LORANTHUS EUROPAEUS. 415 



and cover the wound with tar, or to cut down infected trees in 

 the thinnings. For fruit-trees, and in nurseries, the former 

 method should be adopted. 



Mistletoe makes good fodder for cattle, and for roe- deer in 

 winter. Steamer loads of it are sent from Normandy to 

 London for Christmas decorations. 



b. Loranthm europaeus, L. 



This species attacks chiefly oaks, Quercus Cerris, L., Q. 

 sessiliflora, Salisb., less 

 frequently, Q. pedunculata, 

 Ehrh. and Castanea vul- 

 yaris, Lam. ; also lime. 

 It is found throughout 

 Southern Europe and as 

 far north as Saxony, not in 

 Britain. It grows chiefly 

 on the branches of stan- 

 dards over coppice. 



The main difference 

 between the growth of 

 this parasite and mistle- 

 toe, besides its outward 



Figs. 203 and 204. Loranthus europaeus, Jacq. Fig. 203 reduced, 

 Fig. 204 natural size. 



appearance with bright yellow berries, is that the lateral 

 shoots of the first haustorium occur in the cambium and 

 sapwood and not in the bast, and continue to grow parallel 

 to the woody fibres of its host, sending out no sinkers. 

 These shoots terminate in a wedge that looks as if it splits 

 the wood as it proceeds, but at the commencement of their 



