DIOEOIA, TETRANDRIA. 2S5 



maturity, 'tis pleasant to the taste, although very lusci- 

 ously sweet." This species also becomes a tree ** 60 feet 

 or more high." 



786. VISCUM. i. (Misseltoe.) 



Masc. Calix 4 -parted. Corolla none. Fila- 

 ments none. Anthers adnate to the calix. Fem. 

 Calix 4 leaved, superior. Corolla none. Style 

 none. Berry I -seeded. >See(i cordate. 



Shrubby or suffruticose plants, parasitic upon trees; 

 leaves opposite and thick, very rarely alternate or want- 

 ing; flowers axillary, subsessile or spiked; berry often in- 

 ternally glutinous. 



Species. 1. V. nibmm. 2. purpureum. S.verticillatum, 

 V. Javescens, Ph. V. album? Muhl. Gatal. p. 91. Parasitic 

 on the smoother barked trees, from Pennsylvania to the 

 West Indies. Obs. Branches opposite; leaves cuneate- 

 oval, 3-nerved, obtuse; spikes axillary, solitary, about the 

 length of the leaves; male flowers mostly trifid, berries 

 white and diaphanous. 



A genus of about 18 species indigenous to Europe, 

 India, and the Cape of Good Hope, but principally to the 

 warmer parts of America. 



rsr. MYRICA. Z. (Gale, Candleberry Myrtle.) 



Masc. Ament oblong. Calix, ovate scales. 

 Corolla none. Fem. Flower as the male. Styles 

 2. Drupe 1 -seeded. 



Aromatic shrubs or small trees; leaves alternate gene» 

 rally entire, scattered with resinous atoms; stipules none 

 or fugaceous; amenls axillary or terminal; drupe granu- 

 lated and dry, in some species canescent aiKi ceriferous. 

 Perisperm none. 



Species 1. M. Gale. 2. cenfera. Most abundant on 

 the sandy sea-coasts, often forming almost exclusive mass- 

 es. 3. carolinensigy which is also M. pennsylvanica? of 

 Lamark and Ph. 



Of this genus there are besides 2 species in tropical 

 America, 1 in the north and another in the south of Eu- 

 rope> and 4 species sX the Cape of Good Hope. 



