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such as Orobanche, Lathræa, Monotropa, &c., are 
furnished with suckers capable of imbibing the already 
elaborated juice from the bark of the plants to which 
they attach themselves. The stem of the Mistletoe 
branches from the very base, and the branches are 
continually forked, so tbat the whole plant assumes 
the character of an entangled busb. The herbage 
is pale yellowisb green. The leaves are opposite, 
tongue-shaped, evergreen. There are two kinds of 
flowers, each on separate plants; and they are placed 
about three to five in small axillary heads. The 
flowers producing the pollen hâve scarcely any trace 
of a calyx, but possess a distinctly developed mono- 
petalous corolla, deeply divided into four segments. 
The anthers are four in number, sessile at the base 
of the corolla. The flowers which bear the pistils 
hâve the calyx a little more distinct than the others, 
being superior, and the limb appearing in the form 
of a slight border round the corolla, which consists 
of four ovate deciduous petals. The pistil has an 
inferior ovary with one cell, and a sessile blunt 
stigma. The fruit is about the size, and has 
somewhat the appearance of a white currant, very 
smooth, translucent, viscid, containing a simple seed; 
