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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Engravings. Vent. Choix., t. 22. ; and ourjig. 1211. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spiny, bushy, diffusely reclinate. 

 Leaves small, obovate, quite smooth. Flowers in 

 axillary fascicles- Young branches terminated by a 

 long spine. Leaves alternate, or in fascicles. Corolla 

 and scales serrated. Sterile filaments subulate, entire. 

 Drupe ovate. (Doll's Mill.) A small straggling shrub. 

 Georgia, on the banks of rivers. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1806. Flowers small, white ; January. 



1211. P. reclin&la. 



S^ S 3. i?. TE^NAX WUld. 



The iou^-branched Bumelia. 



Identification. V/illd. Sp., 1. 1085. ; Enum., p. 248. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 30. 



Synoni/mes. B. chrysophylldldes Pursli Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 155.; Sider6xylon tSnax Lin. Mant. 

 p. 48. ; S. sericeum Walt. F/. Car. p. ICO. ; S. chrysophylloides Michx. FL Bor. Amer. 1. p. 123. ; 



Chrysophyllum carolinense Jacq. Obs. 3. p. 3. t. 54. ; C. glabrum 

 Juss. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Obs., 3. t. 54. ; and our^g-. 1212. 



Spec. Char., Sj~c. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, of a 

 rusty silvery colour beneath, silky. Flowers in 

 axillary fascicles. Branches very tough. Bark 

 white. Leaves deciduous. Calycine and corolline 

 segments ovate obtuse. Segments of nectary 

 trifid. Stamens the length of corolla. Drupe 

 oval. (Don's Mill.} A low tree, in England a 

 shrub. Carolina, in dry .situations. Height 20 ft. 

 Introduced in 1765. Flowers small, white, pro- 

 duced freely ; July and August. 



Killed to the ground, by the winter of 1837-8, in 

 1212. B. tenax. thc Hort. Soc. Garden. 



$ 4. B. LANUGINO^SA Pursh. The viooWy-leaved 

 Bumelia. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 30. 



Synonymes. Slderoxylon lanuginbsum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 123. ; 

 S. tenax Walt. Fl. Car. p. 100. 



Engraving. Our fig. 1213., from a specimen in Dr. Lindley's herba- 

 rium. 



Spec. Char., 4-c. Rather spinose. Branchlets spreading, 

 downy. Leaves oval-lanceolate, glabrous above, and 

 woolly beneath, but not silky. Flowers in axillary fasci- 

 cles ; very nearly allied to B. tenax, but differs in the 

 leaves being woolly beneath, not silky, often obtuse. 

 (Don's Aim.) A small tree. Carolina and Georgia, 

 in humid situations among bushes. Height 10 ft. to 

 1 5 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers greenish yellow. 



1213. B. lanuginisa. 



t 5. B. OBLONGTFO^LIA 



The oblong-leaved Bumelia. 



Identification. Nutt. 

 Engraving. Ourfig. 



Null. 



Don's Mill., 4. p. 30. 



Gen. Amer., 1. p. 135. ; 



2095. in p. 1108. j 



Spec. Char., S^c. Spiny. Leaves smooth, oblong, obtuse, deciduous. Flowers 

 conglomerate, nearly sessile, very numerous. Scales, or sterile filaments, 

 trifid. Tree with numerous twisted branches. Calycine segments ovate, 

 concave. Drupe purple. Wood fetid. (Don's Mill.) A low tree. Nortii 

 America, on the Mississippi, near the lead mines of St. Louis. Heignt 

 18 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers greenish yellow, produceti 

 in abundance ; July and August. 



Order XLVII. ^BENA^CE^. 



Ord. Char. Cah/x 3- or G-parted, persistent. Corolla deciduous, 3- or (> 

 parted ; stlvation imbricate. Stamens definite, epipetalous, 6 or 12, ov 



