TETRANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 
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filament at the base of each. Filaments and 
anthers united; anthers 2-^ celled, each cell 
having a vertical valve. Capsule coriaceous, 
(nut) 2-celled, 2-lobed, 2-awncd, apex 2- 
valved, valves cleft. Seeds 2, arillate. — 
Nutt. 
i. H. leaves ovate, acutely dentated, cordate, with virginica, 
the sinus small Pursh. 
Icon. Catesby, car. 3. t. 2. 
Witch- Hazle. 
A small tree, from ten to fifteen feet high, characterised by 
the anomalous circumstance of flowering in the first winter 
month, and sometimes in October, while its leaves are yellow 
and falling. Flowers yellow. The divining rods formerly used 
by impostors, who pretended to find precious ores, were made 
of tije twigs of this tree ; and, in Virginia, I have been inform- 
ed, the credulous vulgar are still imposed on by persons who 
pretend to find water by the indication of rods of this tree. 
Hence the name Witch-Hazel. 
Sr. CUSCUTA, Gen.pl. 227. (ComolmlLj 
Calix 4-cleft* Corolla 1-petalled. Capsule 
2-celled, circumcised. 
1. C. flowers pediincled, umbelled, 5-cleft.— Americtma. 
Icon. Sloan. Hist. 1. 1. 128. f. 4. 
Dodder* Love- Vine* 
A twining, leafless parasitic plant, of a reddish-yellow co- 
lour, supporting itself by lateral roots on other plants. Flow- 
ers white, in dense clusters, and, closely examined^ not desti- 
tute of beauty. In moist places, and along meadow runs and 
rivulets? common. Annual. July. 
