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filament at the base of each. Filaments and 

 anthers united ; anthers 2-celled, each cell 

 having a vertical valve. Capsule coriaceous, 

 (nut) 2-celled, 2-lobed, 2-awned, apex 2- 

 valved, valves cleft. Seeds 2, arillate. — 

 Nutt. 



1. H. leaves ovate, acutely dentated, cordate, with vir fa Hniea. 



the sinus small Pursh. 



Icon. Catesby, car. 3. t. 2. 



Witch- Hazle. 



A small tree, from ten to fifteen feet high, characterised by 

 the anomalous circumstance of flowering' in the first winter 

 month, and sometimes in October, while its leaves are yellow 

 and falling. Flowers yellow. The divining rods formerly used 

 by impostors, who pretended to find precious ores, were made 

 of the twigs of this tree ; and, in Virginia, I have been inform- 

 ed, the credulous vulgar are still imposed on by persons who 

 pretend to find water by the indication of rods of this tree. 

 Hence the name Witch-Hazel. 



87. CUSCUTA, Gen.pl. 227. (Convohuli.J 



Calix 4- cleft. Corolla 1-petalled. Capsule 

 2-celled, circumcised. 



1. C. flowers peduncled,umbelled, 5 cleft. — Willd. Americana. 

 Icon. Sloan. Hist. 1. t. 128. f. 4. 



Dodder, Love- Vine. 



A twining, leafless parasitic plant, of a reddish-vellow co- 

 lour, supporting itself by lateral roots on other plants. Flow- 

 ers white, in dense clusters, and, closely examined, not desti- 

 tute of beauty. In moist places, and along meadow runs and 

 rivulets, common. Annual. July. 



