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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANN1CUM. 



coriaceous, green on both sur- 

 faces. (Don's Mi/I.) A sub- 

 evergreen shrub. Spain, Italy, 

 and the Levant, on hills. 

 Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 

 in 1820. Flowers greenish 

 yellow ; June and July. Berry 

 ? black; ripe?. 



A very neat shrub, of which 

 there is a good specimen in the 

 Chelsea Botanic Garden, which 

 is quite hardy. 



. 8. JR. LYCioYoES Lin. The 

 Lycium-like Buckthorn. 



Identification. Lin. Spec., 279. ; Dec. 



Prod., 2. p. 25. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 31. 

 Engravings. Cav. Icon., 2. t. 182. ; and our fig. 254. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Leaves linear, quite entire, 

 obtuse, smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. (Don's 

 Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Spain, on the lime- 

 stone hills of Valencia. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1752. Flowers greenish yellow ; May 

 and June. Fruit ?, 



253. a. fcuxifolius. 



9. R. ERYTHRO'XYLON Pall. 

 Buckthorn. 



The red -wooded 



Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 25. ; Don's 254. 



Mill., 2. p. 31. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 62. ; Itin., French edit., t. 90. ; and our fig. 255. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Erect. Leaves linear, lanceolate, quite entire or serrated, 

 smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. Berries oblong. (Don's Mill.) A de- 

 ciduous shrub. Mongolia and Siberia, near rivers. Height 6 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1823. Flowers greenish yellow j July and August. Berries black 

 ripe in September. 



Variety. 



R. E. 2 angustissimum Dec. Prod. 

 2. p. 25., R. /ycioides Pall. FL 

 Ross. t. 63., and our Jig. 256., 

 has the leaves narrow, smaller, 

 and very finely serrulated. Na- 

 tive of Caucasus. 



Delights in a warm situation ; and 

 in cold and humid places, Pallas ob- 

 serves, it is never met with. The 

 wood, on account of its hardness and 

 red colour, is used by the Mongols 

 for making their images ; and the ber- 

 ries, when macerated in water, afford 

 them a deep yellow colour. The 



bush ; but, when cultivated, the spines no longer appear. 

 b. Branchlets not terminated by Spinet. 

 & 10. R. DAHU'RICUS Pali. The Dahurian Buckthorn. 



Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 61. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 26.j Don's Mill., 2. p. 31 

 .Entravmgg. Pal.. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 61 . ; and our fig. 257. 



