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*The Female have Empalements, four leaved: the leaves oval, 

 fmall, fitting clofe, deciduous and placed upon the germen. 

 They have no petals. 



The Germen are ohlong, three-fidcd, their margins crowned, 

 obfolcte, four-cleft, and beneath. The St'jles none. The 

 Stigmas obtufc. 



The Seed-vejjels berries, which are globofc, fmooth, and o(- 

 of one cell. 



^{^(iSeeds finglc, fomewhat heart- fliaped, compreffcd and flelTiy. 

 The Species, with us^ arc^ 



I. ViscuM rubrum. Red berried Mi/felloe. 



This grows upon the branches of trees and is not 

 found growing in the earth as other plants. It rifcs 

 with flender woody ftalks, fcveral inches in height, 

 fpreading and forming a tuft or bufli. The leaves 

 are lance-ftiaped and obtufe. The flowers are pro- 

 duccd in fpikes from the fides of the (talks, and thofc 

 of the female are fucceeded by roundifh red berries, 

 containing each one heart-lhaped, compreffcd feed, 

 furroundcd by a tough vifcid fubftance. 



2, ViscuM purpureum. Purple-berried Miffehoe. 



This alfo rifes up from the branches of trees like 

 the other. The leaves are inverfe-egg-fliaped, or 

 oval and narrowed towards the bafe. The flowers 

 come out in racemi or bunches from the fides of the 

 ftalks; the female of which are fucceeded by berries 

 of a purple colour when ripe. 



There is a variety of this with yellow leaves, refem- 

 bling thofe of the box; the berries are alfo produced 

 in bunches and are of a fnovvy white when ripe. 



Miffeltoe is moft frequently found growing upon 

 the Nyffa Sylvatica or Sour Gum, in the middle 

 States, but to the fouthward upon oaks. It is pro- 

 pagated by birds feeding upon the berries, the feeds 



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