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1387. FicusCarica. 



for which, and their treatment, see the Encyc. of Gard., and the Suburban 

 Horticulturist. 



GENUS V. 



W. THE BORYA. Lin. Syst. Dice'cia Di-Triandria. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 711. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol 5. 



Synonymes. Ad&lia Michx. Fl. Sor. Amer. 2. p . 223. ; Bigelbvza Smith in Rees's Cyclop. Addenda. 



Derivation. Named in honour of Bory de St. Vincent, who visited the Mauritius and the Isle of 

 Bourbon, to examine their botany. Smith, in Rees's Cyclopaedia, objects to the name of Bdryo 

 being applied to this genus, because La Billardie"re had previously given the same name to another 

 genus ; and he suggests the substitution of the name of Bigeldvza, in commemoration of Dr. 

 Bigelow of Boston, author of the Ftorula Bostoniensis, and of the American Medical Botany. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Flowers unisexual, dioecious. Male flowers. Calyx minute, 

 in 4 deep segments. Stamens 2 3. Female flowers. Calyx inferior, in 

 4 deep segments, deciduous. Style short. Stigma capitate, depressed. 

 Fruit pulpy, oval, oblong. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, or nearly so, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire. 

 Fhivers axillary, fascicled, bracteated, minute. Shrubs, deciduous, natives 

 of North America, with the aspect of the common privet. Propagated by 

 cuttings, and quite hardy. 



* I.E. ZIGU'STRINA Willd. The Privet-like Borya. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4 p. 711. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 5. 



Synonymes. Adelia /igustrina Michx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 2. p. 224. ; Bigeldvto figustrina Smith in 



Rees's Cyclop. Addenda. 



The Sexes. The plants bearing this name in Loddiges's arboretum have not yet flowered. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1388. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., fyc. In habit and leaves somewhat resembling iigustrum vul- 

 gare L. Leaves with very short petioles, and disks that are lanceolate- 

 oblong, entire, somewhat membranous. Fruit rather shortly ovate. (Michx.) 

 An erect deciduous shrub. North America, in thickets about rivers, in the 

 countries of the Illinois, Tennessee, &c. Height 5ft. to 10ft. Introd. 1812. 

 Flowers greenish ; July and August. 



