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base: divisions thick, triangular. Anthers 3, sessile. Ru- 
diments of pistil central. 9 Calyx adhering to the ovary, 
continuous with the petals. Petals 3. Anthers 6- 
Style erect : stigma subcapitate. Berry oblong, crowned 
with the persistent petals, scarlet : seed 1, oblong, com- 
pressed, obcordate, green. 
I have described this species in conformity with the 
generic character of DeCandolle. I would prefer regard- 
ing the calyx of the barren flower as 3-partite, and petals 
awanting ; and the calyx of the fertile flower with the 
tube adnate to the ovary and the limb 3-partite to the 
base, and also without petals. I have carefully examined 
the flower of this as well as of other species, and I could 
not detect any line where calyx could be said to termi- 
nate, and the petals to commence. 
5. Viscum cupressoidcs. Cypress -like Misle- 
toc. 
Leafless much branched, branches terete joint- 
ed, joints received into a bidentate vaginule, 
spikes jointed with the joints short 2-flowered. 
II \ 0. On Trees, Morse’s Gap, St. George’s 
F L. Throughout the year. 
A foot or more in height : shrubby, green, glabrous : 
branches subtctragonal. Flower-spikes terminal, with 
the joints half the length of those of the branches, Flow- 
ers small, opposite, decussating with those of the contigu- 
ous joints. 9 Flower, with the calyx adhering to the 
ovary and continuous with the petals. Petals 3, erect. 
Style short. Berry oblong, 1-secded : seed green. 
I may here mention that Viscum verticillatum of 
Lamarck, founded on Sloane’s Viscum i'a77iulis andfoliis 
longis densis simis striatis ct radiatis, II. 93. t. 201. f. 2. 
is manifestly RmrsALis cassytha. 
II. Lohantiius. 
Flowers generally hermaphrodite. Calycinc 
limb truncated or toothed. Petals 4-8, frequently 
5-0, more or less concrete or distinct. Stamens 
corresponding in number and opposite to the pe- 
tals; filaments at the base adnate to the petals: 
