164 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



would form neat miniature trees. Propagated by suckers, or by cuttings of 

 the young wood in sand under a glass, or by seeds. Common soil, kept moist. 

 There is a close general resemblance among ail the deciduous species, which 

 leads us to doubt whether they are any thing more than varieties. 



i. Vrinoides Dec. 



Sect. Char. Flowers usually ^ 5- sometimes 6-cleft. {Bee. Prod., ii, p. 16.) 

 Leaves deciduous. 



^ 1 . P. deci'duus Dec. The deciduous Winter Berry. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 16. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 



Syno7iymes. /Uex prindides Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 278. ; Vlex decidua 



Waif. Fl. Carol. 241. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 232. from a plant in the Hort. Soc. Garden. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves deciduous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 tapered to the petiole, shallowly serrated ; the midrib 

 villous beneath. Peduncles axillary ; those of the male 

 flowers several together ; of the female ones, singly. 

 Berries red. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub. Vir- 

 ginia to Georgia, on rocky shady banks of rivers. Height 

 3 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers white ; June 

 and July. Berries large, crimson ; ripe in December. 



Plants of thi^ species are in Loddiges's nursery, under 

 the name of Z^lex ^rinoides. 



31 2. P. ahibi'guus Michx. 



232. Prinns deciduus. 



The ambiguous Winter Berry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 236.; Dec. Prod, 2. p. 17. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 

 Synonyme. Cassme caroliniana Walt. Fl. Carol, p. 242. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 29. ; and om fig. 233. 



Spec. Char,, S^c. Leaves deciduous, oval, acuminate at both 

 ends ; both adult ones and young ones glabrous in every 

 part. Peduncles of the male flowers crowded together in 

 the lower parts of the branchletg ; of the female ones, 

 singly. {Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub. New Jersey 

 to Carolina, in wet sandy woods. Height 4 ft. to 3 ft. 

 Introduced in 1812. Flowers white; June to August. ;3 

 Berries red ; ripe in November. f 



The leaves are subimbricate, serrated, acute at the apex, and 

 the berries small, round, smooth, and red. There is a hand- 

 some |)lant of this species in the afboretum of Messrs. Lod- 

 diges, which, in 1835, was 3 ft. high. It is of easy culture in any 

 free soil ; and is propagated by seeds, cuttings, or layers. 



ii. Ageria Dec. 



S33. P. amblcuus. 



Sect. Char. Flovrers usually 6-cleft. Leaves deciduous. {Dec. Prod., 

 ii. p. 17.) 



3. P. VERTiciLLA^TUs L. The whorled Winter Berry. 



Identification. Lin. Spec, 471. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 20. 



Sijnonymes. P. padif61iu3 Willd. Enum. p. 394. ; P. Gronbvii Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 2.'56. i 

 P. coof^rtus Mwuch j P. pruniftlius Lvdd. Cat. 



