Utceniber. 
VISCUM ALBUM. 
NAT. CLASS, —DICOTYLEDONES; ORDER, r—LORANTHACEÆ. ART. 
CLASS,-DICECIA ; ORDER,-TETRANDRIA. 
This is a true parasite, growing upon various trees, 
from which it dérivés its nourishment by imbibing 
tbeir juices. For tbis purpose the base of the stenj 
(for there is no true root) pénétrâtes through the 
bark, and is firmly attached to the wood of the branch 
or stem on which it grows. From this it absorbs the 
ascending sap, before it has been elaborated into the 
proper juice of the plant; for, as the Mistletoe is 
furnished with green leaves, it is able to effect this 
operation for itself, whilst those parasites which hâve 
no green leaves, or even green bark to their stems, 
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