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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1388. B. figtistrina. 



Apparently a fit associate for Zagustrum, Fontanesza, 

 and Prinos. 



a* 2. B. (? L.) ACUMINA TA Willd. The acuminate- 

 leaved Borya. 



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

 Synonymcs. Adelia acumin&ta Michx. Fl. Ear. Amer. 2. p. 225. t. 48. ; 



Bigel6vza acuminhta Smith in Rees's Cyclop. Addenda. 

 The Sexes. Uncertain which is in England. 

 Engravings. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 28. ; and our fig. 1389. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves mem- 

 branous, lanceolate in almost 

 a rhombic manner ; but most 

 tapered to the outward end; 

 1^ in. long, serrulate. Male 

 flowers several together in small 

 sessile tufts, encompassed with 

 several ovate bracteas. Fe- 

 male flowers stalked, very small. 

 Fruit pendulous, elliptic-oblong, nearly 1 in. long 

 before it is ripe, tapered to the tip in a beak-like 

 manner. It appears that the taper lateral branches 

 form something like thorns. (Michx.) Carolina and 

 Georgia. An erect shrub, on the banks of rivers. 

 Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introd. 1812. Flowers greenish. 

 The only difference which we can observe between 



B. acuminata and B. /igustrina is, that the former 



has the leaves of a paler green, and much larger. 



The plant bears a general resemblance to a privet, 



or a large Persian lilac. 



at 3. B. (L.) PORULO'SA Willd. The Pore-k/ce-dotted-kaved Borya. 



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



Synonymes. Adelia porulbsa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 224. ; BigeUwo porulbsa Smith in Recs's 



Cyclop. Addenda ; ? B. ovata Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 

 The Sexes. Uncertain which is in England. 



Engravings. Our fig. 1390. from a specimen in the British Museum, and fig. 1391. 

 from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves coriaceous, sessile, 

 lanceolately ovate, but with a blunt point, 

 entire ; the lateral edges revolute ; under 

 surface rather rusty, and punctured with 

 little holes. (Michx.) A shrub, like the 

 preceding kinds. Georgia and Florida. 

 Introduced in 1806. 



The plants in the collection of Messrs. 

 Loddiges differ from B. /igustrina chiefly in 

 1390. B. </.) porui&sa. the leaves being shorter. , 1391 . B . (l . } porul6sa . 



1389. B. (? I.) acuminata. 



ORDER LXVI. t/LMA^CE^E. 



ORD. CHAR. Flowers pedicellate, hermaphrodite or polygamous, collected into 

 loose small heads. Perianth free, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, opposite the lobes. 

 Ovarium solitary. Stigmas 2. Fruit indehiscent, 2-celled, membranous, com- 

 pressed, winged. Seed solitary in the cells, pendulous. Albumen none. (G. 

 Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; serrated or entire. Flowers 

 axillary, on short peduncles, small. Trees, deciduous, chiefly of large 

 size ; natives of Europe, Asia, and America ; included in three genera, 

 which are thus contradistinguished : 



