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LORANTHACE^ 



ments, sometimes united in a bell-shaped form and valvate in 

 bud; the stamens equalling the perianth-leaves in number, and 

 opposite and adnate to them ; the ovary inferior, i -chambered 



vfscuM Album {Coiiwton Mistletoe). 



and i-ovuled ; and the jruit a viscid berry which adheres to the 

 bark of the host tree. Soon a thread-like radicle is sent forth, 

 which, from whatever part of the berry it proceeds, curves towards 



