700 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



GENUS III. 



SHEPHE'KD/4 Nutt. THE SHEPHEHUIA. Lvn* Syxt. Dice'cia 

 Octandria. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. 



Synonyme. Hippophae L., as to the species S. canadensis Nutt. 



Derivation. Named by Nuttall, in honour of the late Mr. John Shepherd, curator of the Botanic 



Garden of Liverpool, a horticulturist to whose exertions, and the patronage of the celebrated 



Roscoe, that institution owes its present eminence. 



Gen. Char., Sf-c. Flowers unisexual, dioecious. Male flower. Calyx 4-cleft. 

 Stamens 8, included within the calyx, alternate with 8 glands. Female 

 flower. Calyx bell-shaped ; its limb 4-parted, flat, the portions equal ; its 

 tube adnate to the ovary. Style}. Stigma oblique. (G.Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire, with silvery scales. 

 Flowers axillary, aggregate; the female ones smaller than the males, and 

 sometimes racemose at the ends of the branches. Berries diaphanous, 

 scarlet, acid, eatable. Shrubs or low spinescent trees, deciduous, with 

 the aspect of -Elaeagnus ; native of North America. Culture, in British 

 gardens, as in //ippophae. 



st 1. S. ARGE'NTEA Nutt. The silver-leaved Shepherdia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. 



Si/nonymes. #ipp6phae argentea Pursh Sept. \. p. 115. ; Missouri Silver Leaf, and Buffalo Berry 

 Tree, Amer. \ Rabbit Berry, and Beef Suet Tree, Amer. Indians ; Graise de Buffle, or Buffalo 



Fat, Frencl ~ 

 Engravings. 

 original specit 

 of Liverpool. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves oblong-ovate, ob- 

 tuse ; on both surfaces glabrous, and 

 covered with silvery peltate scales. 

 (Pursh.) A small tree. North America, 

 on the banks of the Missouri, and its 

 tributary streams. Height 12 ft. to 18 ft. 

 Introduced in 1818. Flowers yellow; 

 April and May. Berries scarlet, diapha- 

 nous, acid ; ripe in September. 



Its fruit, which is much relished in 1371 . s . argtetea . 

 America, is about the size of the red 

 currant, much richer to the taste, and forms one con- 

 tinued cluster on every branch and twig. 



The Canadian Shepherdia. 



Fat, French Traders. 



Our fig. 1370. ; and fig. 1371- from the 

 len sent by Nuttall to Mr. Shepherd 



1370. s.ar^ntea. 

 2. S. CANADE'NSIS Nutt. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 241. 



Synonyme. Hipp6phae canadensis Lin. Sp. PI. 1453., Willd. Sp. PI. 4. p. 744., 



Pursh Sept. 1. p. 119. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1372. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, or cordate-ovate, opposite ; 

 green, and nearly glabrous upon the upper surface ; upon 

 the under one stellately pilose, silvery, and scaly ; the 

 scales rusty, deciduous. Branches opposite. Flowers 

 disposed in upright racemes between the first leaves, and 

 of half the length of these. (Nutt.) A deciduous shrub. 

 North America, on the borders of lakes, in the western 

 parts of the state of New York, in Canada, and along the 

 St. Lawrence to its source. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1759, but not frequent in collections. Flowers 

 yellow ; April and May. Berries yellow, sweetish, but 

 scarcely eatable ; ripe in August. 



