160 BOTANICAL SYNOPSIS 



NATURAL ORDER, ERIC ACE jE {HEATH FAMILY). 



Arbutus Unedo L. Strawberry-tree. Bark, red brown, 

 flaking. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, serrate, dark 

 green, evergreen. Flowers small, bell-shaped, creamy white, 

 in hanging clusters Fruit a globose, scarlet berry, two-thirds 

 of an inch across, with a roughened surface. September, 

 October. Mediterranean region and Killarney. Vol. I, 

 p. 49. 



NATURAL ORDER, OLEACEA? {OLIVE FAMILY). 



Fraxinus excelsior L. Ash. Eark smooth, olive-grey. 

 Buds black. Leaves opposite, pinnate, of from four to seven 

 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, serrate leaflets, each from one to 

 three inches long. Flowers preceding the leaves, in erect 

 clusters, without perianths. Fruit a linear-oblong samara, 

 notched at the apex, glossy green, streaked with black. April, 

 May. Europe and North Africa. Vol. I., p. 65. 



NATURAL ORDER, EUFHORBIACEJkJ (SPURGE 

 FAMILY). 



Buxus sempervirens L. Box. Bark rough, grey. Branches 

 downy when young. Leaves evergreen, sub-opposite, oblong, 

 obtuse, not more than an inch long. Flowers monoecious, in 

 axillary cymes, minute, whitish. Fruit a small, dehiscent, 

 horned capsule. April, May. Europe, from Belgium south- 

 ward, North Africa, and Asia. Vol. III., p. 121. 



NATURAL ORDER, MORACE.fi [MULBERRY 

 FAMILY). 



Morus nigra Poir. Mulberry. Bark rough, reddish 

 brown. Leaves ovate, cordate, irregularly serrate. Flowers 

 monoecious, in catkins, inconspicuous, greenish white. Fruit 

 multiple, oval, about an inch long, turning red and reddish 

 black, very juicy. June, July. Northern Persia and Arme- 

 nia ; but cultivated throughout Southern and Central Europe. 

 A r ol. I , p. 25. 



