524- ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUAf. PART III. 



They are easily propagated by seeds, which they produce, in Britain, in 

 abundance. 



Bercue'm/^ Necker. Calyx 5-parted, the segments deciduous, the remaining 

 portion persistent, situate under the fruit, and adhering to it more or less. 

 Petals 5, scale-shaped. Stamens inserted lower than the petals. Style 1. 

 Stigmas 2. Fruit an oblong dry drupe ; the nut 2-celled. A shrul), with- 

 out^spines, somewhat twining. Often, by defect, the sexes are dioecious, 

 and the fruit 1-seeded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 22.) The only hardy species 

 is a twining deciduous shrub, a native of Carolina. 



/?ha'mnus Lnm. Calyx 4 — 5-cleft ; often, with the upper part, after the flow- 

 ering, separating from the lower all round, in the manner as if cut, and the 

 lower part persistent, situate beneath the fruit, anil cohering with it. Petals, 

 in some, absent. Stamens inserted in front of the petals. Style 2 — 4-clcft. 

 Fruit nearly dry, or berried. Cells 2 — 4; those in the nearly dry fruits 

 separable, and 1-seeded, or very rarely 2-secded. Seed oblong, having on 

 the outer side a deep furrow, that is broadest at the base. Shrubs or small 

 trees, with the tips of the branches becoming sjiines, in some instances. 

 The leaves feather-nerved. The stipules never converted into a prickle. 

 Flowers often unisexual. Fruit not eatable. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 23.) The 

 species are evergreen, subevergreen, and deciduous shrubs, chiefly natives 

 of Europe, but some of them of North America and Asia. 



Collect /J Comm. Calyx pitciier-shaped, 5-cleft, its base scarcely adhering 

 to the ovarv, which it surrounds. Not any corolla. Stamens 5, situated 

 between the lobes of the calyx : anthers with a tendency to be 1-celled, 

 kidney-shaped, opening by a horseshoe-shaped furrow. Style ending in .3 

 teeth. Fruit a .3-celled capsule, surrounded by the base of the calyx. 

 Shrubs. Branches spiny. Leaves small, mostly opposite. (J)ec. Prod., ii. 

 p. 28. ; and Dun's Mill.) The species are spinous shrubs, with few small 

 leaves, natives of Peru or Chili, and interesting by their peculiarity of 

 appearance, and their flowers. 



CeanoVhus L. Calyx 5-cleft, bell-shaped ; after the flowering, the upper 



{)art separates from the lower part all round, in the manner as if cut; the 

 ower part is persistent, is situate under the fruit, and adheres to it more 

 or less. Corolla of 5 petals, each with a long claw, and hooded : rarely 

 none. Stamens projecting in front of the petals. Styles 2 — 3, united as 

 high as the middle. Fruit a dry berry, 3-celled, rarely 2 — 4-celled ; the 

 cells pervious at the base; the walls of the consistence of paper. Seed ovate. 

 Shrubs without thorns, with leaves ovate. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 29.) The 

 species are evergreen or deciduous shrubs, from North America, some of 

 them highly ornamental, on account of their flowers. They are readily 

 propagated by cuttings of the young wood; or by seeds, which are generally 

 imported from America, though they are sometimes ripened in England. 



Genus I. 



ZrZYPHUS Tourn. The Jujube. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Di-Trigynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 403.; G<Ert. Fruct, 1. p. 43.; Lam. III., t. 18").; Dec. Prtxl., 2. 



p 198. ; Brongn. Mfem. Rham., p. 47. 

 Si/nonumes. Jujubier, Fr. ; Judendorn, Ger. 

 Derivation. From xixonf, the Arabic name of the lotus. 



t I. Z. vuLGA^Ris Lam. The common, or cultivated. Jujube. 



Identification. Lam. IlL, 185. f. 1.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 19. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 2.3. , „ , 



Sunonymes. lihl^rnuyxs Zfzyphus Lin. Spec, 282., Pall Fi. Ross. Ji t 59. ; Z saOva Desf. 



Arb, 2. p. 373. .V. Du Hatn., t. 16., but not of Gsert. ; Z. Jiijuba Mill. Diet., No. 1., but not of 



Lam! ; .Tujubier cultivc, Fr. ; Brustbceren, G<?r. : Oiuggiol //fl/. 

 En^ravh,-s Lam. III., 185. f 1. ; Pall. Fl. Uoss., 2. t. 59. ; N. Du Ham, 3. t. 16. ; and our^^. 19.}. 



