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ARBOIIETUM ET FUUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Leaves simple, opposite or alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire. 

 Buds scaly. Flowers in terminal anil axillary racemes. Fruit in some 

 poisonous, in others edible. Tliere is only one hardy genus, C'oriiiria ; the 

 species of which are low shrubs, natives of Europe antl Asia. 



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Spec. Char., S^c. 

 three-nerved, 



CORIA^RIA Niss. The Coriaria. Lin. Sijsl. Dioe'cia Decandria. 



Identification. Niss. in Act. Par. 1711, t. 12. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 739. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 818. 

 Synonymes. Redoul, Fr. ; Gerl)orstrauch, Ger. 



Derivation. From corium, a hide ; C. ?yrtif61ia being used both in tanning leather and in dyeing 

 it black. 



Gen. Char. Flowers either hermaphrodite, monoecious, or dioecious. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, sepaloid, smaller than the lobes of the calyx. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, 5 between the lobes of the calyx and the angles of 

 the ovarium, 5 between the petals and the furrows of the ovarium. Anthers 

 bursting by longitudinal slits. Style none. Stigmas 5, long, awl-shaped. 

 Carpels 5, surrounding a fleshy axis ; when ripe, close together, but separate, 

 not opening, l-seeded, surrounded with glandular lobes. (Lindl.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; 3-ribbed. Branches 

 square, opposite. Low sufFruticose shrubs, of easy culture in common 

 soil, and propagated by division of the root. 



j I. C. myrtifo'lia L. The Myrtle-leaved Coriaria. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1467. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 739. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 818. 



Synonymes. Fustet des Corroyeurs, or Redoul S. Feuilles de Myrte, Fr. ; Myrtenblattriger Ger. 



be.-strauch, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lam. 111., t. 822. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 103. ; and onr fig. 196. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 on short footstalks, glabrous. 

 Flowers in rather upright 

 racemes. (^Dec. Prod.) A 

 low, deciduous, sufFruticose 

 shrub, consisting of nume- 

 rous suckers. South of 

 Europe, and the North of 

 Africa. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 

 Introduced 1629. Flowers 

 greenish ; May to Aug'ust. 

 Carpels in the form of a 

 berry, black ; ripe in October, 

 brownish green. 



Found in hedges and waste places, throwing up nume- 

 rous suckers. An ornamental undershrub, chiefly re- 

 markable for its myrtle-like leaves, and the handsome 

 frond-like form of its branches. Suckers in any com- 

 mon soil. 



Other Species of Coriaria. C. nepalensis Wall. PI. As. 



Rar. t. 289., and our fig. 196., from a specimen gathered 



,. - ,^ . in the Hort. Soc. Gardens, a native of Nepal, at heiiihts 



196. C. nejial^nsis. * ^^^ r '.ii 



of from 5000 ft. to 7000 (t., appears to be quite hardy, 

 and of robust growth. C. sarmentosa Forst., from New Zealand, is probably 

 hardy also, but has not yet been introduced. 



193. Corikna mjTtifolia. 



Leaves drop off of a 



