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ARBORETl !\I ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICtJM. 



with 4-cleft stigm-ds.(j Jen's Zii ft.) 

 A deciduous shrub. Alps of 

 Switzerland, Dauphine, and 

 Carniola. Height 5ft. to 10ft. 

 Introd. 1752. Flowers greenish; 

 May and June. Berries black ; 

 ripe in September. 



Variety. 



& ~R.a.2grandifolius(Jig.262.) 

 has much larger leaves 

 than the species. It forms, 

 when well grown, a very 

 striking and handsome 

 object, from the large size 

 of its leaves and buds. 



This is a very distinct species, 

 and remarkable for its twisted 

 leaves. There are strong plants of 

 both the species and the variety in 

 the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, 

 and of the variety in the garden of 

 the Hort. Soc., which, in 10 years, 

 have attained the height of 8 ft., 

 with numerous suberect branches, 

 clothed with a purplish bark. 



2t2. Ahimnus alpmus grandifoliu 



263. Khamnus pimilus. 



-* 13. R. PU MILUS Liu. The dwarf Buckthorn. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 49. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 32. 



Synonymes. R. rupstris Scop. Cam. 1 . t. 5. ; Kanno spaccasassi, Ital. 



Engravings. Scop. Cam., l.t. 5. ; Schmidt Arb., 3. t. 155.; and our fig. '2G3. 



Spec. Char., $c. Plant procumbent, much branched. 

 Leaves ovate, serrated, smooth. Flowers hermaphro- 

 dite. (Z)o;i' Mill.) A deciduous procumbent shrub. 

 MourX; Baldo in the Alps, and Carniola, in the fis- 

 sures of rocks. Height 2 ft. Introd. 1752. The flowers 

 greenish yellow within and red without, the stamens 

 white ; June and July. Berries black ; ripe in Sept. 

 The plant bearing this name in the London gardens we 



have never seen in such a thriving state as to enable us to 



decide whether or not it is truly distinct. 



ii. Fr&nyula Tourn. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 383. ; Dec, Prod., 2. 

 p. 26. ; Don's Mill., 11. p. 32. 



Sect. Char. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely 

 dioecious, 5-cleft, sometimes 4-cleft. Seeds 

 smooth, compressed, with the hilum white 

 and exserted, and with the raphe lateral, 

 on the surface of the inner testa. Embryo 

 flat. Leaves membranous, caducous, 

 quite entire, lined with approximate pa- 

 rallel nerves. (Dorfs Mill.) 



t a 14- R. CAROLINIA^NUS Walt. The Ca- 

 rolina Buckthorn. 



Identification. Walt. Car., p. 101. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 27. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 32. ; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 262. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 264. 



154 Rhitinnui, carolinianus. 



