TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Hippophae. 201 



Trag. 9±$~Dod. 826-Lob. obs. 36 i. 1 ; ic. 1.636. 2-Ger. 



em. 1350. \-Park. 1393. 1-Garx. 628-Ger. Il68. J. 



A singular parasitical evergreen shrub. The larraz plant 

 opposite to the fertile one. Linn. The root insinuates its fibres 

 into the woody substance on the tree on which it grows. Blos- 

 som greenish white. Berries whitish. 



White Misseltoe. Missel* Mostly 



Mapl 



tree, Willow, Elm, &c. Ray. Rarely on the Oak. Hunt. ewl. 

 [Very rare in the Northern Counties, growing only at Lithe, 

 near Kendal. Mr. Gough. In Worcestershire and Hereford- 

 shire very common both in orchards and hedge- row-fruit trees.] 



S. May 



HIPPO'PHAE. Male and Fern, flowers on dif- 

 ferent plants: hloss. none. 

 Male, Calyx 1 leaf, 2-lobed. 



Fern. Calyx 1 leaf, tubular : berry superior, 

 1 -celled : seed hard, shining. 



H, Leaves spear-shaped. 



Fl. Ross. i. 6S-E. hot. 425-Cam. epit. 81-7. B. i. b. 33- 

 Do J. 755. 1-27. dan. 265-Gies. 38-Matth. 156-Lo*. ii. 

 8. 2~Clus. i. 110. l-Lob. obs. 598.3: ic. ii. 180. 1- 



Ger. e?n. 1334. 2~Park. 1006. 1. 



Shrub 8 feet high. Branches widely spreading, straight, 

 *tiff, thorny at the ends ; the lesser numerous, scattered, short, 

 expanding. Stokes. Leaves strap-spear-shaped, very entire, 

 green above, with whitish scales, white underneath, with a 

 strong prominent mid-rib, which has a corresponding furrow 

 on the upper surface, edges usually somewhat bent back. Wood- 



* Birdlime may be made from the berries and from the bark. The 

 Misseltoe Bird, the Fieldfare, and the Thrush e;ft the berries, the seeds 

 of which pass through them unchanged, and along with their excrements 

 adhere to the branches of trees, where they vegetate. Some authors ob- 

 serving that the roots are always inserted on the under side of the branches, 

 deny this method of propagation ; but they do not recollect that the rains 

 Will soon wash them into that situation, though it is highly probable that 

 they first fell upon the upper side of the branch. No art hath yet made 

 these plants take root in the earth. Sheep eat it very greedily, and it is 

 frequently cut off the trees for them in hard weather. It is said to pre* 

 ^rve them from the rot. Mr. Hollefear. If the berries when fully ripe, 

 be rubbed on the smooth bark of almost any tree, they will adhere closely 

 and produce plants the following winter. In the garden of Mr. Collins 

 of Knaresborough, are many large plants of it produced in this manner on 

 the dwarf Apple-tree. Hunt. evel. It was formerly in great repute as a 

 remedy for Epileptic and other complaints ; but it is now very much dis- 

 regarded j and indeed its sensible qualities promise but little. 



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