140 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Leaves simple, opposite or alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire. 

 Buds scaly. Flowers in terminal and axillary racemes. Fruit in some 

 poisonous, in others edible. There is only one hardy genus, Coriaria ; the 

 species of which are low shrubs, natives of Europe and Asia. 



GENUS I. 



U 



COIUA V RIA Kiss. THE CORIAIUA. Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Becandria. 



Identification. Niss. in Act. Par. 1711, t. 12. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 739. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 818. 

 Synonymes. Redoul, Fr. ; Gerbcrstrauch, Ger. 



Derivation. From corium, a hide ; C. wzyrtifolia being used both in tanning leather and in dyeing 

 it black. 



Gen. Char. Flowers either hermaphrodite, monoecious, or dioecious. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, sepaloid, smaller than the lobes of the calyx. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, 5 between the lobes of the calyx and the angles of 

 the ovarium, 5 between the petals and the furrows of the ovarium. Anthers 

 bursting by longitudinal slits. Style none. Stigmas 5, long, awl-shaped. 

 Carpels 5, surrounding a fleshy axis ; when ripe, close together, but separate, 

 not opening, l-seeded, surrounded with glandular lobes. (Lindl.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; 3-ribbed. Branches 

 square, opposite. Low suffruticose shrubs, of easy culture in common 

 soil, and propagated by division of the root. 



j* 1. C. MYRTIFO X LIA L. The Myrtle-leaved Coriaria. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1467. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 739. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 818. 



Synonymes. Fustet des Corroyeurs, or Redoul a Feuilles de Myrte, Fr. ; Myrtenblattriger Ger. 



berstrauch, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lam. 111., t. 822. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 103. ; and our fig. 195. 



jSpjtfc. Char., tyc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 three-nerved, on short footstalks, glabrous. 

 Flowers in rather upright 

 racemes. (Dec. Prod.) A 

 low, deciduous, suffruticose 

 shrub, consisting of nume- 

 rous suckers. South of 

 Europe, and the North of 

 Africa. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 

 Introduced 1629. Flowers 

 greenish ; May to August. 

 Carpels in the form of a 

 berry, black ; ripe in October, 

 brownish green. 



Found in hedges and waste places, throwing up nume- 

 rous suckers. An ornamental undershrub, chiefly re- 

 markable for its myrtle-like leaves, and the handsome 

 frond-like form of its branches. Suckers in any com- 

 mon soil. 



Other Species ofQoridria. C. nepalensis Wall. PI. As. 

 Rar. t. 289., and our fig. 196., from a specimen gathered 

 in the Hort. Soc. Gardens, a native of Nepal, at heights 

 of from 5000 ft. to 7000 ft., appears to be quite hardy, 



and of robust growth. C. sarmentdsa Forst, from New Zealand, is probably 



hardy also, but has not yet been introduced. 



Corikna iyrtif61ia. 



Leaves drop off of a 



