1211. B. reclinàta.
Engravings. Vent. Choix., t. 22. ; and o u r /^ . 1211.
Spec. Char., S/c. Spiny, bushy, diffusely redinate.
Leaves small, obovate, quite smooth. Flowers in
axillary fascicles. Young branches terminated by a
long spine. Leaves alternate, or in fascicles. Corolla
and scales serrated. Sterile filaments subulate, entire.
Drupe ovate. (Don’s Mill.) A .small straggling shrub.
Georgia, on the banks of rivers. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft.
Introduced in 1806. Flowers small, white ; January.
» Î 3. rt. t e ' n a x Willd. The tonfa-h-anched Bumelia.
Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. 1085. ; Enum., p, 248. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 30.
Symnymes. B ohrysophj-llÿdes Pnrsh FL Amer. Sept. 1. p. 155.; Siderdxylon tSnax L tn . Mam
p. 48., S. serlceum Walt. FL Car. p. ¡00. ; S. chrysophylloides Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p ]-23 .
^ carolinénse Jacq. Obs. 3. p. 3. t. 54. ; C. glàbrum
Eiigravings. Jacq. Obs., 3. t. 64. ; and omfig . 1212.
Spec. Char.y Leaves obovate-lanceolate, of a
rusty silvery colour beneath, silky. Flowers in
axillary fascicles. Branches very tough. Bark
white. Leaves deciduous. Calycine and corolline
segments ovate obtuse. Segments of nectary
trifid. Stamens the length of corolla. Drupe
oval. (Don’s Mill.) A low tree, in England a
shrub. Carolina, in dry situations. Height 20 ft.
Introduced in 1765. Flowers small, white, produced
freely ; July and August.
^ Killed to the ground, by the winter of 1837-8, in
1212. B. tènaic. tlic Hort. Soc. Garden.
y 4. B. LANUGiNo'sA Pursh. The wooIIy-/6’«wrf
Bumelia.
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ]. p. 155.; Don’s Mill., 4. p 30
Synonymes. SiderSxylon lanuginbsum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 123. :
S. tenax Walt. FL Car. p. 100. ’
"^rfum^*”^ ' “ specimen in Dr. Lindley’s herba-
Sjiec. Char., 4c. Rather spinose. Branchlets spreading,
downy. Leaves oval-lanceolate, glabrous above, and
woolly beneath, but not silky. Flowers in axillary fasci- ^
cles ; very nearly allied to B. tenax, but differs in the
leaves being woolly beneath, not silky, often obtuse.
(Doris Mill.) A small tree. Carolina and Georgia,
in humid situations among bushes. Fleight 10 ft. to
1 5 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers greenish yellow. ,2^3.
i 5 . B. o b l o n g i f o ' l i a Nutt. The oblong-leaved Bumelia.
Identificaiion. Nxxii. Gen. Amer., ]. p. 135. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p 30
Engraving. O u r /g . 2095. in p. 1108.
Spec, Char., 4c. Spiny. Leaves smooth, oblong, obtuse, deciduous. Flowers
conglomerate, nearly sessile, very numerous. Scales, or sterile filaments
tnhd. Iree with numerous twisted branches. Calycine segments ovate
concave. Drupe purple. Wood fetid. (Doris Mill.) A low tree. North
America, on the Mississippi, near the lead mines of St. Louis. Heiiiht
18it. to 2 0 ft. Introducedin 1818. Flowers greenish vellow, produced
m abundance ; July and August. *
O r d e r XLVII. ÆBENA'CEÆ.
Or d . Char. Calyx 3- or 6-parted, persistent. Corolla deciduous, 3- or G -
parted; stivation imbricate. Stamens definite, epipetalous, 6 or 12, or
-2-seeded. Style usually divided,
led by abortion. Albumen cartilaginous.
more. Omrium many-celled; cells 1-
Stigmas bifid or trifid. Bemy few-seeded cartila-
The double stamens, pendulous ovule, and unisexual flowers,
distinguish this order. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; quite entire, coriaceous.
Flowers axillary, peduncles solitary.
G e n u s I.
D IOSPY'ROS L. T h e D a t e P l u m . Lin. Syst. P o ly g àm ia Dioecia.
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1161. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 38.
.'<ynonymes. E'benus Comm. ; Guaiacàna Tourn. 371. ; Piaqueminier, Fr. ; Dattelpflaumc, Ger-
Derivation. Diospuros {dios, divine, and puros, wheat,) was a name given by the ancients to the
common gromwell (Znthospérmum officinàle). Its application to the date plum probably arose
from confounding the Greek puros, wheat, with the Latin pyrus, a pear tree, to the fruit of which
the date plum may have been thought to bear some resemblance.
Gen. Char., 4i- Flowen polygamous. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, sometimes 3- or
6-cleft. Corolla urceolate, 4-cleft ; sometimes 3 - or 6 -cleft. Male flowers
having the stamens inserted by pairs into the base of the corolla, twice the
number of its segments, with double or twin filaments, and the rudiment
of a pistil. Hermaphrodite flowers having fewer ancl sterile stamens. 'Ova-
riiirn 8—12-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Berry globose, with a spreading calyx
which is at length reflexed. (Doris Mill.)
LcnveSÿa^ in the Order. Flowers white, or pale yellow.— Trees or
shrubs ; natives of the South of Europe or North America. Seeds ; and
the American kinds in peaU' soil kept moist.
Ï 1. D. L o ' t u s L. The European Lotus, or common Date Plum.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1510. ; Willd. Sp., 4. p. 407. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 38.
Synonymes. Pseiidolòtus Matth.; Guaiacàna patavina Tourn.; Italian Lignum Vitæ, Wood of
Life, Pockwood, BastardMenynwood, Gerard; Date of Tvebisonde ; Piaqueminier, faux Lotior,
Fr.-, Italianische Dattelpflaume, Ger.
I 2U . D. W(us.
Pall. Fl. Koss., 1. p. 20. t. 58.5 Wangh. Amer.,8'1. t. 28 f. 58. ; the plates i
Bnt., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and o u r/g - 1214.
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