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241. Paliiirjs aculeatus. 



Senibles its brim; the French have given this tree the name o^ porte-chapeau. 

 On both shores of the Mediterranean, it grows to about the same height as 

 the common hawthorn, on rocky sterile places. In many parts of Italy the 

 hedges are formed of this plant, as they are of the hawthorn in Britain ; it is 

 also the common hedge plant in Asia. Any common soil ; seeds, or cuttings 

 of the root. 



a 2. P. (a.) virga^tus D. Don. The twiggy Christ's Thorn. 



Identification. D. Don in Bot. Mag.; and FI. Nep., 189.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 23. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 253.5. ; and our fig. 242. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Branches smooth. Leaves obhquely cor- 

 date, or eUipticai, 3-nerved, shining ; wing of fruit entire. 

 {G.Don.) A deciduous shrub. Nepal, on mountains. 

 Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers 

 greenish yellow, in axillary corymbs ; July and August. 

 Fruit yellow ; ripe in September. 



The only tree which we have seen of this species is in 

 the Chelsea Botanic Garden, where in general aspect it 

 bears a close resemblance to P. aculeatus, of which it is in 

 all probability only a variety. 



Genus III. 



Tiightus. 



BERCHFM7J Neck. 



The Berchemia. 

 Monogynia. 



Lin. Syst. Pentandria 



Jdeniification. Neck. Elem., 2. p. 122. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 22.; Brongn. Mem. Rbam., 49. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 27. 

 Synonyme. CEndplia Hediv. F. Gen. 1. p. 151., and Schult. Syst. 5. p, 962. 

 Derivation. From Berchem, probably the name of some botanist. 



Gen. Char. Caly.v with a hemispherical tube, and 3 erect segments. Petals 

 5, convolute. Stamens included within the petals. Anthers ovate, 2-celled. 



