198 
oalycifloraj. 
anthers erect or versatile. Berry 1 -celled, I- 
seeded. 
JS'ame, from \ogo v a rein, and avdog a flower. 
1. Loranthus occidentalis. West- India Misle- 
toe. 
Branches terete scabrous, leaves subrotund 
margined glabrous papilloso-punctated beneath 
very shortly petiolate, spikes axillary simple short- 
er than the leaf, dowers sessile, petals 0 subcon- 
nate at the base, stamens 3 fertile and 3 sterile. 
Yiscum latioribus et subrotundis foliis, flore purpureo, 
Sloane, If. 92. tab. 200. f. 2. — Scurrula parasitica. 
Browne, 197. — Loranthus occidentalis, Swartz, Obs. 133. 
II A II. Common on trees. 
F t. Throughout the year. 
Branches furfuraceo-scabrous, fragile. Leaves slightly 
attenuated at the base, subentire with the margin coloured, 
nervose above, somewhat succulent : petiole very short. 
Spikes axillary, solitary, 1-2 inches in length: peduncle 
subterete, ferrugineo-furfuraceous. Flowers minute, pur- 
ple, in four rows, sessile, received into a shallow urceolate 
excavation, increased by a pair of obscure membrana- 
ceous bracteoles. Calyx minute, entire. Petals G, ob- 
longo-lanceolate, acute, cohering at the base. Filaments 
short, inserted on the base of the petals: anthers usually 
some of them defective. Style nearly as long as the pe- 
tals : stigma subcapitate. Berry subrotund, black-purple : 
seed solitary, subrotund, white. 
All parts abound in a milky juice. It grows commonly 
on trees, particularly the Pear (Laurus Persea), and it 
receives the name of the God-bush from the Negroes. 
2. Loranthus montanus. Mountain Loranthus. 
Subglabrous, branches terete compressed at 
the end ferrugineo-furfuraceous, leaves obovate 
wedge-shaped and acuminate at the base rounded 
at the apex, racemes axillary solitary shorter than 
the leaves 3-18-dowered, dowers shortly pedi- 
celled decussating, bracteoles 3, petals G lanceo- 
