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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



solitary. ' Berries red, larger than those of P. verticillSitus. {Don's MUl., ii. i>. 20.) A deciduous 



shrub, or low tree, growing to the height of 12 fl., in sandy woods, and on the borders of swamps, 



from New Jersey to Carolina ; introduced in 1736; producing its white 



flowers in July and August, which are succeeded by red berries, larger '^ 



than those of P. verticillktus. ^V^ 1 QO 



a 5. P. L^viGA^TUS Pursh. The smoot\i-leaved Winter ^ 

 Berry. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., 1. p. 220. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 28. ; and onrfig. 192. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, sawed, 

 the teeth directed forwards, acuoiinate, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, except on the nerves beneath, where 

 they are slightly pubescent ; upper surface glossy. 

 Flowers 6-cleft ; the male ones scattered ; the female 

 ones axillary, solitary, almost sessile. {Dec. Prod., ii. 

 p. 17.) A deciduous shrub, growing to the height of 

 8 ft. on the Alleghany Mountains, from New York to 

 Virginia ; introduced in 1812. The flowers are white ; 

 and the berries large, and of a dark red colour. The 

 plant of this species in Loddiges's arboretum was 4 ft. high in 1835. 



^ 6. P. lanceolaVus Pursh. The XanceoXate-leavcd Winter Berry. 



Jdentification. Pursh. Fl. Sept. Amer., 2. |). 27. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. j Don's MiU., 2. p. 20. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, remotely and very slightly ser- 

 rulate, smooth on both surfaces. Male flowers aggregate, triandrous ; female 

 ones mostly in pairs, peduncled, and G-cleft. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 17.) A 

 deciduous shrub, growing to the height of 8 ft.; a native of the lower dis- 

 tricts of Carolina and Georgia; introduced in 1811. The flowers are 

 white ; and the berries are small, and of a scarlet colour. The plant in 

 Loddiges's arboretum is 8 ft. high. 



§ iii. Wint&Ua Moench. 



Derivation. Probably from the name of some botanist. 



Sectional Characteristics. Flowers, for the most pai't, 6-cleft. Leaves perma- 

 nent. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 17.) 



m 7. P. GLAUBER L. The glabrous Winter Berry. 



IdeiJification. Lin. Spec, 471 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 20, 



Engraving. The figure under this name in Wats. Dend.,t 27., is that of P. coriaceus Pursh. 



SjJec. Char., S^c. Evergreen. Leaves lanceolate, with wedge-shaped bases, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, glossy, somewhat toothed at the tip. Flowers mostly 

 three on an axillary peduncle that is usually solitary. Fruit black. (Dec. 

 Prod., ii. p. 17.) An evergreen shrub, growing to the height of 3 ft. or 

 4ft., in sandy shady woods, from Canada to Florida; introduced in 1759, 

 and producing its small white flowers in July and August. The colour of 

 the berries in this species is black, and in Jersey they are called ink berries. 

 It forms a very handsome shrub, which, in Loddiges's arboretum has at- 

 tained the height of 4 ft., with a regular ovate shape, densely clothed with 

 shining foliage. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 2.?. 6f/. each ; at 

 Bollwyller, 2 francs ; and at New York, 25 cents, and seeds 1 dollar a 

 quart. 



« 8. P. ATOMA^Rius Nutt. The 2itom-bearing Winter Berry. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 213. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. : Don's Mill,, 2. p. 20. 



Spec. Char., S/c. Evergreen, Leaf oval, with the base wedge-shaped and the tip acute, and some. 

 what sawed, coriaceous, bearing on the under surface minute excrescences ; whence the specific 



