XLII. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 
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Viscum.~\ 
2. C. Suecica L. ( dwarf C.) ; herbaceous, leaves all opposite 
ovate glabrous sessile, flowers few umbellate surrounded by a 
4-leaved petaloid involucre. E. B. t. 310. 
Alpine pastures in Northumberland and Scotland, especially in 
turf hogs on the Highland mountains. If., 7. 8. — Rhizome creeping. 
Stems about six inches high. Umbel terminal, from the axil of 2 young 
branches which do not exceed the general flower-stalk in height, till 
the fruit is ripe. 
Ord. XLI. LORANTHACE^ Juss. 
Stamens and pistils often separated. Calyx-tube adnate with 
the ovary, bracteate at the base ; its limb entire or lobed. 
Corolla of 4 — 8 petals , or monopetalous, with a valvular {Estiva- 
tion. Stamens as many as divisions of the corolla and opposite 
to them. Ovary 1 -celled. Ovule solitary, pendulous. Style 1 
or none. Stigma simple. Fruit inferior, succulent. Albumen 
fleshy. — Parasitical, mostly tropical Shrubs. Leaves entire, 
generally opposite, thick and fleshy, without stipules. — The seed 
sometimes contains 2 or even 3 embryos. 
1. Vxscum Linn. Mistletoe. 
Barren fl. Cal. obsolete. Pet. 4, ovate, fleshy, united at 
the base and bearing each a single anther adnate with the 
upper surface. — Fertile fl. Cal. an obscure margin, superior. 
Pet. 4, erect, ovate, very minute. Stigma sessile. — Name : 
Greek ; f^-oin gw id, Celtic, the shrub, par excellence, a sacred 
plant with our ancestors. 
1. V. album L. ( common M.) ; leaves obovate-lanceolate 
obtuse obscurely 3 — 7-nerved, branches dichotomous or verti- 
cillate, heads of flowers in the axils of an upper pair of leaves. 
E. B. t. 1470. 
Parasitic, mostly on apple trees, very seldom on the oak : frequent 
in the southern parts of England. On Acer campestre in Gloucester- 
shire and on Lime-trees and Locust-trees ( Robinia Pseudo- Acacia) 
in Bedfordshire. Meikleour and Belmont, Perthshire (introduced). 
T?. 3—5. — Whole plant of a yellow hue, thick and succulent. 
B. Corolla. Monopetalous . 1 (Ord. XLII. — XLIX.) 
Ord. XLII. CAPRIFOLIACEzE Juss. 
Calyx-tube adnate with the ovary, usually bracteate at the 
base. Corolla regular or irregular ; the segments imbricated 
jn (estivation. Stamens 4 — 5, alternate with the lobes of the 
1 The monopetalous orders with a free ovary will be found among the Corolli- 
lor.e; and Cucurbitace/E among the polypetalous division. 
