200 TETRANDRIA. M0N0GYNIA. Viscum. 



(2) Male and female flower son the same plant. 



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pilulif era. U. Leaves opposite, egg-shaped, serrated : fertile catkins 



. • globular. 



E. lot. 148-M/7/. Ul-Kn'tph. S-Trag. 3. 2-Pet. 1. 11- 

 Blackw. 321. l-Fuchs. 1C(J-J. B. iii. 445. \-Matth. 

 1125-Ger. 5/0. l-Dod. 151. \-Lob. obs. 281. 2; It. i. 

 622. l-Ger. em. 707. \-Park. 440, \~H. ox. xi, 25. 5- 

 Lon'tc. i. 109. \-Gart . 638. 



When growing very close to a wall it is frequently taller and 

 slenderer, and the leaves generally smaller and egg-shaped, when 

 more distant the plant is shorter and stronger, and the leaves 

 larger and heart-shaped. Woodward* 



Roman Nettle. Rubbish. Yarmouth, and at Aldborough, 

 Suffolk. -R. 5y».— [Under walls at Yarmouth and elsewhere on 

 the coast, frequent. Mr. Woodward.] A. Aug. 



u'rens. "U. Leaves opposite, oval: stem branched. 



Fl.dan.73§-Ger. 5J0.3-Mattb. 112-ZW. 152-Lob. obs. 

 282. 1 ; it. i. 522. 2-Ger. em. 7®7-Park. 440. <2-Pet. 

 1. lC~Gart. 637' l-Fuchs. 108-J. B. iii. 446-//. ox. 

 xi. 25. row 2. A-Trag. 3. 1 . 



Lesser Nettle. Rubbish, cultivated ground. A. July — Sept * 



VIS'CUM. Male and Female flowers on different 



• plants : bloss. none. 



Male, calyx with 4 divisions : flam, none : an- 

 thers fixed to the calyx. 



Fern. Calyx A leaves, superior : style none : 

 berry pulpy; 1 -celled, 1 -seeded: seed heart- 

 shaped. 



al'bum. V. Leaves spear-shaped, blunt: stem forked: spikes axil- 

 lary. 



Mill. ill-Sheldr. 20-Wood<v. 27C-Blaciw. IM-Kniph. If 

 Fuchs. m§-Lon. i. 55. 2~Mattb. m6~Cam. ep'it. 555- 



food of young Turkeys, and other Poultry. Cows, Horses, Sheep, Goats 

 and Swine refuse them. Asses are fond of it, and Cows eat it in hay. 

 St. It gives nourishment to many species of Moths. Linn- 



* The leaves are gathered and cut to pieces, to mix with the food ot 

 young Turkeys.—- Cows, Horses, Sheep, Goats and Swine refuse it- 

 Linn. 



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