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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



placed alternately on their branches, whereas in the phillyrea they are opposi 

 All the kinds in cultivation are nothing more than varieties of one species. 



* I. P. ME V DIA L. The intermediate, or lance-leaved, Phillyrea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 10. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 45. 



"' var. j mfedia Lapcyr. PL Pyr. p. 4. ; P. 



Synonymes. P. latifblia 



/igustrifdlia Mill. Diet. No. 4. ; P. he'vis Tenure Sijll. p. 9. ; P. 

 latifolia var. A. figustrifblia Poll. PI. Ver. 1. p. 7. 

 Engravings. Kerner, t. 774. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 27. ; and our 

 Jig. 1226. 



Spec. C/iar., $c. Leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 or a little serrated in the middle, triple-nerved, 

 veinv. (Don's Mill.} An evergreen shrub. South 

 of Europe. Height 10 ft. to 15ft. Introduced 

 in 1597. Flowers greenish white; May and June. 

 Berries black j ripe in October. 



Varieties. 



* P. MI. 2 virgata Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. II. 



Leaves lanceolate. Branches erect. " 



* P. m. 3 buxifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. II. 



Leaves oval-oblong, bluntish. 



* 2. P. (M.) ANGUSTIFO^LIA L. The narrow-leaved Phillyrea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 10. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 45. 



Synonymes. P. obliqua Tenore Syll., p. 9. ; P. mddia Tenore Fl. Neap. 3. p. G. 



Engravings. Lara. 111. 8. 3. ; and our ftg. 1227. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, quite entire. 

 Branches beset with elevated dots. Leaves obsoletely 

 veined. (Don's Mill.) An 

 evergreen shrub. Italy and 

 Spain. Height 8ft, to 10ft. 

 Introduced in 1597. Flowers 

 greenish white ; May and June. 



/'. (m.? ansustifblia. 



1228. P. a. rosmarimfolia. 



Varieties. 



P. a. 2 lanceolata Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. i. p. 11. 

 Leaves lanceolate, and 

 branches erect. 

 * P. a. 3 rosmarinifolia Ait. 

 Hort. Kewensis ; and 

 our fig. 1228. Leaves 

 lanceolate-subulate, elongated. Branches straight. 

 P. a. 4 bracliiata Ait. Hort. Kew. i. p. 11. Leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 shorter than in the other varieties. Branches divaricate. 



* 3. P. (M.) LIGUSTRIFO'LIA Ait. The Privet-leaved Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 11.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 45. 



Synonymes. P. virgata Willd. Enum. 1. p. 12.; P. niddia var. A. Willd. Sn. 



1. p. 42. ; Phillyrea iii. Clus. Hist. p. 52. 

 Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 131. ; and our^?g. 1229. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subserrated in the 

 middle, obsoletely veined. Branches erect. (Don's Mill.) 

 An evergreen shrub. Spain and the South of France. 

 Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers 

 white ; May and June. 



1229. P. (m.) figus- 

 trifolia. 



4. P. (M.) PE'NDULA Ait. The drooping-6rwc^<?^ Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort., Kew., 1. p. 11 . ; Don's Mill, 4. p. 45. 

 Synont/me. P. media y Willd. Sp. 1. p. 43. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 0000. in p. OCOO. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, obsoletely serrated at the 

 apex, veiny. Branches drooping (Don's Mill.) An evergreen shrub South 



