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ARBORETUM ET FRUTJCETUM BR1TANNICUM. 



would form neat miniature trees. Propagated by suckers, or by cuttings of 

 the young wood in sand under a glass, or by seeds. Common soil, kept moist. 

 There is a close general resemblance among all the deciduous specios, which 

 leads us to doubt whether they are any thing more than varieties. 



i. ^rinoides Dec. 



23'2. Prlnos dcrUl 



Sect. Char. Flowers usually 45- sometimes 6-cleft. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 16.) 

 Leaves deciduous. 



* 1. P. DECI'DIJUS Dec. The deciduous Winter Berry. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 16. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 



Synonvmes. /'lex rinoldes Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 278. ; /Mex decidua 



Walt. FL Carol 241 . 

 Engraving. Our fig. 232. from a plant in the Hort. Soc. Garden. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves deciduous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 tapered to the petiole, shallowly serrated ; the midrib 

 villous beneath. Peduncles axillary; those of the male 

 flowers several together ; of the female ones, singly. 

 Berries red. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub. Vir- 

 ginia to Georgia, on rocky shady banks of rivers. Height 

 3ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers white ; June 

 and July. Berries large, crimson ; ripe in December. 



Plants of this species are in Loddiges's nursery, under 

 the name of Plex jorinoides. 



& 2. P. AMBI'GUUS Michx. The ambiguous Winter Berry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 236.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17.; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 



Synonyme. Casslne caroliniSna Walt. Fl. Carol, p. 242. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 29. ; and oar fig. 233. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves deciduous, oval, acuminate at both 

 ends ; both adult ones and young ones glabrous in every 

 part. Peduncles of the male flowers crowded together in 

 the lower parts of the branchlets ; of the female ones, 

 singly. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub. New Jersey 

 to Carolina, in wet sandy woods. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. 

 Introduced in 1812. Flowers white; June to August. 

 Berries red ; ripe in November. 



The leaves are subimbricate, serrated, acute at the apex, and 

 the berries small, round, smooth, and red. There is a hand- 

 some plant of this species in the arboretum of Messrs. Lod- 

 diges, which, in 1835, was 5 ft. high. It is of easy culture in any 

 free soil ; and is propagated by seeds, cuttings, or layers. 



ii. Algeria Dec. 



S33. P. ambiijti 



Sect.. Char. Flowers usually 6-cleft. Leaves deciduous. (Dec. Prod., 

 ii. p. 17.) 



* 3. P. VERTICILLA'TUS L. The whorled Winter Berry. 



Identification. Lin. Spec., 471. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 



Synonymes. P. padif&lius Willd. Enttm. p. 394. ; P. Gronbvit Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 2%. ; 

 P.ronfdrtus Mtsnch; P. prunifdlius Lvdd. Cat. 



