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% 9. Rk. oteoi‘pes Lin. The Olive-like Buckthorn. 
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dentification. Lin. Sp., 279.; Desf. Atl., 1. p.197,; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p. 24 ; Don’s Mill. 2. p. 31. 
Synonyme. R. oleifdlius Hort. 
Engraving. Our fig. 202. 
Spec. Char., &c. Diffuse, or rather erect; leaves oblong, obtuse 
entire, coriaceous, smooth, with netted veins beneath. (Don’s 
Miil., ii. p. 31.) A deciduous shrub, growing to the height of 
3 ft.. in the fissures of rocks, in Sicily, Mauritania, Spain, and 
Greece. Introduced in 1752. In Loddiges’s Catalogue, it is in 
the list of green-house plants ; but it is generally understood to 
be quite hardy. Though the species of the #hamnus are nu- 
merous, yet, as few of them attain a large size, they will not 
occupy so much space in an arboretum as might, at first sight, be 
imagined, Where the soil is dry, and the surface somewhat 
undulated, the plants may be scattered over it at the same dis. 
tances from each other as their heights; or, if there is space 
to spare, at double this distance, which will allow each species 
to display its natural form, and to bring its leaves, flowers, and 
fruit to maturity. Where the soil is not naturally dry, an arti. 
ficial ridge of dry soil, mixed with rocks or stones, may be 
formed ; and along this the different species of Rhamnus may 
be scattered. 

% 10. R. BuxtFo‘LIus Poir. The Box-leayed Buckthorn. 
Identification. Poir. Dict., 4. p. 463; Dec. Prod.,2. p. 24. ; Don’s Mill., 2. 
p. 31. : 
Synonyme. ? R. buxifdlius Brot. Fl. Lus., 1. p. 301. 
Engraving. Our fig. 203. 
Spec. Char., §c. Diffuse. Leaves ovate, quite entire, mucronate, smooth, 
coriaceous, green on both surfaces. (Don's Miil., ii. p. 31.) “A shrub, 
growing to the height of 3 ft.,a native of Numidia, and introduced in 
1820. According to Desfontaines, it is only a variety of R. oledides ; 
but, whether a species or variety, it is, at all events, a very distinct and 
a very neat form: indeed, it may be observed of the species of deci- 
duous #hamnus generally, that they are all characterised bya par- 
ticular kind of distinctness and permanence of appearance; from 
which, however much many of the sorts may resemble each other, yet 
they can never be mistaken for species belonging to other genera, They 
almost all grow slowly, and have wood of a hard and durable nature ; 
and the appearance of all of them, whether as bushes or low trees, 
has the expression of durability. The blossoms are small, and so are 
the fruit; but both, or at all events the fruit, remain a long time on 
the plant, as well as the leaves, most of which are pointed and A 
coriaceous, and strongly veined or ribbed; all which adds to that 
expression of firmness, rigidity, and permanence in the plant, which 
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% 1]. R. puBe’scens Poir. The pubescent Buckthorn. 

Identification. Poir. Dict., 4. p. 464. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 24. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 31. 
Synonyme. R. oledides Lam. Fl. Fr., 2.p. 545., ed.3., No. 4075. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Diffuse. Leaves quite entire, coriaceous, pubescent. (Don’s 
Miil., ii. p. 31.) A deciduous shrub, growing to the height of 3 ft., a native 
of the south of France and of the Levant, and introduced in 1817. Pro- 
bably only a variety of 2. oledides. 
% 12. R. Lycio1'pes Lin. The Lycium-like Buckthorn. 
Identification. Lin. Spec., 279. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 25.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 31. 
Engraving. Cav. Icon.,2. t. 182. 
Spec. Char., §c. Erect. Leaves linear, quite entire, obtuse, smooth. Flow- 
ers hermaphrodite. (Don’s Mill.,ii. p.31.) A deciduous shrub, a native 
of Spain, growing to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., on the limestone hills of 
Valencia. Introduced in 1752. 
Variety. 
% R. 1. 2 arragonénsis Asso Syn. Arr., p. 27., has the leaves yellowish 
on the upper surface, and is found in Arragon. 
213. R. Erytruro’xyiton Pall. The red-wooded Buckthorn. 
Identification. Pall. FI. Ross., 2. t.62.; Itin., French edit., t. 90. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.25.; Don’s 
Mill, 2. p. 31. 
Engravings. Pall, F). Ross., 2. t.62.; Itin., French edit., t. 90. ; and our fig. 204. 
Spec. Char., &c. Erect. Leaves linear, lanceolate, quite entire or serrated, 
smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. Berries oblong. (Don’s Mill., ii. p. 31.) 
