BLACK OR DARK PURPLE 207 



duced originally from Europe. It is also a native 

 of northern Asia. 



LANCE-LEAVED BUCKTHORN 

 Rhamnus lanceolata Buckthorn Family 



Fruit — This berrylike drupe has two grooved 

 nutlets. It is black and shining. The fruits 

 are in the leaf axils, sometimes in clusters of 

 two or three. 



Leaves. — The leaves are oblong-lanceolate. 

 On the flowering shoots the leaf apex is often 

 obtuse. The leaves are finely toothed and some- 

 what hairy on the veins beneath. 



Flowers. — The yellowish green blossoms are 

 solitary or clustered in the leaf axils. May. 



The Lance-leaved Buckthorn grows along 

 banks of streams and on hills from Pennsyl- 

 vania southward. It is a tall, thornless shrub. 



ALDER-LEAVED BUCKTHORN 

 Rhamnus alnifolia Buckthorn Family 



Fruit. — The black berrylike drupes are some- 

 what pear-shaped. They are fleshy and inclose 



