1616 DIOCEIA. TETRANDRIA. 1761, 176a. 



1761. PHCENIX. Calyx 3 : - parted : fflro/ 3-petaHed. 

 Male. Anther a linear, 4. fided. 



Fern- P'iftil 1 : drupe ovaieijeed folitary. Bate palm. 



dattylifer* Fronds pinnate, fhorter than the trunk. 



Arabia, Periia. Black™, t. 202. Kam/f. anuen% /. 1. 2. 



farinifrra. Fronds pinnate, longer than the trunk. 



Eaft Indies. Roxb* Command. 1. p. 5:3. /. 74. 



ORDER IV. TETRANDRIA. 



1762. VISCUM. Male. Calyx o: petals 4, re- 

 femblir.ga calyx, dilated and united at the bale: 

 anther <e feffiie, growing to the petals. 



Fern. Calyx a flight border : petals 4, dilated at the 

 bafe: ftyle c: berry inferior, i-feeded. Miffeltoe* 



^alburn. Leaves lanceolate, obtufe: (lem forked: heads of flowers 

 axillary. 

 On trees. Eng* Bot. 1417. Wood<v.t. 270. Black™. /. 18^. 



rubrum* Leaves lanceolate, obtufe: fpikes lateral. 

 Bahamas. Catesby Cotol. 2. /, 81. 



purpureum. Leaves obovate: racemes lateral. 



We it Indies Gatesby Carol, 2. /. 9^, 



opuntioides. Stem pro'iferons, much branched, leaflefs, eomprefFed. 

 Jamaica. Sloan, Jam. 2. p. 93./. 201. f. 1, 



japomcum. Stem proliferous, branched, leaflefs: joints 3-fided. 

 Japan, c Ihun-. Linn. Trans. 2. p. 329. 



eepenje. Stem lea ^ e ^ : branches crofs-armed. 



The Cape. Shrub refembiing Salicornia herbacea. 



<verticilla- Stem whorled: leaves ovate, 3-nerved, obtufe. 

 tu?n. Jamaica. Sloan. Jam. 2. p. 93. /, 201. f. 2. 



fiavenu Leaves ovate, veined: racemes axillary, in threes or fours 

 each fide. 

 W 7 eft Indies. Plum. ic. 256 /. 258. /, 4, 



pnucijlorum Leaves ovate/obtufe, nenelefs: flowers fcattered, folitary: 

 item fhrubby : branches alternate. 

 The Cape. Plant hoary, but not downy. 



nrrestre Stem herbaceous, 4-fided, crofs-armed: leaves lanceolate. 

 Philadelphia. Spikss axillary, fe&le, oblong. 



