308 RHAMNUS. [CLASS v. order i. 



Peduncles bearing two ilowny (lowers ; berries distinct ; leaves ovate 

 accuminate, downy. 



English Botany, t. 91t>. — English Flora, p. 329. — Hooker, British 

 Flora, vol. i. p. 119. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 132. 



An erect, bushy, much branched shrub, four or five feet high, the 

 bark pale, branches opposite, their extremities downy. Leaves nu- 

 merous, opposite on short footstalks, ovate, with an accuminated point, 

 the lower ones obtuse, and the younger ones at the extremity of the 

 branches lanceolate, clothed with a close soft down, especially beneath, 

 where it is of a pale colour, mid-rib distinct, with slender lateral veins. 

 Flotvers axillary, in pairs, elevated on a short downy stalk. Braclea 

 two or four small scales, united together, and forming a small cup 

 around the base of the flowers. Calyx small, in five obtuse short 

 segments. Corolla short, the limb of two lips, the upper one of four 

 short obtuse lobes, the lower one narrow, ligulate, cream coloured, 

 sometimes pinkish outside, without fragrance, the tube somewhat 

 funnel-shaped, with the lower part swollen on one side, clothed on the 

 outside with short soft down, nearly smooth within, except in the tube ; 

 it is very downy. Stamens shorter than the corolla, its filaments 

 downy, inserted into the top of the tube. Anthers oblong. Pistil as 

 long as the stamens. Style downy. Stigma capitate. Berry bright 

 scarlet, oval. 



Habitat. —IhwVeis', near Sewenshele, Northumberland. — Wallis. 

 Certainly wild near Houghton Bridge, four miles from Arundel, 

 Sussex. — Mr. Borrer. 



Shrub ; flowering in July. 



This small shrub, not distinguished for its beauty, is called Fly 

 Honey-suckle, from the distant resemblance of its flowers to the figure 

 of a Fly. It is frequently planted in shrubberies and plantations, and 

 it is probable that it has escaped and established itself in the stations 

 above mentioned as a wild plant. It is frequent on most parts of the 

 Continent, especially in the mountain woods of Italy. 



GENUS XXXV. RHAM^NUS— Linn. Buckthorn. 



Nat. Ord. Rham'ne^. Juss. 



Gen. Char. Calyx urceolate, the limb four or five-cleft. Corolla 

 of four or five petals, or wanting. Stamens opposite the petals, 

 and with them inserted into the tube of the calyx. Styles from 

 two to four, united or distinct. Fruit fleshy, of two to four cells, 

 each cell containing a single seed.— Name from the Greek word 

 pccuvoc, a branclt, from being numerously l)ranchcd. 



