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ELiEAGNUS parvifolia. 



Small-leaved Oleaster, 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. El/EAGnace/E. 



EL.^ AGNUS. Supra vol. U.fol.UbQ,. 



'E. parvifolia ; foliis oblongis petiolatis supra viridibus adultis Isevibxis infra 

 cinereo-lepidotis, floribus in axillis ramulorum breviuni subsolitariis 

 petiolis longioribus aut foliorum abortu corynibosis, calyce angusto in- 

 fundibular! laciniis acutis. 



E. parvifolia, Wall. Cat. herb. ind. no. 4026. Royle Illustrations, p. 323. 

 t. ^\.fg.\. 



Frutex adultus floribus onustus foliis fere deficientibus, et turn flores dense 

 corymbosi ; junior raagis foliosus, floribus solitariis axillaribus. Facies 

 cinerea, siccatione canescens. In spontaneis pagina foliorum superior 

 prsesertim junioruni pilis stellatis cinerea qui cultis deficiunt. Flores 

 albi ; odor suavissimus. 



Making allowance for the effects of climate, we may iden- 

 tify this plant with the Elceagnus parvifolia of Wallich and 

 Royle, a shrub from the north of India, of which abundant 

 specimens were distributed by the former Botanist. They are 

 more grey indeed, and their silvery scales are more abundant, 

 but this is a mere difference in degree. Indeed the Sirmore 

 specimens, from the collections of Webb and Gerard, are as 

 green as our own. The Kamaon specimens are more loaded 

 with flowers, which appear moreover in short dense corymbs, 

 and not singly in the axils of short lateral branches ; but this 

 seems owing; to nothino^ more than the abortion of the leaves 

 on their branches, possibly by reason of the crowds of flowers 

 that appear in old specimens. 



It is probably the same as the Mlceagniis reflexa of the 

 Continent, a name for which we find no warrant. The 

 flowers, although small and whitish, and therefore inconspi- 

 cuous, are deliciously sweet. 



