dioecia tetrandria. 
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DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 
VISCUM. Gen. Pe. 1504. 
Masculi. Calyx 4- 
partitus. Corolla 0. 
Filamenta 0. Anthe- 
rce calyci adnatae. 
Foeminei. Calyx 4 
phyllus, superus. Sty- 
lus 0. Corolla 0. Dac- 
ca 1-sperina. Semen 
cordatum. 
Sterile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 4-parted. Corolla 
0. Filaments 0. An- 
thers attached to the 
calyx. 
Fertile Jlorets. C a- 
lyx 4-leaved, superior. 
Style 0. Corolla 0. 
Berry 1-seeded. Seed 
cordate. 
1. Vebticillatuai. Lin. 
V. ramulis oppositis 
verticillatisque; foliis 
cuneato-obovatis, 3 
nervibus; spicis axilla- 
ribus, foliis paulo bre- 
vioribus; baccis albe- 
scentibus. E. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 741 . Nutt. 2. p. 235. 
V. Album, Walt. p. 241. 
V. Flavescens. Pursh, 1 . p. 114. 
A small shrub, growing parasitically on the branches of old or decaying 
trees; rarely however found on the pine or cedar. Stem 1 — 2 feet long, 
branches opposite or verticillate by fours. Leaves perennial, nearly sessile, 
tapering at base, 3-nerved, entire, obovate, obtuse, like the branches oppo- 
site or verticillate. Spike axillary, opposite or verticillate, nearly as long as 
the leaves. Florets very small. Berries yellowish white, pellucid. 
Flowers April and May. 
The V. Rubrum and Purpureum I have never seen. They are said by 
Catesby to inhabit the Bahama Islands, and to be found on trees foreign to 
our climate. 
Branches opposite 
and verticillate; leaves 
cuneate-obovate, 3- 
nerved; spikes axillary, 
a little shorter than the 
leaves; berries nearly 
white. 
