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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



ft 6. P. GLAUBER L. The glabrous Winter Berry. 



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

 Synonyme. Ink berry, Amer. 



Engraving. Our fig. 238. from nature. The figure under this name in Wats. Dend., t. 27., is that 

 of P. coriaceus Pursh. 



Spec. C/iar., $c. Evergreen. Leaves lanceolate, 



with wedge-shaped bases, coriaceous, glabrous, 



glossy, somewhat toothed at the tip. Flowers 



mostly three on an axillary peduncle that is usu- 



ally solitary. Fruit black. (Dec. Prod.) An 



evergreen shrub. Canada to Florida, in shady 



woods. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1759. 



Flowers white ; July and August. Berries black ; 



ripe in November. 



A low but very handsome evergreen shrub, which, 

 in its native country, makes a fine show, when 

 covered with its black berries. In Loddiges's arbo- 

 retum it has attained the height of 4 ft., with a regu- 

 lar ovate shape, densely clothed with shining foliage. 



J38. Prtnos Rlkber. 



7. P. CORIA^CEUS Pursh. 



The coriaceous-leaved Winter Berry. 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 21. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., 1. p. 221. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17 

 Synonyme. P. glaber Wats. 



Engravinet. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 27., and Bot. Cab., 450., under the name 

 of P. glaber ; and OUT fig. 239. 



Spec. Char., $c. Evergreen. Leaf lanceolate, with a wedge- 

 shaped base, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy, entire. Flowers 

 in short, sessile, axillary corymbs, many in a corymb. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A handsome, tall, evergreen shrub. Georgia, 

 in sandy woods near the banks of rivers. Height 8 ft. to 

 10ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers white; June and 

 July. Berry black ; ripe in November. 



Varieties. This species varies, with leaves broader, obovate- 

 lanceolate, and acuminate ; and narrower, lanceolate, and 

 acute. (Dec. Prod.) The broad-leaved variety appears to 

 be that figured in Lod. Bot. Cab., t. 450. 



The general aspect of. this plant is that of .Tlex DaJwon. It is a handsome 

 shrub, well deserving a place in collections. 



Other Species of Prinos. P. dubius G. Don. and P. atomdrius Nutt. have 

 been introduced, and, probably, some others; but we have only noticed 

 those of which we have seen living plants, and which we consider to be 

 tolerably distinct, though there are probably only three species of Prinos ; 

 two of which are deciduous, and the other evergreen. 



539. Prinos coriiceue. 



ORDER XXII. #HAMNA V CE^E. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx 4 5-cleft ; aestivation valvate. Corolla of 4 5 petals ; 

 in some absent. Petals cucullate, or convolute, inserted into the orifice of 

 the calyx. Stamens 4 5, opposite the petals, perigynous. Ovary supe- 

 rior, or half-superior, 2-, 3-, or 4-celled, surrounded by a fleshy disk. Ovules 

 one in a cell, erect, as are the seeds. Fruit fleshy and indehiscent, or dry 

 and separating into 3 divisions. Trees or shrubs, often spiny, and generally 

 deciduous. (Lindl.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, very seldom opposite, with minute stipules, 



