82 ENGLISH BOTANY. • 



longitudinally. Ovary solitary, free from the periantli, 1-cellcd and 

 1-ovulcd; ovule 1, erect from the side of the ovary near the base, 

 anatropous ; style 1, elongated, stigmatiferous on one side. Fruit a 

 nut, wliich becomes fleshy or bony at maturity, mdehiscent, enclosed in 

 tlie persistent perianth or its base. Seed with a membranous or carti- 

 laginous testa; albumen flesh}'; embryo straight; radicle inferior. 



GENUS /.— H IPPOPHAii. Linn. 



Flowers dioecious. Male flowers in the axil of ovate scales, 1 flower 

 in each scale : perianth of 2 leaves, at first cohering at the apex, at 

 length free: stamens 4, included within the perianth. Female flowers 

 solitary, axillary: periantli tubular, with an erect bifid limb: disk 

 none: style short; stigma elongate. Achene covered by the perianth, 

 which in fruit becomes enlarged and juicy, so as to resemble a berry. 



Prickly shrubs with narrow scattered leaves somewhat resembling 

 those of an osier, but covered with silvery brownish scurfy scales 

 beneath, at least when young. 



The name of this genus of plants comes from^ the Greek words, 'itt-koc (Jiippn/;), a 

 horse, and c&r'iw (phao), I cause to shine or ghsten. It is the ancient name of some 

 unknown pkxnt given to horses to make them sleek. 



SPECIES I.-HIPPOPH A E RHAMNOIDES. Lhm. 



Plate MCCXLV. 



Beich. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Yol. XI. Tab. DXLIX. Fig. IIG5. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2735. 



Leaves strapshaped or oblong-strapshaped, attenuated at the base 

 into a very short indistinct petiole. Periantli of the male flowers with 

 roundish-oval leaves. Anthers short. Under surface of the leaves 

 and young branches clothed with shining, more or less silvery brown 

 scales ; scales cleft only at the margins. 



On sand-hills and waste places by the seashore. Very local. Abun- 

 dant on the sand-hills at Deal, Kent, and in various places on the 

 coast of Norfolk, between Great Yarmouth and liolkham; also 

 about Alborough, Suffolk. It occurs on various other parts of the 

 coast — Folkestone, Kent; near Canvey Island, and South Shoebury, 

 Essex ; near Whitby, Yorkshire ; between Gosford and North Berwick, 

 Haddington ; between Aberdour and Quecnsfeny, Fife ; and in the 

 Isle of.Islay and ]\lull of Cantire, Argyll; but in all, except the first 

 three counties, it is probably not native. 



