TETKANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 9/ 



ff Jpdalons. 

 140. EL.EAGjSUS. Jv. (Oleaster.) 



Calix 4 cleft, ranij)anuliite, coloured on th© 

 inner side. Stamina alternating with the divi- 

 sinns (.f the calix; anthers subsessile. Style 

 short, Dni2}e dry, 1 -seeded, marked with 8 fur- 

 rows. 



Trees or shrubs; flowers axillary, solitary or apfpfreg-ate, 

 somelimes polygamous. In ;he E. angiist'folia,cu\U\,.ted 

 in Kurope and Africa, for tiie fine oiior of its flowers, the 

 calix occtirs sometimes from 5 to 8 cleft, wi'.h the s ime 

 irretiular number of stamens. V. De^foiit. Flor. Atlunt. i. 

 p. 144. 



Species. \. E. *argentea. Una'-med; leaves undulated, 

 oval oblong, ratiier a<-me, on eitlier side smooth, and co- 

 vered with silver} scale s; flowers aggrep ate, noddmg, ber- 

 T\ railiei- lai-ge, sub;^lohose, covered with silvery scales. 



Obs. Drupe cartilaginoMS, roundish-ovate, willi 8 

 grooves; nucleus subcyl;ndric, stirrounded by a tenaceous 

 woolly inte.cument. 



Hab. At Hudson's Bay, and on the argillaceous broken 

 banks of the Missouri, near Fort Mandan. \ shrub from 

 8 to 12 feet high, apparently dioicous, producing a dry 

 farinaceous edible drupe, about the size of a small 

 cherry. 



This genus is so neaily allied to Jlippophae, as well as <o 

 another which I am about to propose, that it is to be re- 

 gretted any artificial s} stem sliould ever sepai-ate them. 

 Th^-y are, however, distinctly die icons, having male and 

 ttmale flowers of different structure. Of this g( nus, be- 

 sides the ah(jve, (wliich appears lo be more nearly related 

 to the E. macropl.vUa of Japan, tlian the £. lati folia') y\\\i-x& 

 are 10 species; 1 in the South of pAirope, anotiier in Rus- 

 sia and the Fast, another in Egypt, and a 4th in Ceylon, 

 with 6 m Japan. 



fff Polijpetalous, 

 141. LUDMIGIA. /.. 



CalLv 4 parted, persistent, snperinr. Corolla 

 4-]}etalled. oi- o. Capsule 4 sided, 4 -celled, in- 

 ferior, many-seeded. 



A genus chiefly consisting of herbaceous plants, with 

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