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105. Alaternus T. Ad, cal. Siido, petalis 

 Splanis, stam. 5, stylis 3 vel. st. 3fido, Bacca 

 31ocuL Ssperma. — There are doubts on this G. 

 as to characters and sp, Linneus and Smith 

 ascribed to R. alaternus a single style but 3 

 stigmas, many sp. have been blended in the 

 type, which I shall now distinguish as they have ,^ 

 partly been by Millcr,Rozier, Duhamel,Tschou- 



di «&c, all have evergreen leaves and axillary 



racemes. 



106. Alaternus ovatus Raf. Inermis, fol. 

 ovatis crenatis. South of Europe j probably 

 the var. \atifo\ius of Persoon &c. 



107. Alaternus lanceolatus Raf. subspinosus, 

 fbl. lanceol. serratis, — This appears the real 



Rh. alaternus of L. who ascribes to it gemi- 

 nate deciduous spines, pyramidal small tree of 

 South Europe. 



108. Alaternus integrifoUus Raf. Inermis, 



fol. ovatolanceol. int«gris. — ^Spain, large leaves. 



109. Alat. balearieus Raf. Rhamnus do Duh. 

 subspinosus, fol. subrotundis, spinulosis denticu- 

 latis — small shrub of Balearic Islands. 



110. Alat. cordatus Raf. fol. remotis subcor- 

 datis serratis. — ^Italy, I have seen all these alive. 

 What other Sp, belong here must be ascertain- 

 ed ; the Rh. spJierospermus is stated to have a 

 trifid style, and 1 to 3 seeds in the berry j Rh. 

 hybridus is certainly an Alaternus. Also Rh. 

 gtandulosus, pumilus and prinoides auct. 



111. FrangulaT. Ad. Girtanneria Sp. Neck, 

 diff. Alaternus Hermaphr. stylo unico, stig, 2-3, 

 bacca uniloc. 2-3sp:; — Types 1 Fr. vulgaris 

 Raf. Rh.frangula of botanists, 2 Fr. latifoUa 



Raf. Rhamnus do auct. 



112. Frangula fragilis Raf. fl. lud. 320. fol. 



petiol. obi. cuneatis, acutis integris, fl. fasc. pe- • 



