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monoical axillary spicate, male spikes terete 
verticillate triandrous shorter than leaves, fe- 
male spikes glomerate, berries snowy white. — 
Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, &,c, parasitical 
shrub on trees, it blossoms late in the fall and 
till December, flowers yellowish, almost simi- 
lar to those of Genus Osyris (see my disserta- 
tion,) discovered 1819, indicated 1820 as new. 
We have in N. Amer. at least 3 sp. of Viscum 
with white berries, blended with V. album of 
Europe by Walter, Muhlenberg &c, or with 
V. flavens and verticillatum of South Amer. 
and Antilles by Pursh, Elliot &, c, but quite dif- 
ferent from all these. This is the Western sp. 
the berries are snowy white persistent in Win- 
ter, purplish when dry ; thus perhaps V. pur- 
pureum of some botanists. 
533. Viscum ochroleucum Raf. V. verti- 
cillatum Elliot Nut. Tor. not L. album Walt, 
not L. flavescens Pursh, Beck, not Swartz — * 
Branches terete opposite or q.uternate genicu- 
late leaves subsessile obovate obtuse trinerve 
often quaternate, spikes nearly equal to leaves 
axillary often 4nate, flowers 3-4fid, 3-4andr. 
berries spiked yellowish white. — From New 
Jersey to Florida, parasitical, stem 1 or 2 feet, 
flowers very small vernal April and May. 
534. Viscum leucarpum Raf. fl. lud. 251. 
exclus. syn? stem articulate very branched, 
leaves opposite sessile oblong obtuse, flowers 
sessile axillary glomerate, glomerules pauciflore 
2-3flore and 2-3berries white — in West Louisi- 
ana and Texas probably, distinct by the few 
flowers, probably enervate also. 
535. Viscum oblongifolium Raf. V.rubrum? 
auct. Branches rugose, leaves petiolate oblong 
or narrow elliptic, base acute, end obtuse, se- 
