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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



interior pair, the latter resembling petals ; or 4-parted, with the lobes 

 equal. Stamens 6. Stigmas 2, in one species ; style bifid, in the other. 

 Fruit compressed, in one species ; roundish, in the other. {G.Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; small, more or less 

 ovate. Flowers terminal, white, tinged with pink. Shrubs, spinose, low, 

 decumbent ; natives of the South of Europe. Culture as in Tragopyrum, 



I. A. SPINOUS A L. The s^me-branched Atraphaxis. 



Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 138. ; Vrtlld. Sp. PI., 2. p. 248. 

 Si/iitmyme. ^'triplex orieutalis, frutex aculcatus, fibre piilchro, Toum. 



Cor. 8.^. 

 Engravings. Deiid. Brit., t. 119. ; and owe fig. 1325. 



cc. 



Char., Sfc. Spinose, with the branches ascending, 

 horizontal, or deflexed. Leaves glaucous, ^ in. long, 

 or less ; disk ovate, acute, petiole short. Calyx of 4 

 Xeawes. QVilld.) A low sub-evergreen shrub. Borders of 

 the Caspian Sea and the Levant. Height 2 ft. to .3 ft. 

 Introd. 17.32. Flowers white, tinged with pink; 

 August. Seeds brown, occasionally ripened. 



It thrives best in sandy peat, and is propagated 

 -|PW%e^ by layers. So elegant and rare a. plant deserves 

 "=^ "" a place in every choice collection. 



J* 2. A. UNDULA^TA L. The vja\edi-leaved 



Atraphaxis. 



Td;nlification. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 1.37. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 249. 

 Engravings. Dill. Eith., t. 32. f. 36. ; and ouTjig.lZm. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Less rigid than A. spinosa, and not spiny. Leaves 

 ovate, waved at the edges, and of a greener hue. Calyx 4-parted, 

 lobes equal, ovate, and concave. Stamens lanceolate. St3'le bifid. 

 Fruit roundish. (IVil/d.) Alow shrub. Cape of Good Hope, mc 

 to 1 ft. Litrod. 1732, rare. Flowers whitish; June and July. 



l."25. A. spm6sa. 



Height 6 in. 



Genus III. 



1 



CALLl'GONUM L. The Calligonuji. Lin. Si/st. Dodecandria Tetra- 



gynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., G80. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 926. 



Si/nont/jnes. Pallks/a L., Pterococcus Pall. 



Derivation. Kallos, beauty, gonu, a knee ; in description of the neat and jointed character of the 



branches. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Calyx inferior, persistent, turbinate in the lower part, ending 

 upwards in a 5-parted spreading border ; the two outer lobes rather smaller. 

 Stamens about 16 ; the filaments slightly united at the base, and then 

 diverging. Anthers peltate. Gcrmen 4-sided, acuminate. Styles 4 or o. 

 Stigmas capitate. Fruit an achenium, that has 4 sides and 4 wings. (G. 

 Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, ex&tipulate, deciduous ; caducous, minute. 

 Shoots rush-like, smooth, green. Flowers in groups, whitish. Shrub erect, 

 evergreen from the colour of the shoots , natives of Siberia. Layers. 



34 1. C. Palla's/^ L'Herit. Pallas's Calligonum. 



Identification. L'Herit. Stirp., 2. p. 37. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 927. 



Si/nonymes. Pterococcus aph^llus Pall. Voy. 2. p. 738. t. 8. ; Calligonum jpolygonoideg Pall. Ilni. 



3. p. .WG. ; PallasM caspica Lin. fil. Suppl. 252. Savigny in Encycl. ; PaUasjo Pterococcus Pall. 



Ft. Ross. 2. p. 70. t. 77, 78. ; Caspischer Hackenknopf, Ger. 1 



Engravings. J'all. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 77, 78. ; and onr figs. 1237. and 1238. \ 



Spec. Char,, Sfc. Fruit winged ; wings membranous, curled, and toothed. 



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