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Ord. LXXXVIIL GARRYACE^. Lindl. 



1. GARRYA. LindL 



Dloica. — Masc. Perianth, tetraphyllum. Stam. 4. F(em, Perianth, superum bidenta- 

 tum. Ovarium 1-loculare; stylis duobus setaceis; ovulis duobus ab apice funiculorum 

 totidem pendulis. Pericarpium baccatura, indehiscens, dispermum. 'Embryo minimus 



in basi albuminis carnosi. — Frutex {Boreali-Americanaf ora occidentali). Flores intra 

 hracteas connatas^ in spicis amentaceis pendulis dispositi, LindL BoL Reg. p. 1686. 



1. Garry a elliptica. Dough Herb, LindL L c, t, 1686. 



Hab. Plentiful on the shore, in'rocky situations, on the south side of the Columbia, near its confluence 

 with the sea. Douglas, — This fine plant was first detected by Mr Menzies in California, whence also Mr 

 Douglas sent it, in his second and last expedition. It forms a handsome hardy evergreen shrub in the garden 

 of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick. Its wood exhibits no concentric circles or dotted vessels. The 

 flowers are in long catkins, subtended by large connate bracteas. — See Dr Lindley's description above quoted 

 for further particulars relative to its structure. 



Ord. LXXXIX. SAURURE^. Rich. 



1. SAURURUS. Z. 



1. S. cernuus, L. — Ph. Am, \.p, 259 

 Hab. Canada. PL 



Ord. XC. JUGLANDINEJE. DC. 



1, JUGLANS. i. NutL 



1. J. cinerea. L, — Ph. Am. 2. p. 636. Mich, N. Am, Sylv. 1. p. 160. L 31. (J. cathar- 

 tica). BigeL Med. Bat. t. 32. 



Hab. Canada. Ph. Mrs Sheppard, — This is the Butter-nut and Oil-nut of the Americans, and is said 

 to be nearly allied to J. nigra, (the Black Wallnut) : " but the fruit is oblong, with a protuberant summit, 

 and the nut much more deeply and irregularly sculptured." 



2. CARTA. Nutt, 



1. C. alba (Nutt.) ; foliolis 5-7 longe petiolatis oblongo-Ianceolatis acuminatls acute 

 serratis siibtus villosis terminali sessili, amentis filiformibus glabris, fructu depresso-glo- 

 boso, nuce compressa obliqua. — Juglans alba. Mich. Am. — Ph. Am, 2. p. 637. — J, squa- 

 mosa. Mich. N. Am. Sylv. I. p. 181. t. 36. 



Hab. Canada. Dr Beck— Shell or Shag-bark Hichonj. " A very large and valuable tree, with the bark 

 separating in large flat scales or plates. Nut with a thinner shell than that of most other species, and of 

 fine flavour. Pericarps thin, globose, depressed at the summit. Timber much prized in consequence of the 

 fineness of its grain and elasticity of the fibre." Beck. 



