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1362. E. h. angustif61i 



Varieties, 



E. h. 1 angustifolia Bieb. E. angustifolia L. 

 (fig. 1362.) Leaves lanceolate, 

 shining. Fruit insipid. This is 

 the most common sort in British 

 gardens. 



*t E. h. 2 dactyliformis. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, shining. Fruit date- 

 shaped, eatable. 



E. h. 3 orientalis. E orientalis L. 

 (Pall. Fl. Ross., i. t. 5. ; and our 

 fig. 1363.) Branches not spiny. 

 Fruit date-shaped, eatable ; almost 

 as large as that of a jujube, and 

 used in the dessert in Persia, where 

 it is called zinzeyd. The flowers 

 are more fragrant than those of 1: i3> 

 E. h. angustifolia. Horticultural Society's Garden. 

 1' E. h. 4 spinosa. E. spinosa L. Branches spiny. Leaves lanceolate. 



Fruit insipid. Nepal. Horticultural Society's Garden. 

 The silvery whiteness of the foliage of this tree renders it a most con- 

 spicuous object in plantations ; and hence, in any landscape where it is wished 

 to attract the eye to a particular point, it may be usefully employed. 



& 2. E. ARGE'NTEA Ph. The silvery-leaved Elaeagnus, or Wild Olive Tree. 



Identification. Pursh Sept., 1. p. 114. ; Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 97. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonyme. Missouri Silver Tree, V. S. of N. Amer. 



Engraving. Our Jig. 1364. from a dried specimen, which Mr. Shepherd of the Liverpool Botanic 

 Garden received from Mr. Nuttall. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Not spiny. Leaves waved, oval-oblong, rather 

 acute, glabrous on both surfaces, and covered with silvery 

 scales. Flowers aggregate, nodding. Sexes apparently dioe- 

 cious. Fruit roundish-ovate, about the size of a small cherry, 

 cartilaginous, covered with silvery scales, having 8 grooves ; 

 the flesh dry, farinaceous, eatable ; the nucule subcylindric, its 

 exterior part consisting of a tenacious woolly integument. 

 A bushy deciduous shrub or low tree. Hudson's Bay ; and 

 found on the argillaceous broken banks of the Missouri, 

 near Fort Mandan. Height 8ft. to 13ft. Introduced in 

 1813. Flowers yellow ; July and August. 

 According to Pursh, Shepherdza argentea Nutt. resembles 

 the Elaeagnus argentea Pursh so 



much, without the fruit, that, in this state, one 



might easily be mistaken for the other. 



& E. sa/icifolia ? D. Don (fig. 1S66.) is a 

 species apparently very distinct, and tolerably 

 hardy, of which we 

 have only seen one 

 plant about 3ft. high, 

 in the arboretum at 

 Kew. It promises to ^^ 

 be a most valuable ad- 

 dition to our nearly "~ 

 hardy shrubs. 



at JLlcsdgnus conferta 

 Hort., and our^g.1365. 

 from a living plant in 



1565. E. conferta. the Horticultural So- 1366. E. aalicif61i 



