Tas. 8369. : 
ELAEAGNUS ARGENTEA. 
North America. 
ELAEAGNACEAE. 
Exaraenvs, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 204. 
Elaeagnus argentea, Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 114; Watson, Dendrol. 
Brit, vol. ii. t. 161; Britt. d& Brown, Ili. Fl. Northern United St. vol. ii. 
p. 467; affinis H#. angustifoliae, Linn., sed foliis petiolis brevioribus, 
icellis brevioribus, calycis tubo multo angustiore et baccis minoribus 
argenteis facile distinguenda. 
Frutex ad 4 m. altus, ramosissimus, cortice brunneo lepidoto. Folia alterna, 
petiolata, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, basi cuneata 
vel obtusa, utrinque nitide argenteo-lepidota, lamina 2-6°5 cm. longa, 
0-7-3 cm. lata, petiolo 3-6 mm. longo, ores axillares, fasciculati, herma- 
phroditi vel masculi, pedicellis 2-4 mm. longis. Calyx extra argenteo-: 
lepidota, intus glabra; tubus 1 ecm. longus parte infra constrictionem 
3-3°5 mm. longa elliptica; limbus 4-lobus, luteus, lobis 3-4 mm. longis 
2°5-3 mm. latis ovatis acutis. Stamina 4,ad faucem calycis inserta, erecta, 
filamentis vix 1 mm. longis glabris. Ovarium glabrum; stylus in flore 
hermaphrodito elongatus, ad faucem attingens, basi pubescens, in flore 
masculo rudimentarius, brevissimus. Bacca 1°5 em. longa, 1 em. crassa, 
ellipsoidea, argenteo-lepidota.—N. E. Brown. 
The genus Elaeagnus, which includes about twenty-five 
species, mostly natives of South-Eastern Asia, is represented 
in North America by the solitary species here figured, 
which extends from Utah to the Upper Missouri and 
thence eastward to Minnesota and Canada. Two other 
species, both natives of Japan, have already been figured 
in this work; EF. multiflora, Thunb., at t. 7341, and £. 
macrophylla, Thunb., at t. 7638. Like the other species of 
the genus, /. argentea is characterised by the close lepidote 
indumentum to which it owes the popular name Silver 
Berry by which it is known in the United States and 
Canada, and among hardy shrubs whose Jeaves have this 
grey metallic lustre the present plant is perhaps the most 
striking. There are others of the same shade, but they 
mostly are of dull surface, and lack the peculiar metallic 
sheen characteristic of this species. It also flowers freely, 
and its clear yellow blossoms contrast admirably with the 
Apnriz, 1911, 
