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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



[)laced alternately on their branches, whereas in thephillyrea they are opposi 

 All the kinds in cultivation are nothing more than varieties of one species. 



1. P. ME^DiA L. The intermediate, or lance-leaved, Phillyrea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 10. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. ih. 

 Synonymes. P. latif&lia var. i m6dia Lapeyr. PI. Pyr. p. 4. ; P. 



/igiikrifblia Mill. Did. No. 4. ; P. lae'vis Tenore Syll. p. 9. ; P. 



latifdlia var. A. Zigustrifblia Poll. PI. Ver. 1. p. 7. 

 Engravings. Kerner, t. 774. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 27. ; and our 



fig. 1226. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 or a little serrated in the middle, triple-nerved, 

 veiny. (Do7i's MilL^ An evergreen shrub. South 

 of Lurope. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced 

 in 1597. Flowers greenish white ; May and June. 

 Berries black ; ripe in October. 



Varieties. 



a P. ?. 2 virgdta Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 11. 



Leaves lanceolate. Branches erect. 

 a P. m. 3 huxifdUa Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, bluntish. 



11. 



1226. P. mddia. 



ft 2. P. (m.) angustifo^ia L. The narrow-leaved Phillyrea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 10. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 4.=>. 



Synonymes. P. obliqua Tenore Syll., p. 9. ; P. mddia Tenore Fl. Neap. 3. p. 6. 



Engravings. Lam. 111. S. 3. ; and our;?"^. 1227. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, quite entire 

 Branches beset with elevated dots. Leaves obsoletely 

 veined. (Doji's Mil/.) An 

 evergreen shrub. Italy and 

 Spain. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. 

 Introduced in 1597. Flowers 

 greenish white ; May and June. 



IMT. P. (m.) anfjustifolia- 



1228. 



rosmarinifolia. 



Va7'ieties. 

 // , P. a. 2 lanceoldta Ait. 



'/#^^ Hort. Kew. i. p. 11.- 



C^=^^ Leaves lanceolate, and 



\\ ^\^i)v branches erect. 



\i ^ ^ P. a. 3 xosmarinifoUa Ait. 



Hort. Kew^BUsis ; and 

 OMvfig. 1228. Leaves 

 lanceolate-subulate, elongated. Branches straight. 

 P. (7. 4 hrachiata Ait. Hort. Kew. i. p. 11. Leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 shorter than in the other varieties. Branches divaricate. 



* 3. P. (m.) iiGusTRiFoYiA Alt. The Privet-leaved Phillyrea. 



Identificdlion. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. U. ; Don's Mill.. 4. p. 4.5. 



Si/noni/mes. P. virgata Willd. Enum. \. p. 12. ; P. mddia var. a. Willd. Sp. 



1. p. 42. ; PliiUyrea iii. Clus. Hist. p. H2. 

 Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 131. ; and our.^^. 1229. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subserrated in the 

 middle, obsoletely veined. Branches erect. (Don's Alill.) 

 An evergreen shrub. Spain and the South of France. 

 Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers 

 white ; May and June. 



4. P. (m.) pf/ndula Ait. The Arooi^mg-hranched Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort., Kw., 1. p. 11. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 45. 

 Si/nnnipne. P. media y IVilld. Sp. 1. p. 43. 

 liiinraving. Our fig. 0000. in p. OCOO. 



S))ec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, obsoletely serrated at the 

 apex, veiny. Branches drooping (Z>>o'i' J////.) An evergreen shrub South 



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1229. P. (m.) figys- 

 trifulia. 



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