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DIANDR1A MONOGYNIA. 



6. LIGUSTRUM. Privet. 



Linn. Gen. 9. Juss. 106. FL Br. 12. Tourn. t. 367. Lam. t. 7. 

 Gcertn. t. 92. 



Nat. Ord. Sepiarice. Linn. 44. Jasminece. Juss. 37. Oleince. 

 Br. Pr. 522. See Grammar 97. -ZV. 7 the same. 



CVz/. inferior, tubular, with 4 upright teeth. Cor. of 1 petal, 

 funnel-shaped, longer than the calyx ; limb with 4 deep, 

 ovate, spreading segments ; valvular in the bud. Stam. 

 opposite, alternate with the segments, in the mouth of 

 the tube. Germ, superior, oval. Style short. Stigma 

 thick, cloven. Berry of 2 cells. Seeds 2 in each cell, 

 convex externally, angular at the inner margin. 



Shrubby. Branches opposite, round. Leaves opposite, 

 simple, entire. Panicles terminal, with opposite stalks. 

 FL white. Next akin to Lilac. 



1. L, vulgare. Common Privet, Print, or Prim-print. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, with a small point. 



L. vulgare. Linn. Sp. PL 10. Willd. 0.1.41. Vahl Enum. v. 1.35. 

 FL Br. 12. Engl. Bot. v. 11. *.764. Curt. Lond.fasc. 5. t.\. 

 Hook. Scot.3. Bull. Fr. t. 295. Poit. * Turp. Par. 5. t. 4. 



L. n. 530. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 230. 



Ligustrum. Raii Syn. 465. Mill. Ic. 108. t. 1 62. /. 2. Matth. 

 Valgr. v. 1. 154. /. Camer. Epit. 89. /. Fuchs. Hist. 480. /. 

 Ger.Em. 1394./. 



In rather moist thickets and hedges, on a gravelly or chalky soil. 



Shrub. May, June. 



6 or 8 feet high, smooth, bitter. Branches straight, filled with 

 pith 3 wood hard. Buds axillary, ovate, of a few opposite scales. 

 Leaves on short stalks, imitating myrtle, but of a duller hue ; 

 almost evergreen in mild seasons, and not injured by smoke. 

 Panicles many-flowered, dense, thrice-compound. Flowers 

 strongly scented, white ; brown before they fall. Berries glo- 

 bular, nauseous and very bitter, black j varying to yellow. 



Useful for cut hedges in gardens. 



7. FRAXINUS. Ash. 



Linn. Gen. 550. Juss. 105. FL Br. 12. Tourn. t.343. Lam. 



t.858. Gcertn.t. 49. 

 Nat. Ord. See n. 6. 



