288 BEECH. SEA BUCKTHORN. LILAC 



Fagus sylvatica. Beech (Figs. 179, 180). 



Fig. 179. Fagus sylvatica, 

 Beech, f (E.D.). 



Fig. 180. Fagus sylvatica, 

 Beech, f (E.D.). 



Cotyledons longer than broad, small, 



under 15 mm. 



$ Primary leaves and shoot with silvery- 

 bronze lustre. 

 Hippophae rhamn aides. Sea Buckthorn (Fig. 181). 



Fig. 181. Hippophae rhamnoides, Fig. 182. Syringa vulgaris, 



Sea Buckthorn, ^ (E.D.). Lilac, f (E.D.). 



Jfjf Primary leaves and shoot devoid o/ 

 scaly silver-bronze lustre, glabrous or 

 nearly so. 



-f- Primary leaves dull green, herba- 

 ceous, acute. 

 Syringa vulgaris. Lilac (Fig. 182). 



-f- -r- Primary leaves shining green, hard, 

 obtuse. 



