1324 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
a place in every collection, especially when trained as in our figure, so as to 
resemble a small tree. The plant appears nearly allied to Shephérdia cana- 
dénsis, and we have no doubt it will ultimately be referred to that genus. 
Possibly, indeed, it may be only a modification of S. canadénsis ; for it is 
not more different from it than the woolly-leaved varieties of the common 
pear in a wild state, suchas Pyrus communis salicifolia, are from the green- 
leaved varieties, such, for example, as those which are found indigenous in 
most parts of England, or are grown for stocks in British nurseries. 
App. i. Half-hardy Species of Eleagnus. 
% E. conférta Roxburgh, Burm. Zeyl., t. 39. f. 1., according to 
Don’s Prod. Fl. Nep., the grouped-flowered elzagnus, is a large, 
branched shrub, and, according to Roxburgh, a climbing one. 
Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, 3—4 in. long, 13—2 in. broad, sil- 
very beneath. Fruit oblong, succulent, eatable. A native of Nepal, 
where it Howers in November, and where the fruit is eaten by the 
inhabitants. (Don’s Prod. Fl. Nep. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot.) 
This species is stated to have been introduced in 1825; but we 
have not seen it. , 
* E. arborea Roxb., Don Prod. FI. Nep., p. 67., is a large tree, 
with spiny branchlets, and oval-oblong leaves, a native of Nepal, 
at Nahrinhetty, where it flowers in November, and produces an 
edible fruit. It was introduced in 1819. Gy 
# E. latifolia L., Bur. Zey., 39. t.2., isa native of the East ine 
dies, where it forms an evergreen shrub, 4 ft. or 5 ft. high. There 
are plants at Messrs. Loddiges, which are preserved through the 
winter in cold-pits; whence we infer that, like the preceding 
sorts, it would stand against a conservative wall. 
& E. salicifolia ? D.Don, ( fig. 1205) isa species apparently very 
distinct, and tolerably hardy, of which we have only seen one 
plant about 3 ft. high, in the arboretum at Kew. It promises to 
be a most valuable addition to our nearly hardy shrubs. It 
bears in foliage a close resemblance to Shephérda canadénsis. 
Genus II. 
HIPPO’PHAE L. Tue Hirerorpuar, SEA BUCKTHORN, or SALLOWTHORN, 
Lin, Syst. Dice‘cia Tetrandria. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 517., in part: the H. canadénsis L. i i i 
hérdra Nutt. ses Pea ensis 2, is mow Inelided: im, Tie eee 
gi ek ica ae Tourn. Cor. 53.; Argoussier, Fr.; Haffdorn, or Sanddorn, Ger. ; Espino 
Derivation. Hippophaes, or Hippophues, was the name of a shrub mentioned b - Theoph 
and Dioscorides ; and which is supposed to be the same as the hippophyes of Pliny. The Agia 
tion is supposed to be from hippos, a horse, and phao, to brighten ; and, as according to the 
Nouveau Du Hamel the plant was employed by the Greeks as a medicine for horses, it may have 
been given to them to make their coats sleek and shining, and have thus procured its name. 
Description, §c. Large shrubs or trees; natives of Europe and Asia; 
ornamental in British gardens, on account of their grey silky foliage, and of 
their berries. 
4 2 1, H. Ruamnorpes L. The Buckthorn-like Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, 
or Sallowthorn. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl.,1452. ; Smith Eng}. Flora, 4. p. 238. ; Eng. Bot., t. 425. 
ge dA Rhsoniaes meniern aulicls i hare Cor., 53.; Rhamnélides fructifera Rati Syn 
ies rgoussier faux Nerprun roe eidenblattriger Sanddorn, Ger, ; i it 
zerland it is called Arve, or Saule épineux. . my Ger, 5.10, the Aine aia 
Engravings. Eng, Bot., t.425.; Fl Dan.,, t. 265.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 80. ; . 
be mt Be rae > 5 ’ 3 am., 6, t.80.; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 68. ; 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches each ending in a spine. Leaves linear-lanceolate 
mostly bluntish, dark green, and minutely dotted, not scaly on the upper 
side ; silvery as well as scaly on the under one. (Smith.) A low tree, or 
large shrub; a native of many parts of Europe, on sandy sea coasts, Found 
in England, in various places on the east and south-east coast, but not in 
Scotland ; flowering in May, and producing bright orange-coloured berries, 
