XXII. JZHAMNA N CEj : TJHA'MNUS. 



Spec. Chnr.y fyc. Erect. Leaves oblong- 



ovate, serrated, smooth, veiny. Flowers 



dioecious, female ones with bifid stigmas. 



(Don's Mill.) A .deciduous shrub. Da- 



huria, near the river Arguinus. Height 5 ft. 



Introd. in 1817. Flowers greenish yellow; 



May and June. Berry black ; ripe Sept. 



The general appearance of the plant is 

 that of R. catharticus, but it is without 

 thorns. The wood is red, and is called sandal 

 wood by the Russians. 



j* & 11. R. /fLNiFo'Ltus L'Herit. The Alder 

 leaved Buckthorn. 



Identification. L'Herit. Sert., t. 5.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 25.: 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 32. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 61. ; and our fig. 258. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Leaves obovate or ovate, serrulated, obliquely line- 

 ated with lateral nerves, acuminated or obtuse, smoothish beneath, except 

 the nerves. Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious. Pedicels 1-flowered, ag- 

 gregate. Calyxes acute. Fruit turbinate. (Don's Mill.) 

 A deciduous shrub. Hudson's Bay to Pennsylvania, in 



sphagnous swamps. Height 



2 ft. to 4 ft. in America ; 6 ft. 



to 8 ft. in England. Introd. 



in 1778. Flowers greenish 



yellow ; June and July. 



Berry black, fleshy, 3-seeded; 



ripe in September. 



R. a. 2 Jrangulmdes 

 Dec. R. franguloides 



258. Rhimnui nlnifoliu*. 



2.VJ. a. a franguieides. 



Variety. 



t. 15.; our fig. 259.) 

 Leaves oval, serrated, 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath. Canada to Virginia. Introd. 1810. 



ai 12. R. ALPI^NUS Lin. The Alpine Buckthorn. 



Identification. Lin. Spec., 213. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 32. 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 3. 1. 13. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1077.; Schmidt, 3. 1. 157. ; the plate of the tree in 

 Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. ; and our 

 ). and 261. 



200. Khammis alplnus. 



261, Ahamnui alpinus. 



Spec. Char.,, $c. Erect, twined. Leares oval lanceolate, crenate^serrated, 

 smooth, lineated with many parallel nerves. Flowers dioecious, female ones 



