2. 

 p. 406. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 283, 



Hab. On Pinus ponderosa^ West side of the Rocky Mountains. Douglas. On Pinns Banksianoj from 

 tlae Spokan River on the West side of the Rocky Mountains, in lat. 47°, to the Rocky Mountains, and 

 thence to Hudson's Bay on the East, in lat. 57°. Douglas. Brummond. — Mr. Douglas entertained an idea 

 that the specimens in his Herbarium of this curious parasite, gathered on Pinus ponderosa, were different 

 from those found on P. Banksiana: but the only difference consists in the latter being loaded with female, 

 the former with male flowers, ^^hich certainly gives a very different appearance to the extremities of the 

 numerous branches. It is remarkable too, that all Mr. Druramond*s specimens, (and they were all found 

 upon P. Banksiana^ are male plants. These, and Mr. Douglas' plants, have been carefully compared with 

 Europaean ones, found gnawing- on the Juniperus Oxycedms, some from the South of France, (Langiiedoc, 

 g-athered by M. Bory de St. Vincent,) and others from Caucasus, communicated to me by Mr. Prescott, and 

 T must confess I can perceive no specific difference in them whatever. In general, but uot always, those 

 from the old \\'orId, are greener or blacker when dry, the American more yeUoM\ I regret that I have 

 it not in my power to consult the Appendix of Bieberstein's FI, Taur. Cauc, nor the Hort. Mos*j. of 

 Hoflfin : — so that I am unable to take advantage of any remarks they may have made respecting characters 

 of this plant, as distinguishing it from the Genus Viscum: but as no analysis of the flowers has any where 

 been represented, I have thought it right to figure them here : and if Viscum album be considered the type 

 of that Genus, our plant appears to me very distinct, not only in habit, but, remarkably, in the nature of the 

 anthers and in the constantly single and vertical embryo. 



Tab. XCIX. A. Oxycedri. Fig. 1, Diandrous male flower; Jig. 2, The same, with part of the upper joint 

 of the branch removed to show the two young ramuli ; fig. 3, Triandrous male flower ; fig. 4, Tetran- 

 drous male flower; T?/?. 5, Anther; fig. 6, Dehiscent do. ; fig. 7, Small branch from a female plant; fig. 

 8, Female flower ; fig. 9, Section of do. ; fig. 10, Fruit ; fig. 1 1, Seed enveloped by its viscid pulp; fig. 

 12, Section of do., showing the embryo ; — all more or less magnified. — Figs. 10-12, are from Europiean 

 specimens ; tbe rest from the American ones. 



Ord. XLVIII. CAPKIFOLIACE^. Juss. (excL Sect 2 eM.) 



Trib. I, SAMBUCEiE. Corolla gamopeiala regidaris rotata sen petalis 5 cBqiialibus basi 

 tantum concretis constans^ rarius tubulosa. Stylus nullus. Stigmata 3 sessilia. DC. 



1. SAMBUCUS. Linn. 



Calycis limbus parvus 5-fidus. Cor. rotata urceolaris S-fida, lobis cbtusis. Stamina 5. 

 Stylus nullus. Stigmata 3 sessilia. Bacca subrotunda vix coronata pulposa 1-locularis 

 (Gsertn.) 3-5-sperma; funiculi in axi bacca? semina gerentes oblonga hinc angulata. — 

 Frutices aut herbse odore gravi. Folia opposita impari-pinnatisecta, segmevtis dentatis 

 aut pinnatisectis aut laciniatis^ basi bistipulata aut biglandulosa. Corynibi (ant cymi) ter- 

 minales nunc plant nunc in Hiyrsum cbngesti, Flores albi interdum subincarnati. DC. 



