830 
DICECIA TETRANDRIA. 
Class XXII. 
2053. LEUCADEN'DRON. E. Br. Leucadendron, 
13840 argenteum R. Br. Silver Tree i □ or 15 
feather-flower'di* □ or 
1 1 or 
I I or 
I I or 
13841 plumosum R. Br. 
13842 imbricatum R. Br. imbricated * □ or 
13843 buxif61ium R. Br. Box-leaved | 1 or 
13844 Levisanus R. Br. short-leaved m.\~\or 
13845 linifolium R. Br. Flax-leaved O or 
13846 fusciflorum R. Br. starred at I I or 
Protea stelldris B. M. 
13847 t6rtum L. T. twisted-leaved i | or 
13848 cinereum L. T. gray -St \ | or 
13849 corymbosum L. T. corymbed 
13850 decorum L. T. decorous 
13851 concolor L. T. one-colored 
13852 grandifl6rum L. T. great-flowered iSt i 
13853 decurrens L. T. decurrent i 
138,54 strictum L. T. upright ^ \ 
13855 virgatum L. T. slender St i 
13856 adscendens L. T. pale * i 
13857 concinnum L. T. neat S» | 
13858 sal'ignum L. T. Willow-leaved iffit i 
13859 uliginosum L. T. swamp « i 
13860 floridum i. J". florid i» 
13861 ae'mulum L. T. incurved Si i 
13862 abietinum L. 2\ Pine-leaved it 
13863 scabrum L. T. rough « 
Proteacece. 
au Y 
jn.au Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
ap.jn 
ap.jn 
my.jn 
mr.my Y 
il.au Y 
ap.jl Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
Y 
mr.jn 
ap.jn 
ap.jn 
ap.jn 
jn.au 
apjn 
ap.jn 
ap.jn 
jn.s 
jl.s 
SB. 24—37. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G, H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
1693. 
1774. 
1790. 
1812. 
1774. 
1790. 
1774. 
1790. 
1790. 
1774. 
1789. 
1812. 
1795. 
1774. 
1800. 
1774. 
1795. 
1795. 
1789. 
1789. 
1812. 
2054, VIS'CUM. W. 
13864 album W. 
2055. MYRFCA. W. 
13865 Gale W. 
13866 cer'ifera W. 
13867 carolinensis W. 
13868 pensylvanica Ph. 
13869 Faya W. 
13870 ffithiopica W. 
13871 serrata W. 
13872 laciniata W. en. 
13873 querci folia W. en. 
13874 cordifolia W. 
13875 mexicana W. 
13876 segregata Jacq. 
MiSLETOE. 
LoranthecB. Sp. 1. 
common 
cu 
2 
my 
G 
England 
trees. 
Candleberry Myrtle. 
Ameniacece. 
Sp. 12—21. 
Sweet Gale 
or 
4 
my 
Ap 
Britain 
sp. bo. 
common 
or 
8 
my.jn 
Ap 
N. Amer. 
1699. 
broad-leaved 
£1 
or 
4 
my 
Ap 
N. Amer. 
1730. 
Pensylvanian 
or 
3 
my 
Ap 
N. Amer. 
Azorian 
Hk 
L_J 
or 
6 
jn.jl 
Ap 
Azores 
1777. 
African 
1 1 
or 
8 
jn.jl 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1795. 
saw-leaved 
lJ 
or 
3 
au 
C. G. H. 
1793. 
smooth Oak-lv 
St 
i_l 
or 
3 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1752. 
hairy Oak-lvd. 
1—1 
or 
3 
jnjl 
Ap 
C. G. H. 
1752. 
heart-leaved 
L_l 
or 
4 
my.jl 
C. G. H. 
1759. 
Mexican 
or 
8 
f 
Mexico 
1823. 
netted 
l_l 
or 
6 
Ap 
S. Amer. 
1824. 
^ 13846 
13847 
Lam,ili.t.53.f.l 
Bur.afr.t.lGO.f.2 
Jac. schoe.l. t. 26 
Bot. mag. 881 
Bot. reg. 826 
Bot. reg. 102 
Bot. rep. 307 
Par. lond. 105 
Par. lond. 75 
Pl.man. t.229. f.6 
Boer.lug.2. t.204 
Breyn.cen 21.t.9 
Bot. rep. 572 
Bot. rep. 429 
Bot. rep. 461 
Eng. bot. 56-2 
Cat. car. 1. 1. 69 
Cat. car. 1. 1. 13 
Du.ar.e.n.2. t.55 
Du.ar.e.n. 2. t.56 
Plu.alm. t.48. f.8 
Plu.am. t.424.f.3 
Jac.frag.2.t.l.f.4 
Plu.alm.t.319.f.7 
Jacq. ic. t. 025 
13861 
13862 
13840 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2053. Leucadendron. From Xwxo;, white, and SsvSgov, a tree, in allusion to the appearance of the most com- 
mon species. No. 13,840. The species are evergreen shrubs, with handsome foliage ; they grow in light soil 
well drained and not over watered, and are increased by ripened cuttings in sand under a hand-glass. 
2054. Viscum. From the Latin viscus, clammy, on account of the sticky nature of the berries. Gui, Fr,, 
Mistl, Ger., and Visco, Ital. This may be considered the only true parasitical plant indigenous to Britain, as 
at no period of its existence does it derive any nourishment from the soil like Orobanche, or from decayed bark 
or wood like certain Fungi, and other epiphytes. The root of the misletoe insinuates its fibres into the 
woody substance of the tree ; the shoots are dichotomous, round, smooth, and even ; and of a pale green, 
like the leaves, which are tongue-shaped and entire. The whole forms a pendant bush of from two to five feet 
in diameter, evergreen, and in winter covered with small white very glutinous berries. The British species of 
misletoe is commonly found on fruit trees ; but it will grow on various others, as the thorn, oak, maple, 
poplar, lime, ash, &c. ; and in the neighbourhood of Magdebourg it is abundant on Pinus sylvestris. It is not 
difficult to propagate by inserting the berries in slits in the bark early in spring, and tying a shred of mat over 
the slit to protect them from the birds. The Druids sent round their attendant youths with branches of the 
misletoe to announce the entrance of the new year ; and something like the same custom is still continued in 
France. In England branches of it are hung up in most houses at Christmas, along with other evergreens. 
The berries are devoured by several birds of the thrush kind, and especially by the Misletoe Thrush. Bird- 
lime is made from the berries, and also from the bark, boiled in water, beaten in a mortar and washed. It is, 
however, more commonly manufactured from the bark of the holly. 
2055. Myrica. The Greek (f/.v^vy,'/!) synonym of the Tamarix. It is said to have been derived from /j,u^&), to 
flow, because the plants are always found on the banks of rivers, and in inundated spots. M. Gale has leaves 
of a bitter taste, but fragrant like those of the myrtle. Their essential oil rises in distillation. The northern 
nations formerly used this plant instead of hops, and it is still in use for that purpose in some of the western 
isles, and a few places in the Highlands of Scotland. Unless it be boiled a long time, it is reported to occasion 
head-ache. The catkins or cones boiled in water throw up a scum resembling bees' wax, which gathered in 
sufficient quantities would make candles. It is used to tan calf-skins. Gathered in the autumn it dyes wool 
