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green of painters; but, if the berries be gathered late in the autumn, the juice 

 is purple. Plants of this species attain the height of 9 ft. in 10 years. 



St 4. R. TiNCTo^'Rius Waldst. The Dyer's Buckthorn. 



Identification. Waldst. et Kit. PI. Rar. Hung., 3. p. 255. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 24. : Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 31. 

 Synonyme. R. cardiospermus IVilld. Herb. "^f^^ 



Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 97. and ourj^. 250., 'iCl ' 



Spec. Char., l^-c. Erect. Leaves ovate, crenate-ser- 

 rated. Petioles villous. Flowers crowded, dioecious. 

 Berries obcordate, .3 4-seeded. (Don^s Mill.) A de- 

 ciduous shrub. Hungary, in hedges. Height 8 ft. 

 Introduced in 1820. Flowers greenish yellow ; May 

 and June. Berries yellow ; ripe in September. 



A plant of this species, in the garden of the London nf^ 

 Horticultural Society, was, in 183-i, 3 ft. high, after 

 being 7 years planted. 



250. iih4mnus tinctorius. 



J: 5. R. iNFECTo^Rius L. The staining Buckthorn, or Avignon Berry. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 49. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 24. ; Don's Mill.. 2. p. 31. 



Si/nomjmes. TJhamnus LJcium Scop. Cam. ed. 2. n. 260. ; dwarf, or yellow-berried. Buckthorn ; 

 Nerprun des Teinturiers, Graine d' Avignon, Nerprun teignant, Fr. ; farbender Wegdorn, Ger. 

 Engravings. Ard. Mem., 78. t. 14. ; N. Du Ham., vol. v. t. 73. ; and our fig. 251. 



Spec. Char., 4"^. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrulated, smoothish. Flowers 

 dioecious, bearing petals in both sexes. (Do7i's Mill.) A deciduous, sub- 

 procumbent shrub. South of Europe, in rocky places ; common about 

 Avignon and the Vaucluse. Height 2 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1683. Flowers greenish yellov/ ; June and ^^.-i -i". . 

 July. Berry 3-celled, black ; ripe in September. A^'^._:-[:,'-'y 



The root fixes itself so firmly in the fissures of the ^ ^'^ 

 rocks, that the plant can scarcely be pulled up. The 

 stem divides immediately into branches, that are very 

 much subdivided, and form a very close head, the 

 shoots having numerous spines, both terminating and 

 lateral. The berries are used for dyeing leather yel- 

 low ; and the Turkey leather, or yellow morocco, is 

 generally supposed to be coloured by them. 



251. Khamnus infectorius. 



jk 6. R. saxa'tilis L. The Stone Buckthorn. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1671.; Dec. Prod , 2. p. 24. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 31. 

 Synonymes. R. longifolius Mill. Diet. ; Stein Wegdorn, Ger. ; Lycio Italiano, Ital. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 43. ; Hayne ."ihbild., t. 98. ; Schmidt, 3. t. 157. ; and our fig. 252. 



Spec. Char., Sic Procumbent, or erectish. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrulated, smooth- 

 ish. Flowers dioecious, female ones destitute 

 of petals. {Don's Mill.) A procumbent de- 

 ciduous shrub. South of Europe, among 

 rocks, in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and 

 Greece, Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1752, 

 Flovvers greenish yellow ; June and July. 

 Berries black, containing three whitish seeds, 

 each enclosed in a dry whitish membrane, 

 which separates, when ripe, into two parts 

 with elastic force ; ripe in September, 



J* . 7, i2, .BuxiFoYius Poir. The Box-leaved Buckthorn. 



Identification. Poir. Diet., 4. p. 463. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 24. : Don's Mill. 2 p. 31. 

 Synonymes. 'iR. fiaxifdlius Brot. n. Lus. 1. p. 301. ; Lycium 6uxif61ium .BaaA. 

 Engravings. Du Ham., 3. t. 3. No. 12. ; and our fig. 253. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Diffuse. Leaves ovate, quite entire, mucronate, smooth. 



252. Bhimnus sax&tlUs. 



