'^OO ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Genus III. 



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SHEPHE'RD/J Niitt. 



The Shepherdia. 

 Octandria. 



Lin. St/st. Dioe'cia 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. 



Synonyme. /-fippophae L., as to the species S. canadensis Nnit. 



Derivation. Named by Nuttall, in honour of the late Mr. John Shepherd, curator of the Botanic! 



Garden of Liverjiool, a horticulturist to whose exertions, and the patronage of the celebrated 



Roscoe, that institution owes its present eminence. 



Gen. Char,, Sfc. Floivers unisexual, dioecious. Male floxver. Calyx 4-cleftl 

 Stamens S, included within the calyx, alternate with 8 glands, Femad 

 flower. Cah/x bell-shaped; its limb 4-parted, flat, the portions equal j it| 

 tube adnate to the ovary. Style \. 5/7gM oblique. {G.Don.) \ 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire, with silvery scalesi' 

 Floiuers axillary, aggregate; the female ones smaller than the males, anij 

 sometimes racemose at the ends of the branches. Berries diaphanoib; 

 scarlet, acid, eatable. Shrubs or low spinescent trees, deciduous, wit| 

 the aspect of ii'lffiagnus ; native of North America. Culture, in Britis 

 gardens, as in //ippophae. 



a^ Y I. S. akge'ntea Nutt. The silver-/e'fif2;e'c? Shepherdia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer, 2. p. 240. 



Synonyynes. Hippophae argeutea Pursh Sept. 1. p. ll."!. ; Missouri Silver Leaf, and Buffalo Ben 



Tree, J7)ier. ; Rabbit Berry, and Beef Suet Tree, Amer. Indians ; Graise de Buttle, or Buffii; 



Fat, French Traders. ', 



Engravings. Our Jig. 1.370. ; and Jig. 1371. from the 



original specimen sent by Nuttall to Mr. Shepherd 



of Liverpool. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong-ovate, ob- 

 tuse ; on both surfaces glabrous, and 

 covered with silvery peltate scales. 

 (P/trsh.) A small tree. North America, 

 on the banks of the Missouri, and its 

 tributary streams. Height 12 ft. to 18 ft. 

 Introduced in 1818. Flowers yellow; 

 April and May. Berries scarlet, diapha- 

 nous, acid ; ripe in September. 



Its fruit, which is much relished in 

 America, is about the size of the red 

 currant, much richer to the taste, and forms one ccf 

 tinned cluster on every branch and twig. 



1371. S. argente 



1370 



Sb 2. 



S. arg^ntea. 



S. canade'nsis I^^utt. 



The Canadian Shepherdia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 241. 



Synoni/me. /TippAphae canadensis Lin. Sp. PI. H^3., Wiltd. Sp. PI. 4. p. 744., 



Pursh Sept. l.p. 119. 

 Engraving. Om Jig. 1372. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., 4'^. Leaves ovate, or cordate-ovate, opposite ; 

 green, and nearly glabrous upon the upper surface ; upon 

 the under one stellately pilose, silvery, and scaly ; the 

 scales rusty, deciduous. Branches opposite. Flowers 

 disposed in uprii^ht racemes between the first leaves, and 

 of half the length of these. (Nutt.) A deciduous shrub. 

 North America, on the borders of lakes, in the western 

 parts of the state of New York, in Canada, and along the 

 St. Lawrence to its source. Height G ft. to 8 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 17.59, i)ut not frequent in collections. Flowers 

 yellow ; April and May. Berries yellow, sweetish, but 

 scarcely eatable ; ripe in August. 



