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DIOECIA TETRANDRU, 

 451. VISCUM. Misseltoe. 



Linn. Gew. 517. Juss. 212. Fl. Br. 1074. Tourn. t. 380. Lam. 

 t.807. Gcerin.t.27. 



Nat. Ord. Aggregate. Linn. 48. Caprifolia. Juss. 58. 

 Loranthece. " Richard and Juss. Ann. du Mus. v. 12. 

 292." DeCand. 61. 



Barr.Jl. Cat. a slight border. Cor. of 1 petal, in 4 deep, 

 ovate, acute, equal segments. Filam. none. Anth. 4, 

 ovate, compressed, sessile on the base of each segment 

 of the coi'olla, all over pitted, or cellular. 



Fert. Jl. Cal. a rather more evident border, superior. 

 Pet. 4, ovate, dilated at the base, equal, deciduous. 

 Germ, inferior, ovate, crowned with the calyx. Style 

 none. Stigma obtuse, undivided. Berry globular, 

 smooth, juicy, viscid, of 1 cell. Seed 1, heart-shaped, 

 compressed, obtuse, sometimes with a double embryo. 



Parasitical on trees, shrubby, branched, smooth, pale 

 green. Leaves opposite, simple, undivided, entire, 

 rigid, i^. greenish. Acme's of various colours. 



1. V. album. Common White Misseltoe. 



Leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Stem forked, with ses- 

 sile intermediate heads, of about five flowers. 



V. album. Linn. Sp. Fl.\Ah\. Willd. v. 4.737. Fl. Br. ]074. 



Engl. Bot. V.21.L 1470. Hook. Scot. 288. Milt. Illustr. t. 87. 



Woodv. siippl. t. 270. 

 V. n. 1 609. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 282. 



V. baccis albis. Bauh. Pin. 423. Duham. Arh. v. 2. 354. t. 104. 

 Viscum. Raii Syn.4QA. Ger. Em. \3r)0. f. Trag. Hist. 949./. 



Fuchs. Hist. 329./. /c. 187./. Lonic. Kreuterb.S7./.3. Matth. 



Valgr. u. 2. 1 6 1 ./. Camer. Epit. 555./. 

 Parasitical on trees, especially the Apple-tree, Hawthorn, Lime, 



Oak, &c. 

 Shrub. Mmj. 

 Root woody, thick, very hard, incorporated deeply with the wood 



of the tree on which it grows, without any radicles. Stem 



bushy, repeatedly forked, jointed, round, smooth, pale green, 



