1194 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
#4, B, Lanucino’sa Pursh. The woolly-/eaved Bumelia. 
Indentification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. : Don’s Mill., 4. p. 30. 
Synonymes. Sideroxylon lanugindsum; Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 123.; S.ténax Wait. Fl. Car., 
p. 100. 
Spec. Char., &c. Rather spinose. Branchlets spreading, downy. Leaves oval-lanceolate, glabrous 
above, and woolly beneath, but not silky. Flowers in axillary fascicles; very nearly allied to B. 
ténax, but differs in the leaves being woolly beneath, not silky, often obtuse. (Don’s Mild, iv. p. 30.) 
A small tree, a native of Carolina and Georgia, in humid situations among bushes. It was intro- 
duced in 1806 ; but we have not seen the plant. : 
¥ 5. B. optonciro‘L1a Nutt. The oblong-/eaved Bumelia. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 135.; Don’s Mill, 4. p. 30. 
Spee. Char., §c. Spiny. Leaves smooth, oblong, obtuse, deciduous. Flowers conglomerate, nearly 
sessile, very numerous. Scales, or sterile filaments, trifid. Tree, with numerous twisted branches. 
Calycine segments ovate, concave. Drupe purple. Wood fetid. (Don’s Mill., iv. p.30.) A tree, a 
native of North America, on the Mississippi, near the lead mines of St. Louis : it is also abundant 
as far down the river as Natches, where it grows to the height of 18 ft. or 20 ft. ; flowers in July 
and August. It was introduced in 1818; but we have not seen the plant. 
B. salicifilia Swz., Sider6éxylon salicifvlia Lam., A‘chras salicifdlia L.,is a native of Jamaica 
and St. Domingo ; but there is a tree against a wall in the open air in the Botanic Garden at Kew, 
which appears to be a Bumélia, which Mr. Smith, the botanical foreman there, thinks may be of this 
species. It is at once distinguished from B, dycioides, which stands beside it, by its much larger, 
pale green, and willow-like leaves, Z 

CHAP. LXXIV. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER EBENA‘CEA. 
‘Genus I. 
. 
DIOSPY‘ROS L. Tue Date Prium. Lin, Syst. Polygamia Dice‘cia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1161.; Juss. Gen., 156.; Gaertn, Fruct., 2. p. 478. t. 179.; Lindl. 
2 
Nat. Syst. Bot., 2d edit., p.227.; Pr. Br. Prod., p. 525.; Don’s Mill, 4. p. 38. f 
Synonymes. E'benus Comm. ; Guaiacina Tourn., 371. ; Plaqueminier, Fr.; Dattelpflaume, Ger. 
Derivation. Diospuros (dios, divine, and purvos, wheat,) was a name given by the ancients to the 
common gromwell (Lithospérmum officinale). Its application to the date plum probably arose from 
confounding the Greek puvos, wheat, with the Latin pyrus, a pear tree, to the fruit of which the 
date plum may have been thought to bear some resemblance. 
Gen. Char., §c. Flowers polygamous. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, sometimes 3- or 6- 
cleft. Corolla urceolate, 4-cleft ; sometimes 3- or 6-cleft. IMJale flowers having 
the stamens inserted by pairs into the base of the corolla, twice the number of 
its segments, with double or twin filaments, and the rudiment of a pistil. 
Hermaphrodite flowers having fewer and sterile stamens. Ovarium 8—12- 
celled; cells 1-seeded. Berry globose, with a spreading calyx which is at 
length reflexed. Albwmen horny. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 38.) Deciduous low 
trees, with white or pale yellow flowers. Natives of Europe, the north of 
Africa, Western Asia, the islands of the Indian Archipelago, and North 
America. The hardy species in cultivation in British gardens belong to 
the Levant and North America. 
#1. D. Lotus L. The European Lotos, or common Date Plum. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1510. ; Willd. Sp., 4. p. 407.; Ger. Emac., 1495. f. 1.; Park. Theatr., 1525. 
f. 3.; Don’s Mill, 4 p. 38. 
Synonymes. Pseudoldtus Matth.; Guatacana patavina Tourn. ; Italian Lignum Vite, Wood of 
Life, Pockwood, Bastard Menynwood, Gerard; Date of Trebisonde ; Plaqueminier, faux Lotier, 
Fr. ; Italianische Dattelpfaume, Ger. 
Engravings. Mill. Icon., t. 116.; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. p. 20. t.58.; Wangh. Amer., 84 t. 28. £ 58. ; 
and the plates in our last Volume. R 
Spec. Char., §c. Weaves oblong, acuminate, downy beneath; leaf buds hairy 
inside. Flowers small, reddish white. Fruit size of a cherry, yellow when 
ripe, sweet with astringency: it is recommended as a cure for diarrheea. 
(Don's Miul., iv. p.38.) A tree, a native of the southern parts of Caucasus, 
