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interior pair, the latter resembling petals ; or 4-parted, with the lobes
equal. Stamens 6. Stigmas 2, in one species ; style bifid, in the other.
Fruit compressed, in one species ; roundish, in the other, (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; small, more or less
ovate. Flowers terminal, white, tinged with pink. — Shrubs, spinose, low,
decumbent ; natives of the South of Europe. Culture as in Tragopyrum.
•i* Ì. A. sPiNo'sA L . The s^me-branched Atraphaxis.
Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 138. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 248.
Synonyme. oi'triplex orientàlis, frùtex aculeàtus, flòre pùlchro, Tourn.
Cor. 83.
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 119. ; and om fig . 1325.
Spec. Char.y c5*c. Spinose, with the branches ascending,
horizontal, or deflexed. Leaves glaucous, ^ in. long,
or less ; disk ovate, acute, petiole short. Calyx of 4
leaves. (Willd;) A low sub-evergreen shrub. Borders of
the Caspian Sea and the Levant. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft.
Introd. 1732. Flowers white, tinged with pink;
August. Seeds brown, occasionally ripened.
It thrives best in sandy peat, and is propagated
by layers. So elegant and rare a plant deserves
a place in every choice collection.
2. A. u n d u la 'ta L . The viaveà-leaved
Atraphaxis.
Ideniification. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 137. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 249
Engravings. Dill. Elth., t. 32. f. 36. ; and our/g.l326.
Spec. Char., Less rigid than A. spinosa, and not spiny. Leaves ,
ovate, waved at the edges, and of a greener hue. Calyx 4-parted,
lobes equal, ovate, and concave. Stamens lanceolate. Style bifid.
Fruit roundish. (Willd.) Alow shrub. Cape of Good Hope. 1.1215
Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introd. 1732, rare. Flowers whitish; June and July.
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CALLTGONÜM L . T h e C a l l i g o n u m . Lin. Syst. Dodecandria Tetragynia.
Identification. Lin. Gen., 680. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 926.
Synonymes. Pallàsìa L., Pterocóccus Pall.
Derivation. Kalios, beauty, gonu, a knee ; in description of the neat and jointed character of the
branches.
Gen. Char.yfic. Calyx inferior, persistent, turbinate t n . i^a u r., cfc.caiyx inierior,iinn tthhee lloowweerr ppaarrtt,, eennddiinngg
upwards in a 5-parted spreading border ; the two outer lobes rather smaller.
Stamens about 16 ; the filaments slightly united at the base, and then
diverging. Anthers peltate. Germen 4-sided, acuminate. Styles 4 or 3.
Stigmas capitate. Fruit an achenium, that has 4 sides and 4 wino-s. (G.
Don.) ^
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; caducous, minute.
Shoots rush-like, smooth, green. Flowers in groups, whitish.—Shrub erect,
evergreen from the colour of the shoots , natives of Siberia. Layers.
sfe 1. C. F alla's/^ L’Herit. Pallas’s Calligonum.
Identification. L ’H érit. Stirp., 2. p. 37. : Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 927.
Simonymes. Pterocóccus aphjllus Pall. Voy. 2. p. 738. t. 8. ; Calligonum polygonoldoB Pall. Itin.
3. p. 536. ; Pallastn caspica Zm. fil. Suppl. 252. Savigny in Encycl. 5 Pallàsm Pterocóccus Pall.
Fl. Ross. 2. p. 70. t. 77, 78. ; Caspischer Hackenknopf, Ùer.
Engravings. Fall. FL Ross., 2. t. 77, 78. ; and o u r^ ^ s. 1237. and 1238.
Spec. Char., 4c. Fruit winged; wings membranous, curled, and toothed.
(L ’Hcrit.) A low shrub, evergreen from the colour of its
shoots. Banks of the Caspian Sea, and on gravelly hills
near the Wolga, at Astracan. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. introd.
1780. Flowers whitish ; May.
Fruit crimson ; July; succulent,
acid, and eatable.
A very curious plant, well deserving
the attention of collectors
of botanical rarities. Though long
since introduced, it is now lost to
1327. 0, Paiihsia. British gai’dens.
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1328. C. Pall;
O r d e r LIX. LAURA'CEÆ.
O rd . Ch a r. Perianth 4—6-cleft ; æstivation imbricate. Stamens definite,
perigynous ; opposite the segments, but often double their number, in two
series. Anthers adnate, 2—4-celled. Ovarium free, 1-seeded. Style and
Stigma simple. Fruit a berry or drupe. Albumen none. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, seldom opposite, evergreen or
deciduous ; entire, or very rarely lobed. Inflorescence panicled or umbeled.—
Trees or shrubs, deciduous or evergreen ; natives of Asia and North America,
and one of them of the South of Europe. Propagated by seeds or layers.
G enus L
jLAU'RUS L . T h e L a u r e l , or B a y , T r e e . Lin. Syst. Enneándria
Monogynia.
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 503., in part.
Synonymes. Sassafras and Eenxitin, C. G. Von Esenbeck; Daphne, Greek; Laurier, Fr.;
Lorbcer, Ger.
Derivation. From laus, praise ; in reference to the ancient custom of crowning the Roman conquerors
with laurel in their triumphal processions There appears some doubt of the Laúrus
nóbilis being the Laurus of the Romans, and the Daphne of the Greeks. (See Dàphne.)
Gen. Char., 4c. Sexes polygamous or dioecious. Calyx with 6 sepals.
Stamens 9 ; 6 exterior, 3 interior, and each of them having a [)air of glandlike
bodies attached to its base. These last have been deemed imperfect
stamens. Anthers adnate ; of 2 cells in most of the species, of 4 unequal
ones in the others ; each cell is closed by a vertical valve that opens
elastically, and often carries up the pollen in a mass. Fruit a carpel, pulpy
externally and including one seed. Cotyledons eccentrically peltate. (Willd.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; entire or
lobed. Floivers in small conglomerate umbels or bracteate racemes. —
Shrubs or low trees, deciduous or evergeen ; natives ofthe South of Europe,
North of Africa, and America. Propagated by seeds or layers.
A. Leaves evergreen.
^ i 1 . Z . n o ' b i l i s L , The n o b l e Laurel, or Sweet Bay,
Identification. I.in. Sp., 529. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 479.
Synonymes. Z.aúrus Gamer., Tourn., Dodon., Ray ; L . vulgàris Rauh. Pin. 460. ; Laurier commun,
Laurier franc, Laurier d’Apollon, Laurier à Sauce, Fr. ; gemeine Lorbeer, Ger ; Alloro, Hal.
Flor. Græc., t. 365. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and our fig. 1329.
Spec. Char., S/c. Evergreen. Flowers 4-cleft. Sexes dioecious. Leaves
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