1290 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate or 
opposite, their figure partaking of an oblong and a 
rhomb, entire. (Willd.) Tt inhabits hedges on the 
coast of Spain, Portugal, Virginia, and Siberia ; and 
was introduced in 1640. An evergreen shrub, which 
grows about 5 ft. or 6 ft. high, and forms a large broad 
head. The young branches are covered with a smooth 
white bark, which becomes grey, and peels off length- 
wise, as the tree gets old. The branches are very 
brittle, and have but little pith. The leaves are scft, 
white, and silvery, and, in shape, resemble the Greek 
A. The shrub seldom flowers in Britain; but, from 
its not being quite deciduous, and from the silvery hue 
of its foliage, it is a valuable plant for shrubberies and 
other ornamental plantations. It may be propagated 
by cuttings made in the usual manner, but carefully 
protected from sparrows, which are so fond of the 
leaves of this shrub, that “when they once find them 
out, they will never leave or forsake them, until they have entirely stripped 
the plants ; and though the shrub will shoot out afresh, yet they will as 
constantly repair to their repast; and will thus continue to prey upon 
them, until they have entirely destroyed them.” (See Marshall on Planting 
and Rural Ornament, vol. il. p. 29.) It requires a sheltered situation, 
being ae to injury from frost. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 
ls. 6d. each. 
2. 2. A. PORTULACOIDES L. The Purslane-like, or shrubby, Orache, or Sea 
Purslane. 
Identification. Lin, Fl. Suec., 828. 919. ; Mill. Dict , No. 3.; Willd. Sp. 
Pl. 4. p.957.; Smith Eng. Flor., 4. p. 256. 
Synonymes. Halimus sectindus Clus. Hist., 54. f.; H. vulgaris Ger. 
Emac., 523. f.; HAlimus seu Portulaca marina Bawh, Pin., 120.; 
A'triplex maritima, Hélimus et Portulaca marina dicta, angustifolia, 
Raii Syn., 153. ;. the narrow-leaved Sea Purslane Tree. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t.231.; and our fig. 1159. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem shrubby, spreading. Leaves 
opposite, obovate-lanceolate, entire. Flowers gene- 
rally unisexual; those of both sexes upon one plant. 
(Smith Eng. Flor.) It inhabits the northern shores 
of Europe; and, in Britain and Ireland, is occasion- 
ally found in muddy places by the sea side. It is a 
low shrub, or trailer, with less silvery leaves than 
those of the preceding species; the whole plant, also, 
is much smaller. It may be grown in the open gar- 
den, or in pots among alpines. The name of Hili- 
mus, given to this and the preceding species by Clu- 
sius, has probably been the source of the epithet ha- 
limifolia, applied to several other plants; so that y) 
Baccharis halimifolia, &c., means that the leaves are glaucous, and resembling 
those of certain kinds of A’triplex. 
Genus III. 
DIO'TIS Schreb. Tue Dioris. Lin. Syst. Monce‘cia Tetrandria. 
Identification. Lin. Gen. P)., ed. Schreber, No. 1423. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4 p. 368. ; Nutt. Gen, and Cat. 
N. Amer. PL, 2. p. 207. It is not the Didtis of Desf. Fl. Atl. ; Dec. Fl. Fr. ; Smith Eng. Flor., 3. 
p. 402. ; which is the Otanthus of Link Enum., and the Santolina maritima ZL, 
Synonymes. Ceratildes Tourn.; A’xyris, Lin.; Ceratospérmum Pers. 
