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LORANTHACEjE. I. VISCUM. 



* * Branchlets 2-edged or compressed, but at length becoming 

 terete. 



39 V. INTERRC'PTUM (D, C. prod. 4. p. 282.) branches com- 

 pressed while young, but at length becoming terete ; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, obtuse, attenuated at the base, petiolate, almost 

 nerveless, with S-5 fine veins ; spikes axillary, 1-2 : with the 

 sheaths rather truncate at the apex : joints naked at the base, and 

 fructiferous at the apex. fj . P. S. Native of Brazil, where it 

 was collected by Pohl. V. lanceolato-ellipticuin, Pohl, in litt. 

 Leaves 4 inches long, and 8-10 lines broad. Petioles 4 lines 

 long. Spikes 1 i inch long, interrupted, constantly of 3-4 joints. 

 Perhaps sufficiently distinct from V. riibrum. 



Interrupted-spiked Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



40 V. A'NCEPS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 487.) branches 2-edged, 

 but in the adult state they are nearly terete; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, attenuated at the base, having 3 veins rising 

 from the base ; spikes axillary, opposite, one-half or more 

 shorter than the leaves. Jj . P. S. Native of Porto-Rico and 

 Hispaniola, where it was collected by Bertero. Leaves 3-4 

 inches long, and 9 lines broad ; petioles 4 lines long. Spikes an 

 inch long or a little more. 



Two-edged-branched Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



41 V. HEXA'STICHUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 282.) branches 2- 

 edged, but at length becoming nearly terete ; leaves elliptic, 

 tapering at both ends, bluntish at the apex, and acute at the 

 base, petiolate, feather-nerved ; spikes axillary, solitary, oppo- 

 site, articulated : with the sheaths truncate ; berries globosely 

 depressed, disposed in 6 rows. Ij . P. S. Native of the island 

 of Cuba, near Havannah. Leaves coriaceous, 3 inches long, and 

 about 15-1G lines broad ; petioles 4 lines long. This species is 

 very like V . Perrottelii. 



Six-ranked Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



42 V. UNDULA'TUM (Pohl, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 282.) 

 branchlets 2-edged ; branches terete ; leaves oval or oblong, 

 tapering at the base, and bluntish at the apex, undulated, thick- 

 ish, having the middle nerve rather tumid, and the rest of the 

 leaf veinless; spikes axillary, twin, articulated, 3 times shorter 

 than the leaves : having the sheaths rather truncate, and the 

 joints short. T? . P. S. Native of Brazil, where it was collected 

 by Pohl. 



Undulated-leaved Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



43 V. MACROPIIY'LLUM (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 488.) branches 

 nearly terete ; branchlets compressed at the apex ; leaves 

 broadly ovate or oval, petiolate, with the middle nerve rather 

 thick, and the lateral veins perspicuous ; spikes 2-4 from each 

 axil, one-half shorter than the leaves, somewhat tetragonal ; 

 berries ovate, half immersed. Tj . P. S. Native of the West 

 India Islands, as of St. Domingo (Plum. ed. Burm. t. 258. f. 4.), 

 and Porto-Rico (Bertero). Leaves 6 inches long, and 3-j broad ; 

 petioles 6-8 lines long. Spikes 2 inches long, interrupted. 

 Fruit disposed in 4 rows on the spike, and each row composed 

 of 4 berries. Sheaths of spike truncate. 



Long-leaved Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



44 V. SCHIEDEA'NUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 670.) trunk terete ; 

 branches 2-edged, dilated under the forks ; leaves fleshy, 3-5- 

 nerved, falcate, obtuse : female spikes 1-3-together, axillary ; 

 flowers 6 in a whorl. Tj . P. G. Native of Mexico, on trees 

 near Jalapa. Fruit a little smaller than hemp seed. V. falca- 

 tum, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 5. p. 172. but not of Wall. 



Schiede's Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



45 V. FLA" YENS (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 266.) branches 

 2-edged, at length terete ; leaves ovate, somewhat attenuated at 

 the apex, obtuse, 5-nerved at the base, on very short petioles ; 

 spikes axillary, twin or tern, 3 times shorter than the leaves, arti- 

 culated ; berries ovate, (j . P. S. Native of Jamaica (Swartz), 



and Porto-Rico (Bertero), on the branches of trees. The figure 

 of Plumier, cited for this plant by several authors, has here been 

 omitted in consequence of the leaves in the figure being feather- 

 nerved, and not 5-nerved at the base, as in this species. 

 Yellowish Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



* Branches and branchlets tetragonal. 



46 V. TETRAGONUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 282.) branches oppo- 

 site, and are, as well as the branchlets, tetragonal ; leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, and obtuse at the apex, 

 3-nerved or 5-nerved, the 2 lateral nerves being hardly evident ; 

 spikes axillary, solitary, 3 or 4 times shorter than the leaves. 

 fj . P. S. Native of Porto-Rico and Guadaloupe, on trees by 

 the seaside. V. angustif61ium, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 487.? .V. 

 myrtilloides and Loranthus sessilis, Spreng. in herb. Balb. 

 Leaves 12-16 lines long, and 5-8 lines broad ; petioles a line 

 long. Spikes 2-3 lines long. Perhaps the same as V. myrtil- 

 loides, Willd. spec. 4. p. 739. ? 



Tetragonal-branched Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



47 V. MUCRONA'TUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, 2-edged 

 while young, but nearly terete in the adult state ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, attenuated at the base, obtuse, and mucronate at the 

 apex, having the middle nerve and one on each side of it dis- 

 tinct ; spikes axillary, solitary, 4 times shorter than the leaves. 

 Tj . P. S. Native of St. Domingo. V. myrtilloides, Spreng. in 

 herb. Balb., and hence it is the V. myrtilloides from Hispaniola 

 of Spreng. syst. 1. p. 488. Leaves nearly an inch long, and 4 

 lines broad ; petioles 1-2 lines long. Spikes 2-3 lines long. 



Mucronate-leaved Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



48 V. PENNIVE'NIUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, nearly 

 terete ; leaves somewhat alternate, oval on short petioles, ob- 

 tuse : having the middle nerve rather prominent beneath, and 

 with the lateral veins pinnate and branched, hardly perspicuous 

 above; spikes axillary, solitary, one half shorter than the leaves; 

 berries oblong. Jj . P. S. Native of French Guiana. 



Feather-veined Mistletoe. Shrub par. 



49 V. KUNTHIA'NUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 283.) plant much 

 branched ; braTiches tetragonal, articulated ; leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, obliquely oblong, 3-5-nerved, rounded at the apex and 

 cuneated at the base ; spikes axillary, 2-3 together, articulated ; 

 berries globose, immersed in the rachis. Tj . P. S. Native of 

 Quito, near Guayaquil, on trees. Leaves 18-24 lines long, and 

 7-9 lines broad. Spikes nearly an inch long. V. trinervium, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 488. exclusive of the syn. of Lam. Loran- 

 thus viscifolius, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 443. 

 Schultes, syst. 7. p. 156. 



Kunth's Mistletoe. Shrub par. 



50 V. QUADRANGULA'RE (D. C. prod. 4. p. 283.) plant much 

 branched ; branches tetragonal, almost winged ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, obtuse, almost ensiform, 5-nerved ; spikes axillary, 

 twin ? articulated ; berries globose, disposed in 4 series, sessile. 

 fj . P. S. Native of the temperate parts of New Granada, 



parasitical on Guazuma. V. rubrum, var. from New Granada. 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 488. Loranthus quadrangularis, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 444. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 156. 

 Leaves 24-27 lines long, and 6-7 broad ; petioles a line long. 

 Fruit bearing spikes an inch and a half long. 



Quadrangular-stemmed Mistletoe. Shrub parasitical. 



51 V. OBLONGIFOLIUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 283.) branches te- 

 tragonal ; leaves oblong, obtuse, attenuated at the base, nearly 

 nerveless, or somewhat 1 -nerved at the base; spikes axillary, 

 solitary, 2 or 3 times shorter than the leaves. 17 . P. S. Native 

 of Guadaloupe, on the mountains. Allied to V. tetragonum 

 and V. mucronatum, but differs in the leaves being longer and 

 nerveless. Leaves 12-14 lines long and 3-4 broad. Fruit 

 bearing spikes an inch and a half long. 



