CL. XXII.] DKECIA PENTANDRIA. 379 



the berries and bark. A perennial parasitical shrub, growing on the 

 apple-tree, hawthorn, oak, and other trees: flowers in May. Common 

 in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Eng. Bot. pi. 1470. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 236. 1440. 



5. HIPPO'PHAE. SALLOW-THORN. 



Barren Flowers. Calyx deeply divided into two roundish 

 segments, at first folded flat together. Corolla none. Filaments 

 four, very short, erect ; anthers oblong, angular, erect, two-celled, 

 not longer than the calyx. 



Fertile Flowers. Calyx of one leaf, inferior, tubular, cleft at 

 the top, deciduous. Corolla none. Gerrnen superior, small, 

 roundish. Style short and thick; stigma simple, oblong, pro- 

 truded beyond the calyx. Berry globular, juicy, one-celled. 

 Seed solitary, oblong, polished. Name from hippos, a horse, and 

 phao, to brighten. 449. 



1. H. rhamnoides. Common Sallow-thorn. Sea Buck-thorn. Leaves 



between linear and lance-shaped, scattered. A bushy shrub, about 



five feet high, with straight, spreading branches, each ending in a thorn : 

 leaves dark-green above, silvery beneath : flowers green : berries orange. 

 Flowers in May : grows on cliffs on the east and south-east coast of 

 England : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 425. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 

 238. 1441. 



6. MYRl'CA. SWEET GALE. 



Barren Flowers. Catkin between egg-shaped and oblong, 

 loosely imbricated all round. Calyx an egg-shaped scale. Co- 

 rolla none. Filaments four, short, hair-like, erect. Anthers 

 large, two-lobed. 



Fertile Flowers. Catkin, calyx, and corolla as above. Ger- 

 men egg-shaped, superior. Styles two, thread -shaped, spreading, 

 longer than the calyx. Stigma acute. Berry one-celled. Seed 

 one. Name, myrice of the Greeks. 450. 



1. M Gale. Sueet Gale. Dutch Myrtle. Leaves lance-shaped, 



broader towards the end, serrate ; scales of the catkins pointed. -A 



shrub, from one to three feet high, with numerous alternate branches : 

 berries very small. The whole plant exhales a rather pleasant aromatic 

 odour. Flowers in May : grows on wet heaths, abundantly. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. viii. pi. 562. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 239. 1442. 



PENTANDRIA. 



7. HU'MULUS. HOP. 



Barren Flowers. Calyx of five oblong, concave leaves. Co- 

 rolla none. Filaments five, hair-like, very short ; anthers oblong, 

 two-celled, with two terminal pores. 



Fertile Flowers. Catkin of numerous large, membranous, 

 imbricated scales. Calyx an oblique undivided scale. Corolla 

 none. Germen superior, minute, oblong. Styles two, awl- 



