i DIOECIA. TETRANDIIA. 235 
_ ® 
—— _ maturity, "tis pleasant to the taste, valuhicick very lusci- 
‘- ously sweet.” This species also becomes a tree “60 feet 
or more high.” # 
a 
| 786. VISCUM. L. (Mintle - — 
Mase. Calix 4-parted. Corolla none. Fila- 
ments none, dnthers adnate to the calix. Fum._ 
Calix 4-leaved, superior. Corolla none. — Style” 
none, Berry t-seeded, Seed cordate. 
Shrubby or suffruticose plants, parasitic upon trees; 
leaves opposite and thick, very rarely alternate or want- 
ing; flowers axillary, subsessile or spiked; bay ee in- 
ternally glutinous. 
9 Pal 1. V. rubrum. 2. purpureum:. 3. er 
Jlavescens, Pu. V. album? Muhl. Catal. p. 9: 
on the smoother barked trees, from Pennsyh 
West Indies. Ons, Branches opposite; leaves cuneate- 
oval, 3-nerved, obtuse; spikes axillary, solitary, about the 
length of the Teaves; male flowers mostly trifid, berries 
white and diaphanous. — - ht 
Pe, aes A genus” of about 18 species indigenous to Europe, 
es India, and the Cape of Good Hope, but principally to the _ 
oe warmer parts of America. ye 4 
ne 
7387. MYRICA. Es (Gale, Candleberry Myrtle. 
Mase. Ament oblong. Calia, ovate scale ‘ 
“Corolla none. Fem. Flower as the —. Styles 
2, Drupe 1-seeded. ha 
__ Aromatic shfubs or small trees; leaves alternate 
Py entire, scattered with resinous atoms; stig 
E eous; aments a3). or te » Gi 
or Sage and dry, in some specks eee: 
- Specres. z; M. Gale. 2.. ‘cerifera. Most abundant on 
the sandy sea-coasts, often forming py exclusive — 
es. 3. curolinensis, which is also IM. ping a 
Lamark and Px. eS 
Of this genus there are besides 2 species de tropicd 
_ America, Pin the north and another in the south of Eu- 
aio + ee the Cape o Good 
