traditional privilege of, xi. 291 n. 2;

growing on a hazel, xi. 291 n. 3;

growing on a thorn, xi. 291 n. 3;

perhaps conceived as a germ or seed of fire, xi. 292;

sanctity of mistletoe perhaps explained by the belief that the plant has fallen on the tree in a flash of lightning, xi. 301;

two species of, Viscum album and Loranthus europaeus, xi. 315 sqq.;

found most commonly on apple-trees, xi. 315, xi. 316 n. 5;

growing on oaks in England, xi. 316;

seeds of, deposited by missel-thrush, xi. 316;

ancient names of, xi. 317 sq.;