510 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
flat; sometimes oval, 
at other times triangu- 
lar, and at other times 
of various forms. In jig. 
926., a is the male blos- 
som magnified; 4, the fe- 
male blossom magnified ; 
d, a berry cut through, 
transversely; e, a seed 
divided vertically, show- 
ing the two embryos; g, 
the embryo magnified ; 
h, the two embryos, with 
the two radicles germi- 
nating ; 7, a single radi- 
cle; 4, a side view, or 
section, of the two radi- 
cles; and J, a side view, 
or section, of the single 
radicle. Our mistletoes, 
at Bayswater, are now | 
(Aug. 1840) from 4in. | 
to Sin. in length, with 
4 or 5 pairs of leaves, | 
after having been four | , : 
yearssown. Mr. Moss,a 906), “Wile 
nurseryman at Malvern, 
has succeeded in grafting the mistletoe standard high on young apple and 
pear trees, and also on poplars and willows. The grafts should be made in the 
first or second week in May ; and they should never be lower than 5 ft. from 
the ground, or higher than 10 ft. Where the stock is not more than 3 in. in 
diameter, an incision is made in the bark, into which a scion of mistletoe, 
ared thin, is inserted, having a bud and a leaf at the upper end. In grafting 
onger pieces,a notch should be cut out of the stock ; an incision made 
below the notch ; and a shoulder left on the scion to rest on the notch, in the 
manner of crown grafting. In every case, there must be a joint on the lower 
extremity of the scion. The mistletoe may also be propagated by budding, 
taking care to have a heel of wood and a joint at the lower extremity of the 
bud. (See Gard. Mag., vol. xiii. pp. 206. and 285.) 
Genus II. 
Ki 
LORA’NTHUS L. Tue Loranruus. Lin. Syst. Pentahexéndria Mono- 
gynia. 
Identification. Lin, Sp., 1672. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 671.; Don's Mill, 3. p. 409. 
Derivation. From lorum, a lash made of leather, and anthos, a flower ; alluding to the long linear 
shape and leathery substance of the petals. 
Gen. Char. Flowers dicecious or hermaphrodite. Calyx cup-shaped, adnate, 
with an entire border. Petals 5—6, linear, reflexed. Stamens inserted into 
the middle of the petals. Filaments short. Anthers globose. Style thickish. 
Stigma simple. Berry globose, 1-celled, 1-seeded. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, opposite or nearly so, exstipulate, evergreen ; entire, 
rigid. Flowers in spikes, axillary and terminal.— An evergreen shrub, 
parasitical on trees ; native of Austria. 
