ELAEAGNUS— SHEPHERDIA 211 



Elaeagnus argentea Pursh 1814 Silver-berry 



A much branched, unarmed shrub, 1-4 m. high, stoloniferous, branches 

 covered with ferruginous scales, becoming silvery; leaves oblong-ovate or 

 oval-lanceolate, rounded at the base, blunt or acute at the apex, densely 

 silvery-scurfy on both sides, 3-7 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. wide, petioles 3-5 mm. 

 long; flowers fragrant, silvery on the outside, yellow on the inside, 10-14 

 mm. long, lobes of the calyx triangular, about 3 mm. long; fruit 1 cm. 

 long, the achene 8-striate : argentea, silvery. 



Native in the northwestern part of the state. Distributed from Quebec 

 to Hudson's Bay and British Columbia, south to Minn., South Dakota and 

 Utah. Blossoms from May to July, fruit ripe July to August. 



Elaeagnus angustifolia L i 11 11 e 1753 Russian Olive 



A tall shrub or more often a small tree, sometimes attaining a height 

 of 10-16 m. (30-50 feet) often spiny, the bark on last year's twigs smooth 

 and olive-colored, young shoots silvery gray and densely covered with stel- 

 late hairs; leaves alternate, entire, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, slightly 

 narrowed at the base, obtuse or acutish at the apex, grayish-green with 

 scattered peltate-stellate hairs on the upper surface, silvery gray beneath, 

 2.5-8 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, petioles about 1 cm. long; flowers axillary, 

 solitary or in groups of 2-3, calyx tubular-campanulate, about 1 cm. long, 

 8-9 mm. broad, 4-lobed, silvery gray on the outside, lemon-colored -within, 

 very fragrant, petals lacking, stamens very short, inserted near the throat 

 of the calyx, pedicels 2-3 mm. long ; fruit oblong-ovoid : angustifolia, 

 narrow-leaved. 



Entirely hardy and extensively planted as an ornamental shrub or 

 tree on account of the silvery gray foliage and fragrant flowers. Native 

 of Europe. Blossoms in June, fruit ripe in September. 



Shepherdia N u 1 1 a 1 1 1818 

 (Named for John Shepherd, an English Botanist) 



Shrubs or small trees, twigs brown, or silvery-scurfy or stellate-pubes- 

 cent ; leaves opposite, petioled ; flowers small, dioecious or sometimes polyg- 

 amous, in fascicles or short spikes, at the nodes of the shoots of the pre- 

 ceding season, or axillary; calyx of pistillate flowers urn-shaped, 4-lobed, 

 inclosing the ovary and becoming berry-like in fruit, disk 8-lobed, calyx 

 of staminate flower 4-parted, valvate in bud, stamens 8, disk many-lobed, 



