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15. Do. more advanced. 
17. Same more advanced. Embryo just commenced. 
18. A good deal more advanced. 
Has. Tongsa iu Bootan. 
Viscum, monoicum Pl. DCXXXI. 
Bacca pisiformibus circa apicem areoli cicatricis sepalorum, 
imo apice reliquias styli et stigmat gerent, in pedicello brevi 
robusto basi I-bracteato, fere leve. Accedit. materies crassa 
gelatinosa dehiscens. 
Viscum tenuissimum hyalinum circa semen. 
Semen subobcordatum compressum erectum viride basi al- 
bum. e qua ascendent. fili (ven ?) albe incompleti, one of 
them hinc utrinque apicem versus in sitam product. One of 
the smaller sides hinc, mammilla pointing out the apex of root 
Dotat, 
Albumen copiosum carnosum viride. Embryo transversus 
iter curvatus, Radicula longissima peripherius. ^ Cotyle- 
.. dones incumbentes carnosz foliacee discreta. 
. The white vein-like threads are the remains of the true 
pericarp, which in other species is much more developed, 
. Complete and persistent. It is difficult to ascertain the si- 
. tuation of the faces of the seed as it is so easily disturbed 
by pressure. 
_ Attachment simple, plant pendulo glabra ramulis (et folia) 
. Oppositis flexuosis sulcato-angulatis. 
Da ol. opposita basi in petiola brevissima attenuata ovato vel 
'olato-oblonga inzquilateral sæpe falcata e subundulata 
concava basi 3-venia, venis supra prominulis obtusa coriacea, 
brittle, 
Flores minuti in glomerulis axillarib. inserti, saepius e ter- 
his, aliquando e biuis, aggregat. 
. Masculi et feminei in mds seme fem. ut plurim. 
numerosiores. 
Flores basi bractee cupuliform. bidentato cinti vel solitarii 
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