Plants^ as tliey are called by fome, or Epidtndra by o- 
thers ; which grow npt on the Ground, on Rocks, or 
in Waters, SSic. but on the Bodies or Arms of TreeJ, 
after the manner of Mijfeltoe^ like to which they bring 
forth Roots, Leaves, Stalks, Flowers and Seed. There 
being none other but Miffeltce in Europe, fo remarkable 
for thefe Particulars , 1 was conftrained, to Convey 
the cleared Idea of the thing to be defcribed, to give 
the Name to all the feveral Families of them, 
tho* they difFer'd very much from ir, and almoft as 
much among themlelves, by that name defigning only 
a Plant like it in growing on Trees , and bringing 
forth Roots, Leaves, Stalks, Flowers and Seeds on thtm, 
as other Plants do on the Ground, or in the Soils thty 
grow. 
The particular Family of thefe I now intend to 
fpeak of, is that kind I have called vifcum Cariophyl- 
loides^ from having its feed Veflel fome whit like that 
of Clove-July flowers , and the particular one of that 
Family I (hall defcribe, whereby to give a Notion of 
the reft, (hall be what I name in my Catalogue of 
Jamaica Plants, p. 76. Vifcum Cariophyllotdes maximum 
flore trtpetalo pallide luteo femine filamentofo , and 
which is commonly in that Ifland called. Wild 
Tine , whofe Defcription follows : A great ma- 
ny brown Fibrils encompafs the Arms, or take jfirm 
hold of the Bark of the Trunk of the Trees 
whereon they grow, not as Miffeltoty entering the 
Bark or Wood, to fuck Nourifhment, but only wea- 
ving and matting themfelves among one another ; 
and thereby making to the Plant a firm and ftrong 
Foundation, from whence rife feveral Leaves on every 
fide, C/g. 1. a a, after the manner of Leeks,^ 
Ananas ; whence the Name oP wild Pine, or Aloes, be- 
ng foUed or enclofed one within another, each of 
which 
