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DIOECIA TETRANDRJA. 

 451. VISCUM. Misseltoe. 



Linn. Gen. o\7. Juss. 212. Fl. Br. 107 i. Touni.t. 380. Lam. 

 t.807. Ga:rtii.t.27. 



Nat. Ord. Aggregatcc. Linn. 48. Caprifolia. Juss. 58 

 LoranthecE. " Richard and Juss. Ann. du Mus. v, 12. 

 292." DeCand. 61. 



Barr.Jl. Cal. a slight border. Co)\ of 1 petal, in 4 deep, 

 ovate, acute, equal segments. Filam. none. Anth. 4, 

 ovate, compressed, sessile on the base of each segment 

 of the corolla, all over pitted, or cellular. 



Fert. Jl. Cal. a rather more evident boi'der, superior. 

 Pet. 4, ovate, dilated at the base, equal, deciduous. 

 Germ, inferior, ovate, crowned with the calyx. Style 

 none. Stigma obtuse, undivided. Berrij globular, 

 smooth, juicy, viscid, of 1 cell. Seed 1, heart-shaped, 

 compressed, obtuse, sometimes with a double embryo. 



Parasitical on trees, shrubby, branched, smooth, pale 

 green. Leaves opposite, simple, undivided, entire, 

 rigid. Fl. greenish. Berries of various colours. 



1 . V. album. Common White Misseltoe. 



Leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Stem forked, with ses- 

 sile intermediate heads, of about five flowers. 



V. album. Linn. Sp. PL 1451. M'illd. v. A. 72,7. FL Br. 1074. 



EngL Bot. w. 21. t. 1470. Hook. Scot. 288. MiU. Illustr. L87. 



Woodv. siippL t.270. 

 V. n. 1609. HalL Hist. v. 2. 282. 



V. baccis albis. Bauh. Pin. 423. Duham. Arh. v. 2. 354. t. 104. 

 Viscum. Ruii Syn. 404. Ger. Em. 1350./. Trag. Hist. 949./. 



Fuchs.HisL 329./. 7c. 187./. Lonic. Krenterb. 87.f.3. Matth. 



Valgr.v.2. 161./. Camer. Epit. 555./. 



Parasitical on trees, especially the Apple-tree, Hawthorn, Lime, 

 Oak, &c. 



Shrub. May. 



Root woody, thick, very hard, incorporated deeply with the wood 

 of the tree on which it grows, without any radicles. Stem 

 bushy, repeatedly forked, jointed, round, sniooth, pale green. 



