202 



PRIVET 



The leaves are sub-evergreen, turning purplish above 

 in autumn and often persisting into the spring. 





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Fig. 60. Privet, Ligustrum vulgare, p. 201 (Ett). 



$$ Leaves oval, entire or faintly sinuate: 

 quite deciduous, thin and herbaceous. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus, Mchx. Snowberry. Bush 

 with long, thin, pale, wiry shoots. Leaves broad oval or 

 nearly ovate, quite entire, acute, deep matt green above, 

 glaucous or downy beneath, about 5 x 3'5 cm. ; petiole 

 short, 5 mm., grooved above. Leaves on the long shoots 

 may be sinuate or wavy. Autumn leaves brown. Vena- 

 tion pinnate-reticulate. 



