coriaceous, green on both snr -
faces. (Don’s MiU.) A siib-
evergreen shrub. Spain, Italy,
and th e Levant, on hills.
Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introd.
in 1820. Flowers greenish
y e llow ; Ju n e and July. Berry
? black ; ripe ?.
A very ne at shrub, o f which
there is a good specimen in the
Chelsea Botanic Garden, which
is quite hardy.
tt 8. R . l v c i o i ' d e s Lin. The
^ Lycium-like Buckthorn.
553. « . 5uilf61ius. Identification. L in . Spec., 279.; Dec.
Proil., 2. p. 2 5 .; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 31.
E n gravings. Cav. Icon., 2. t. 182.; an d o ur fig . 254.
Spec. Char., Sfc. E rec t. Leaves linear, quite entire,
obtuse, smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. (Doti’s
MiU.) A deciduous shrub. Spain, on the limestone
hills of Valencia. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. In troduced
in 1739. Flowers greenish y e llow ; May
and June. F ru it ?.
9. R. E rvthro''xylon Pall. The red-wooded
Buckthorn.
Identification. Pall. F l. Ross., 2. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 25. ; Don’s 2.54. rt. /yciöides.
M ill.,2. p. 31.
E n g ra vin g s. P all. F l. Ross., 2. t . 62. ; Itiu., F ren c h ed it,, t . 9 0 ,; and om .flg . 255.
Spec. Char., 4c. E re c t. Leaves linear, lanceolate, quite entire or serrated,
smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. Berries oblong. (Doris M ill.) A deciduous
shrub. Mongolia and Siberia, ne ar rivers. Height 6 ft. In tro duced
in 1823. Flowers greenish yellow ; July and August. Berries black
ripe in September.
Variety.
R . i? . 2 angustissimum Dec. Prod.
2. p. 25., R . /yciöides Pall. Fl.
Ross. t. 63., and our fig. 256.,
has th e leaves narrow, smaller,
and very finely serrulated. Native
of Caucasus.
Delights in a warm situation ; and
in cold and humid places, Pallas observes,
it is never met with. The
wood, on account of its hardness and
red colour, is used by the Mongols
for making their images; and the berries,
when macerated in water, afford
them a deep yellow colour. The
plant, in its wild state, is a prickly R . Erythrrfxylon. I--------> ULVlLVj AO tl «■K-rae"»“»»"’»’«''-
but, when cultivated, th e spines no longer appear.
b. Branchlets not terminated by Spines.
i 10. R . u a h u ' r i c u s Pall. The.Dahurian Buckthorn.
m n tific a tio n . P a l i F l. Ross., 2. t . 61. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 26.; D o n ’s Mill 2 n 31
Bn g ra vm g s. P al.. F l. Ross., 2. t. 6 1 .; and o u r Jig. 257. ’ ’
Spec. Char., E re c t. Leaves oblongovate,
serrated, smooth, veiny. Flowers
dioecious, female ones with bifid stigmas.
(Doris M ill.) A deciduous shrub. Ua-
huria, near the river Argmnus. Height 3 tt.
Introd. in 1817. Flowers greenish yellow ;
May and June. Berry black ; ripe Sept.
The general appearance o f the plant is
that of R . catharticus, b u t it is without
thorns. The wood is red, and is called sandal
wood by the Russians.
JÏ at 11. R. a l n i f o 'l i u s L'Hérit. The Alder
leaved Buckthorn.
Identification. L ’H é rit. S e rt., t . 6.; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p . 26.;
Abbild., t . 61. ; and o u r fig . 268. 557. Rhâmnvs
•<tnpr Char See. E rec t. Leaves obovate o r ovate, serrulated, obliquely line-
ated with lateral, nerves, acuminated or obtuse, smoothish beneath, excep
the nerves. Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious. Pedicels 1-flowered, aggregate.
Calyxes acute. F ru it turbinate. (Doris M ü l.)
A deciduous shrub. Hudson’s Bay to Pennsylvania, m
sphagnous swamps. Height
2 ft. to 4 ft. in America ; 6 ft.
to 8 ft. in England. In tro d .
in 1778. Flowers greenish
yellow ; Ju n e and July.
Berry black, fleshy, 3-seeded ;
ripe in September.
Variety.
a. âi R. a. 2 frangulVndes
Dec. R. franguloides
Michx. (N .D u Ham.3.
t. 15.; o u r / g . 2 5 9 .) - - ,„„K„i6id«.
258. Rhkmnu» «inifôiiui. Lcavcs oval, serratcd,
pubescent on th e nerves beneath. Canada to Virginia. In trod. 1810.
12. B. a l p i 'n l s Din. The Alpine Buckthorn.
S S ” ' Ä ffam.’, I r t . Î s T b o L C a b ,! 1 1077.; Schmidt, 3 . 1 .157. ; th e p late of tb e tre e in
t x h . B îit., 1st edit., vol. V. ; and o ur
jîgs.260. and 261.
, , 461. ilhàitinus alpìnuS. 2«0. Rhamnas alpinus.
c . rhnr E re c t twi&ttd. Leaves oval lanceolate, creiiate.serrated,
? ?m o th , i’ineated with many parallel ne”ves. Flowers dioecious. female ones