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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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i Vifcum. 
Miffeltoc. J 
i/i ctfb- 
Chap. j 8 . 
Of <S\di]fdtoe or cSMiJldtoe* 
The D eferipion . 
J[cumo\ Mifleltoe hath many (lender 
branches fpred ouerthwart one ano- 
ther, and wrapped and interlaced one 
within anothenthe bark whereof is of a light green 
or Popinjay colour: the leanes of this branching 
cxcrefcence be of a browne greene colour : the 
fioures be final and yellow : which being paft, there 
appeare fmall clutters ofwhite tranflucent berries, 
which are fo clcare that a man may fee through 
them, and are full of clammy or vifeous moifture, 
whereof the beft Bird-lime is made, far exceeding 
that which is made of Holme or Holly barker and 
within this berry isa fmallblackekernellor feed : 
this excrefehce hath not any root, neither doth en- 
creafe himfelfe of his feed, as fomc haue fuppofed ; 
but it rather commeth of a certaine moifture and 
ftibftance gathered together vpon the boughes and 
ioints of the trees, through thebarke whereof this 
vaporous moifture proceeding, bringeth forth the 
Miffeltoe.Manyhauediuerfly fpoken hereof: forne 
of the Learned haue fetdowne that it comes of the 
dung of the bird called a Thrufh,who hauing fed 
of the feeds thereof, as eating his owne bane, hath 
voided and left his dung vpon the tree,w hereof was 
ingendred this berry , a moft fit matter to make 
lime of to intrap and catch birds withall, 
3 Indian Mifleltoe groweth likewife vpon the 
branches of trees, running alongft the fame in man- 
ner ofPolypodie : the firings of the roots are like 
tbofe of Couch-graffe ; from which rife vp diners ftalks fmooth and euen,fet with ioints and knees 
at certain diftances : toward the top comes forth one leafe ribbed like the Plantain leafe, whereon 
are marked certaine round eyes fuch as are in the haft of a knife ; from the bofome whereof com- 
meth forth a chaffie branch, fet with fmall leaues which continue greene winter and Sommer. 
3 yifcvm Indicum Lobelij, 
Indian Mifleltoe. 
yifctim Peruvinnum Lebelij. 
Mifleltoe ofPeru. 
