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ARBORETUxM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



S38. PilntK Klaber. 



tt 6. P. GLAUBER L. The glabrous Winter Berry. 



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

 Synoiiymc. Ink berry, Amer. 



Engraving. Our fig. 238. from nature. The figure under this name in Wats. Dend., t. 27., is that 

 of P. coriaceus Pursh. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Evergreen. Leaves lanceolate, 

 with wedge-shaped bases, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 glossy, somewhat toothed at the tip. Flowers 

 mostly three on an axillary peduncle that is usu- 

 ally solitary. Fruit black. {Dec. Prod.) An 

 evergreen shrub. Canada to Florida, in shady 

 woods. Height 3 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1759. 

 Flowers white ; July and August. Berries black ; 

 ripe in November. 



A low but very handsome evergreen shrub, which, 

 in its native country, makes a fine show, when 

 covered with its black berries. In Loddiges's arbo- 

 retum it has attained the height of 4 ft., with a regu- 

 lar ovate shape, densely clothed with shining foliage. 



* 7. P. coRiA^CEUs Pursh. The coviaceons-leaved Winter Berry. 



Jdentiflcation. Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., 1. p. 221. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 21. 

 Synonyme. P. glaber Wats. 



Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 27., and Bot.j Cab., 450., under the name 

 of P. glaber ; and oux fig. 239. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Evergreen. Leaf lanceolate, with a wedge- 

 shaped base, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy, entire. Flowers 

 in short, sessile, axillary corymbs, many in a corymb. 

 {Dec. Prod.) A handsome, tall, evergreen shrub. Georgia, 

 in sandy woods near the banks of rivers. Height 8 ft. to 

 10 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers white ; June and 

 July. Berry black ; ripe in November. 



Varieties. This species varies, with leaves broader, obovate- 

 lanceolate, and acuminate; and narrower, lanceolate, and 

 acute. {Bee. Prod.) The broad-leaved variety appears to 

 be that figured in Lod. Hot. Cab., t. 430. 



The general aspect of- this plant is that of P\cx Dahoon. It is a handsome 

 shrub, well deserving a place in collections. 



S39. Prtnos coriiceus. 



Other Species of Prhios. P. dubius G. D^on. and P. atomdriits Nutt. have 

 been introduced, and, probably, some others ; but we have only noticed 

 those of which we have seen living plants, and which we consider to be 

 tolerably distinct, though there are probably only three species of Prinos ; 

 two of which are deciduous, and the other evergreen. 



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Order XXIL iZHAMNA^CE^. 



Ord. Char. Calyx 4 3-cleft ; asstivation valvate. Corolla of 4 3 petals ; 

 in some absent. Petals cucullate, or convolute, inserted into the orifice of 

 the calyx. Stamens 4 3, opposite the petals, perigynous. Ovary supe- 

 rior, or half-superior, 2-, 3-, or 4-celled, surrounded by a fleshy disk. Ovules 

 one in a cell, erect, as are the seeds. Pridt fleshy and indehiscent, or dry 

 and separating into 3 divisions. Trees or shrubs, often spiny, and generally 

 deciduous. {Lindl.) 



Leaves sinjple, alternate, very seldom opposite, with minute stipules, 



