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CONGLOMERATE. 
‘VISCUM am - __ MISSELTOE. 
SYNON YMA, ° Vifeus: Phaba: Dale. 313. Alftom. it. 53. 
Lewis.666. Edinb. New Difpenf. 302. Cullen, ii. 47. Murray. 
4199. Bergius. 788. Ger. Emac. 153. Ray. Syn. 464. Hif 
1583. Vifcum baccis albis. Baub. Pin. 423. Vifcum vulgare. 
Park. Theat. 1392. Hall. n. 1609. V. album. Hudfon. Flor. 
Ang. 431. Withering. Bot. Arre 1112. Ie. Mill. Illuft. 
Dioecia Tetrandria. Liz. Gen. Plant. 1105. 
‘Sa Ch. Masc. Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. o. Filamenta o. Anthera 
| calyci: adnate. 
Feu. Cal. 4-phyllus, ‘fuperus. Cor. 0. Stylus 0. 
Bacca 1-fperma, Sem. cordatum. | 
Sp. Ch. v. foliis lesen obtulis caule dichotomo, {picis axillaribus 
A PARASITICAL Sprain fhrub,, infinuating ite radical fibres 
into the wood of the trees on which it grows. Branches numerous, 
regularly dichotomous; covered with {mooth bark, of a’ yellowith 
green colour. Leaves fpear-fhaped, blunt, entire, fiviated, ftanding 
in pairs upon fhort footftalks.. Flowers male and female in different 
plants, {mall, axillary, in clofe fpikes. Calyx of the male flower 
divided into "fbar: ovate equal fegments. Corolla none. Filaments 
none. Antherz four, oblong; attached to the calyx. Calyx of the 
Semale flower divided into four leaves; which are {mall, ovate, deci- 
duous, placed on the common germen. Corolla none. Germen 
beneath, oblong; three-edged, indiftin@ly crowned with a border 
with four clefts, Style none. Stigma —: and fomewhat notched. 
Fruit 
