VISCUM, ZEA. I 415 



2. Caulescent. 



pubes"cens (O. y. 4), villose pubescent; stem simple, erect,, terete, leafless 

 below ; leaves broad ovate, cordate, dentate ; petioles short ; stipules large, 

 ovate, dentate ; peduncles 4 sided, shorter than the leaves ; bracts subulate, 

 minute ; divisions of the calyx lanceolate ; petals all very entire, veinless ; 

 upper one naked, glabrous ; lateral ones bearded, and with the upper one, 

 marked with a few blue lines ; lower ones often becoming reddish outside ; 

 spur short, gibbose, acutish ; stigma pubescent, scarcely beaked. Varies in 

 pubescence ; leaves are even found glabrous ; the capsules are also glabrous 

 or woolly. 4 12 i. rarely 4 f. 



Exotic, 

 tricolour (garden violet, heart's ease, pansy, p. y. b-p. M. 4), stem angular, 



diffuse, divided ; leaves oblong, deeply crenate ; stipules lyrate pinnatifid. 

 odora'ta (sweet violet, b. M. 4), stemless ; scions creeping ; leaves cordate, 

 crenate, smoothish ; calyx obtuse ; two lateral petals with a bearded or 

 hairy line. 



204. VISCUM. 43. 58. 



verticitta'tum (misletoe. g-w. J. ^ ), branches opposite and whorled ; learea 

 wedge obovate, 3 nerved ; spikes axillary, a little shorter than the leaves. 

 Berries yellowish white. On the branches of old trees: This is the golden 

 bough of Virgil, and the sacred plant of the Druids. 12 f. S. 



51. VITIS. 46. 72. 



Remark. All the North American species of grape are polygamous or 

 dioecious. 



labrus"ca (plum grape, w-g. J. ^ ), leaves broad cordate, lobe angled, white 

 downy beneath ; fertile racemes small ; berries (blue, flesh colour and 

 green) large. Var. labruscoides (fox grape), has smaller fruit, approaching a 

 tart taste. 



rulpi'na (frost grape. O. w-g. J. ^ ), leaves cordate, acuminate, gash toothed, 

 glabrous both sides ; racemes lax, many flowered ; berries small. Leaves 

 very variable ; but the uppermost mature leaves will agree with the 

 description. 



51. XYLOSTEUM. , 48. 58. 



cilia'tum (fly honey suckle, twin berry. O.w-y. M. ^ ), berries distinct ; leaves 

 ovate and sub-cordate, margin ciliate, in the young state villose beneath ; 

 corolla a little gibbous or calcarate at the base ; tube ventricose above ; 

 divisions short, acute ; style exsert. 3 4 f. 



31. XYRIS. 6. 13. 



cardinia'na (yellow eyed grass. E. y. Au. 4), leaves linear, grass like ; stem 

 or scape two edged ; head ovate acute ; scales obtuse. 9 18 i. S. 



513. ZANTHORHIZA. 26. 61. 



apiifo'lia (parsley, yellowropt. p. Ap. > ), stem simple : leaves 3 ternate ; 

 petioles dilated and clasping at the base ; racemes compound, below the 

 leaves. 13 f. 



215. ZANTHOXYLUM. 46. 94. 



fraxin"eum (prickly ash, tooth-ache bush. O. g-w. M. > ), prickly ; leaves 

 pinnate ; leafets lance-oval, sub-entire, sessile, equal at the base ; umbels 

 axillary. 8 12 f. S. 



193. ZEA. 4. 10. 



Southern, 

 mays (Indian corn. y-g. Ju. ), leaves lance linear, entire, keeled. 



