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//IPPO'PHA E L . T h e H i p p o p u a e , S e a B u c k t h o r n , o r S a l l o w t h o r n .
Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Tetrândria.
Identification. Lin. Gen,, 517., in pavf.
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Dertvation. Hippopkaes, or Hippopkues, was the name of a shrub mentioned by Theophrastus ancl
S ’in h» which IS Supposed to be the same as the hippophyes of Pliny. The derivation
n « t i ? t Aippos, a horse, and pkao, to brighten ; and, as according to the Nouveau
D u Hamp the plant was employed by the Greeks as a medicine for horses, it may have been given
to them to make their coats sleek and shining, and have thus procured its name. ®
Gen. Char., 4c. Flowers unisexual, dicecious. — Male fiower. Calyx arched,
seeming as if constituted of two leaves connate at the tip. Stamens 4, not
extended out of the calyx. — Female fiowei'. tubular, cloven at the
top, including the ovary, and becoming at length succulent. Style short.
Stigma long. Fruit a polished achenium, furrowed at one side, with an
acid juice. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; narrow, entire, scaly, and
silvery, especially beneath. Flowers axillary, pedunculate, small. Fruit
feculent, e a tab le .S h ru b s or low trees; natives of Europe and Asia.
Ornamental in British gardens, on account of their grey silky foliage, and
ot their berries. Propagated by seeds, layers, or suckers, in common soil •
and valuable in scenery as attracting attention by their white aspect, and
standing the sea breeze.
¥ Si 1 . ii. R h a m n o i 'd e s L. The Buckthorn-like Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn,
or Sallowthorn.
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 14-52. j Smith Eng. Flora, 4. p. 238. ; Eng. Bot., t. 425.
bymnymes. Rhamnóìdes florífera sálicis fòlio Tourn. Cor. 53. ; Rh'anmoìdes fructífera Raii Svn
t H irtuiv Nerprun,A'ieipiuii, Fr.i'? . ; Weidenblättriger weic
Sanddorn, Ger. ; in the Alps of Smtzenand
it is called Arve, or Saule émneiix.
.V .0 Ul g,.
zerland it is épineux. ''
------------- TV.. , '25, ; Fl. Dan., t. 2G5. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 80. ; and c i r / g . 1367.
Engravings. Jilng, Bot., t. 425, :
Spec. Char., ^ Branches each ending in a
spine. Leaves linear-lanceolate, mostly bluntish,
dark green, and minutely dotted, not
scaly on the upper side ; silvery as well as '
scaly on the under one. (Smith.) A low '
deciduous tree or large shrub. Europe, on -
sandy sea coasts; in England, in various
places on the east and south-east coast; but
not in Scotland. Height 15ft. to 20ft. Flowers
yellow ; May. Berries bright orange-coloured,
and produced in great abundance ;
ripe in September, and remaining on the
tree as long as the leaves, and frequently till
the following spring.
Varieties.
¥ 31 H. 72. 2 angustifolia Lodd. Cat.ed.l836.
(The plate of this tree in Arb. Brit.,
1st edit., vol. vii.; and our^g. 1368., of
the female sex.)—The leaves are obviously
1367. H . Rhamnöldes.
more narrow than those of the species; the young branches
are pendulous; and the tree is highly ornamental, more especially
when in fruit. ' ^
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13C8. H. R. angustifòlia,
¥ a H. R 3 sMrica. rt. sibirica Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. —Appears to differ
very little, if at all, from the species.
In British nurseries, plants are commonly increased by suckers, which are
produced in abundance; and a deep sandy soil is suitable for growino-the
plant to a large size. It may be planted in elevated and exposed sltuadons,
and on the sea coast, where few other trees will grow.
¥ « 2. rt. AALICIFO'LIA D.Don. The Willow-leaved Hippophae, Sea Buck-
thorn, or Sallowthorn.
Identification. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. G8.
CatMcgueoftkc L in n e a n Society’s Indian H eriarium.
Engraving. Our 'fig. Í369. from a living specimen.
Sjiec. Char., 4c. Without thorns, upright,
branched. Leaves lanceolate,
obtuse, wliitely tomentose, as are the
branchlets. A large deciduous shrub
or low tree. Sirinagur, in Nepal. Height
15 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1822.
Flowers and fruit as in IL Rham-
noides.
A much more robust species than
B . Rhamnoides, though probably more
liable to be injured by frost. The shoots
produced in one season, from a plant
cut down, are 5 or 6 feet in length, and
the leaves about twice the length of
those of the common species, much less
silvery, and closely resembling those of
¿—"a lix viminàlis. TThhee aspect ofthis species
IS less white than that o f JI. Rhamnoides. 1369, / / inlicifolia.
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