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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



coriaceous, green on both sur- 

 faces. (Don's Mill.) .A sub- 

 evergreen shrub. Spain, Italy, 

 and the Levant, on hills. 

 Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 

 in 1820. Flowers greenish 

 yellow ; June and July. Berry 

 y black ; ripe ?. 



A very neat shrub, of which 

 there is a good specimen in the 

 Chelsea Botanic Garden, which 

 is quite hardy. 



tt. 8. B. LYCioi^DES Lin. The 

 Lycium-like Buckthorn. 



Identification. Lin. Spec, 279. ; Dec. 

 Prod., 2. p. 2.5. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 31. 

 Engravings. Cav. Icon., 2. t. 182. ; and our Jig. 254. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Erect. Leaves linear, quite entire, 

 obtuse, smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. (Don's 

 MiU.) A deciduous shrub. Spain, on the lime- 

 stone hills of Valencia. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1752. Flowers greenish yellow ; May 

 and June. Fruit ?. 



2i3. n. 6ulif61ius. 



^ 9. R. Erythro'xylon Pall. 

 Buckthorn. 



Fl. Ross., 2. ; Dec. 



The red -wooded 



Prod., 2. p. 25. ; Don's 



Identification. Pall 



Mill., 2. p. 31. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 62. ; Itin., French edit, 



M4. R. JjciCides. 

 t. 90. ; and our fig. 255. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Erect. Leaves linear, lanceolate, quite entire or serrated, 

 smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. Berries oblong. (Don's Mill.) A de- 

 ciduous shrub. Mongolia and Siberia, near rivers. Height 6 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1823. Flowers greenish yellow ; July and August. Berries black 

 ripe in September. 



Varieti/. 



^ Ji. E. 2 angustisshnum Dec. Prod. 

 2. p. 25., R. /ycioides Pall. Fl. 

 Ross. t. 63., and our Jig. 256., 

 has the leaves narrow, smaller. 



and very finely serrulated, 

 tive of Caucasus. 



Na- 



25S. R. Erythrdxylon. 



Delights in a warm situation ; and 

 in cold and humid places, Pallas ob- 

 serves, it is never met with. The 

 wood, on account of its hardness and 

 red colour, is used by the Mongols 

 for making their images; and the ber- 

 ries, when macerated in water, afford 

 them a deep yellow colour. The 

 plant, in its wild state, is a prickly 



256. R.E.ang\istls.iiinum 



bush ; but, when cultivated, the spines no longer appear. 



b. Branchlets not terminated by Spines. 

 * 10. R. dahu'ricus Pall. The Dahurian Buckthorn, 



Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 61. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 25.; Don's Mill. 2 p 31 

 Etufra-jings. Pal.. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 61. ; and owe fig. 2,57. > f- 



