DIOECIA TETRANDRIA, 



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DIOECIA TETRANDRIA 



VISCUM. Gen. Pl. 1504. 



Mo scull. Calyx 4 



partJtus. 



Corolla 0. 



Pilamenta 0. Anthe- 



rce calyci adiiatae. 



Sterile Jioreis* 



a 



hjx 4-pnrted. Cor oik 



0. 



Filaments 0. 



An 



thers attached to the 

 calyx. 



Ca- 



Foeminei, Calyx 4 Fertile florets. 



phyllus, supenis. _^^y/- 1 /?/.t 4-Ieav6d, superior. 



Stifle 0. ■ Corolla 0. 



Berry 1 -seeded. Seed 

 cordate. 



lus 0. Corolla 0. Bac- 



ca 1- 



sperm a 



Semen 



cord at lira. 



1. VeRTICILLATUxM. 



Lin. 



V. ramulis oppositis 



foli i 



8 



3 



vertieillatisque; 

 cimeato-obovatis, 

 nervibus; spicis axilla- 

 ribus, foliis pauIo bre- 



vioribus; baccis albe- 



Branches 



opposite 



and verticillate; leaves 



? 





ciineate-obovate. 



3 



scentibus. 



E. 



nerved; spikes axillary, 

 a little shorter than the 

 leavesj berries nearly 

 white. 



Sp. pl. 4. p. 741. Nutt. 2. p. 235. 



V. Alburn^ Walt. p. 241. 



V. Flavescens. Pursh, 1. p. 114. 



A small shrub, growing parasitically on the branches oi old or decaying 

 trees; rarely however found on the pine or cedar. Stem 1 — 2 feet long, 

 branches opposite or verticillate by fours. Leaves perennial, nearly sessile, 

 tapering at base, 3-nerved, entire, obovate, obtuse, like the branches oppo- 

 site or verticillate. Spike axillary, opposite or verticillate, nearly as long as 

 the leaves. Florets very small. Berries yellowish white, pellucid. 



Flowers April and jMay. 



The V. Rubrum and Purpureum I have never seen. They are said by 

 t^atesby to inhabit the Bahama Islands, and to be found on trees foreign to 



®«r climate. . 



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