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maturity, 'tis pleasant to the taste, although very lusci- 

 ously sweet." This species also becomes a tree " 60 f eefe 

 or more high.** 



786. VISCUM. L. (Misseltoe.) 



Masc. Calix 4-parted. Corolla none. Fila-- 



menfs none. Anthers adnate to the caiix. Fem. 



Calix 4-leaved, superior. Corolla none. Style 

 none. Berry 1 -seeded. *Sce{i cordate. 



Shrubby or sufl'ruticose plants, parasitic upon trees; 

 leaves opposite and thick, very rarely alternfite or want- 

 ing; flowers axillar}', subsessile or spiked; berry often in- 

 ternally glutinous. 



Spbci^s. 1, Y' mbn/m. 2. fnirpxivevm. o.verticillatum. 

 V. Jlavescens, Py. F. a/^z^m.? Mulil. Catal. p. 91. Parasitic 

 on the smoother barked trees, from Pennsylvania to the 

 West Indies. Obs. Branches opposite; leaves coneate- 

 oval, 3-nerved, obtuse; spikes axillary, solitary, about the 

 length of the leaves; male flowers mostly trifid, berries- 

 white and diaphanous. 



A genus of about 18 species indigenous to Europe^. 

 India, and the Cape of Good Hope, but principally to the 

 warmer parts of America. 



787. MYillCA. L. (Gaie, Candleberry Myrtle.) 



Masc. Ament oblong. Calix^ ovate scales* 

 Corolla none. Fem. Flower as the male. Styles 

 2. Drupe 1 -seeded. 



Aromatic shrubs or small trees; leaves alternate gene» 

 rally entire, scattered with resinous atoms; stipules none 

 or fugaceous; amenls axillary or terminal; drupe granu* 

 lated and dr}-, \\\ some species canescent and ceriferous. 

 Peri sperm none. 



Species 1. M, Gale. 2. cerifera. Most abundant on 

 the sandy sea-coasts, often forming almost exclusive mass- 

 es. 3. curolinensis, v/hich is also M. pennsylvanica? of 

 Lamark and Ph. 



Of this genus there are besides 2 species in tropical 

 America, 1 in the north and another in the south of Eur 

 sope. and 4 species at the Cape cf Good Hope. 



