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Diced®. 
the lowest serratures glandular. In woods and moist 
meadows, and becomes a tall tree. 
Triandria. 
Empetrtjm. Gen. char,— (l) Cal. three-parted ; 
cor. three-petaled ; stamens capillary from three to 
nine. (2) Cal. three-parted ; cor. three-petaled ; stig- 
mas nine ; berry superior, nine-seeded. 
Emp. Nigrum, Black Crow, or Crake Berry ; with 
trailing stems. Frequent in elevated heaths in the 
northern parts of Britain. 
Ruscus. Gen. char.~ — ( 1 ) Cal. six-leaved ; cor. 
none. (2) Cal. six-leaved; cor. none ; pistil one ; 
berry superior, three celled ; seeds double. 
Rus. Aculeatus , Knee-holly, or Butcher’s Broom; 
with dagger-pointed sharp leaves, producing flowers on 
the upper surface. In woods and heaths in a gravelly 
soil ; abundant at Stoke near Gosport. 
Tetrandria. 
Vi scum. Gen. char . — (1) Cal. none ; petals four, 
dilated at the base, united, and in the form of calyx ; 
anthers sessile, attached to the petals. (2) Cal. slight- 
ly margined ; petals four, dilated at the base ; style 
none ; berry inferior, one-seeded. 
Vis. Album, Misseltoe ; with lance-shaped, obtuse 
leaves ; divided stem ; spikes axillary. This is the ce- 
lebrated misseltoe, a parasitical plant, which attaches 
