238 DIOECIA— TETRANDRIA. Myrica. 



1. H. rharmioides. Common Sallow-thorn, or Sea 



Buck-thorn. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, scattered. 



H. rhamnoides. Linn. Sp.Pl. 1452. Willd.v. 4. 743. H. Br.l075. 



EngJ.Bot.v.6.t.42o. Pall. Ross. v. ]. t. 68. Ft. Dan. t. 265. 



Ehrh. Arb. 110. 

 H.n. 1603. Hall. HisLv.2.278. 

 H. dioscoridis ? Coluvm. Ecphr. v. 1. 36 ; no Jig. 

 Rhamnoides fructifera, foliis salicis, baccis levit^r flavescentibus. 



Rail Syn. 445. 

 Rhamnus secundus. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 110./. Ger. Em. 1334./. 

 Rhamni species. Camer. Epit. 81./. 

 Oleaster germanicus. Cord. Hist. 186./. 



On sandy cliffs, on the east coast of England. 



Upon cliffs above the level of the sea, from Kent to Yorkshire. 

 Ray. Plentiful between Yarmouth and Cromer, Norfolk. 



Shrub. May. 



A bushy rigid shrub, 5 feet or more in height, with hard wood, 

 and straight, spreading, leafy branches, each terminating in a 

 thorn. Leaves numerous, deciduous, scattered, linear- lanceolate, 

 mostly bluntish, one inch and half long, on short stalks j dark 

 green on the upper side, minutely dotted, not scaly ; beautifully 

 silvery, as well as scaly, beneath. Fl. green, minute, solitary 

 in the bosoms of some of the lowermost leaves while very young. 

 Berries somewhat stalked, rather elliptical, orange-coloured, 

 simply, but powerfully, acid, pleasant enough when preserved 

 with sugar. They are seldom, if ever, ripened in gardens, 

 though the shrub is very commonly cultivated for the beauty 

 and singularity of its foliage. Gardeners should attend to 

 ihejloivers being dioecious, and plant both sorts together. 



These berries afford a kind of sauce to the poor in Sweden and the 

 South of France. Haller speaks of them as ill-flavoured. Rous- 

 seau gives an account of the singular politeness of a young 

 Frenchman, the companion of his walks, who seeing him gather 

 and eat this fruit, did not presume to warn him of its being re- 

 puted poisonous. 



453. MYRICA. Gale. 



Linn.Gen.5\8. Juss. 409. Fl.Br.l076. Lam.t.309. Gccrtn.t.39. 



Gale. Dill. Gen. 194. t. 10./. A— E. 



Nat. Ord. Amentacece. Linn. 50. Jiiss. 99. 



Barr. fl. Catkin ovate-oblong, loosely imbricated in every 

 direction. Cat. a single, ovate, bluntish, concave scale 

 to each floret. Cor. none. Filam. 4, rarely more, short, 

 capillary, erect. A7it/i. vertical, large, of 2 divided lobes. 



