﻿Fraseriaiia;. N. O, Loranlheae. 



TAB. LXXIII. 



VlSCUM INCANUM 



Incano-sericeum, caule ramosissimo, ramis oppositis, foliis spa- 

 thulatis subcarnosis, pedunculo brevi termlnall bifloro, floribus 

 foemineis cylindraceis, perlantbii limbo 4-lobo. 

 Hab. Brisbane River, N. Holland. Parasite on trees. Mr. 

 Fraser. 



The silky Iioariness with which this plant is invested is a strik- 

 ing peculiarity in nn extensive genus, where almost every species 

 is glabrous. The leaves are small. In the axil of the extreme 

 pair are the rudiments of 2 branches with 4 small stipules at the 

 base, and, between these rudimentary branches, is a forked pe- 

 duncle bearing two flowers, with a bracteaat the base of the 

 ovary. In our solitary specimen there are only female flowers, 

 which are destitute of corollas. The style is conical: stigma 

 obtuse. The fruit (scarcely mature) is subbaccate, subfusiform, 

 crowned with the persistent teeth of the calyx. 



Fig. 1. Apex of a flowering branch. /. 2. Female flower, one 

 of the segments of the calycine limb being removed. / 3- Fruit 

 (scarcely mature). / 4. Vertical section of do.:— ?«cfi?«i^«<^- 



