634 LORANTHACE.E. 
Calyx demum e pericarpio secedens, bivalvis, valvis reflexis: 
interdum bipartitis. 
Has. In sylvis Noadwar examinavi semina? tantum, Fed. 
17th, 1836. 
Habitus omnino Modecca, calyx recessus ultimo in laci- 
niis lobosve 5, sepalis respondentibus fissus. 
Viscum. 
` 1. Viscum aphyllum, Pl. DCXXX. 
- Caulis basi simplex, subrotundus, tunc rotundato anceps, 
ramis complanatis tetragono-ancipitibus, ramulis complanatis 
sub 5-striatis, stria media majora, 
-Length and proportions are very variable, 
„Floribus monoicis sessilibus ad articulos ssepius ternis 
sepiusque fzeminea, unica centrali duobus lateralibus (seroti 
nis) masculis. . 
- Bractea SEDENS ore ek ovarii tubum ovatum 
4. recondit. 
Flos fæ: minutus tubo ovato perianthio suberecto, sepalis 
cordatis. , 
- Stylus sub 0, stigma magnum discoideo-convexum. 
Saculus embryon. 1, ante fecundation : imperforat. simplex. 
Bacca pisiformis lutescens glabra, demum albida, basin brac- 
tea persist. suffult. 
-Semen erectum visco obtectum, pericarpium obcordato- pb 
longam eompressam cornubus maturis obsoletis, virida basi. 
lineis venoideis albis (pericarp. ven.) albumen } nudum vi- 
rida. 
Embryo massi infra medium, radicle pointed out by 
a greener spot, on one of the compressed edges. 
Fl. máseuli sepius ut videtur 3, sepali-sepalis erecto- paten- 
tibus apice reflexis, bracteatis ut fæmine. 3s 
Plant of a lively yellow green. 
The branches become rounded by. age, but the joints am 
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