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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICKTUM. 



PART III. 



■K) years planted, it is 35 ft. Iiigli ; in .Iloscnthal's Nursery, 20 years planted, and 3() ft. high ; at 

 Hrilck on the Leytha, Ut years planted, and 42 ft. high. " In Prussia, at Sans Souei, .i(J years planted, 

 and '2(1 It. high ; at the I'fauen Insel, 8 years plante<l, and 22 ft. high. In Uavaria, at Munich, 

 in the Botanic (iarden, 2(1 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Hanover, at (idttingen, in the University 

 liotanic Garden, 10 years planted, and ;>() ft. high. In Cassel, at Wilhclmshiihe, (i(J ft. high. In 

 Sweden, at Lund, in the l!i)tanic Garden, 2 years planted, and 4 ft. high. In Italy, at Monza, 29 

 years planted, and (>0 tt. high. 



C'tniDiit'nift/ Slaiis/irs. Plant.s, in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. eacli ; at 

 Boll\v\ Ikr, from 1 franc to 1 franc 50 cents ; at New York, ?. 



CHAP. XXXI. 



OF THE HAUDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 

 ORDER CORIA'CEjE. 



This order consists of only one genus, of which there is one species quite 

 hardy, ami one or two others, natives of New Zealand and Nepal, which arc 

 probably half-hardy. 



Genus I. 



^ I 



C'ORIA^RIA Xiss. The Coriaria. Liu. St^st. Dicc'cia Decandria. 



Identification. Niss. in Act. Par., 1711. t 12. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 739. ; Don's Mill, 1. p. 818. 

 fiynonymcs. Redoul, Fr. ; Gerberstrauch, Gcr. 



Derivation. From corium, a hide ; C. ?Hyrtif&lia being used both in tanning leather and in dyeing 

 it black. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Flowers either hermaphrodite, monoecious, or dioecious. 

 Cali/x o-parted. Petals 5, sepaloid, smaller than the lobes of the calyx. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, 5 between the lobes of the calyx and the angles of 

 the ovarium, 5 between the petals and the furrows of the ovarium. Anthers 

 bursting by longitudinal slits. Style none. Stigmas 5, long, awl-shaped. 

 Carj)els 5, surrounding a fleshy axis ; when ripe, close together, but se- 

 parate, not opening, 1-seeded, surrounded with glamlular lobes. Ovn/eand 

 seed pendulous. Albumen none. Embri/o straight. — Branches square, op- 

 posite. Leaves opposite, simple, 3-ribbed. (Lindlej/, lufrod. to N. S., and 

 Kej/.) 



a 1. C. JI/Yrtifo'lia L. The Myrtle-leaved Coriaria. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., liSl. ; Dec. Prod., I. p. 739. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 818. 



Synonymes. Fustet des Corroyeurs, or Redoul k Feuilles de Myrte, Fr. ; Myrtenblattrigcr Ger. 



berstrauch, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lam. Ill, t. 822. ; Du. Ham., 1. t. 73. ; Wats. Dcnd. Brit., t. 103. ; and our^g. IfiO. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, 160 



three-nerved, on short foot-stalks, glabrous. 

 Flowers in rather upright racemes. {Dec. 

 Prod., i. p. 739.) A deciduous shrub, growing 

 to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft., in the south 

 of Europe and north of Africa, in hedges and 

 waste places. It was introduced into England 

 in 1 629, and has since been frequent in col- 

 lections, flowering from May to August. In its 

 native countr}-, it is said to be used for tan- 

 ning, and for dyeing black ; but whether it 

 is cultivated for this purpose, or merely 

 gathered where found wilil, we have not been able to ascertain. In 

 Britain, it is cultivated as an ornamental undershrub, chiefly remarkable 

 for its myrtle-like leaves, anil the handsome frond-like form of its branches. 



