LXV. ARTOCA RPEiE : BO RY-^. 



713 



13S7. Kicus Carica. 



for which, and their treatment, see the Bncyc. of GarcL, and the Suburban 



Horticulturist. 



Genus V. 



isai 



BO'RY^ W. The Borya. Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Di-Triandria. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 711. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol 5. 



Synonymes. Adeli.i Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p . 223. ; Bigelbvra Smith in Rees's Cyclop, .\ddenda. 



Derivation. Named in honour of Bory de St. Vincent, who visited the Mauritius and the Isle of 

 Bourbon, to examine their botany. Smith, in Rees's CyclopiFdia. objects to the name of Bdrya 

 being applied to this genus, because La Billardiere had previously given the same name to another 

 genus : .ind he suggests the substitution of the name of Bigelovi'a, in commemoration of Dr. 

 Blgelow of Boston, author of the Ftortda Bostoniensis, and of the American Medical Botany. 



Gen. Char.,Sfc. F/otw?'s unisexual, dioecious.. Male flowers. C/^.r minute, 



in -t deep segments. Stamens 2 3. Female flowers. Calyx inferior, in 



4 deep segments, deciduous. Style short. Stigvia capitate, depressed. 



Fridt pulpy, oval, oblong. {G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, or nearly so, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire. 



Flowers axillary, fascicled, bracteated, minute Shrubs, deciduous, natives 



of North America, with the aspect of the common privet. Propagated by 

 cuttings, and quite hardy. 



* ]. B. LiGu'sTRiNA Willd. The Pfivet-like BoFja. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4 p. 711. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 5. 



Synonymes. Adelia /igustrina Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 224. ; Bigel6via /igfistrina Smith in 



Rees's Cyclop. Addenda. 

 The Sexes. The plants bearing this name in Loddiges's arboretum have not yet flowered. 

 Engraving. Oar fig. 1388. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., ^c. In habit and leaves somewhat resembling iigustrum vul- 

 gare L. Leaves with very short petioles, and disks that are lanceolate- 

 oblonsr, entire, somewhat membranous. Fruit rather shortly ovate. {Mich.v.) 

 An erect deciduous shrub. North America, in thickets about rivers, in the 

 countries of the Illinois, Tennessee, &c. Height oft. to 10ft. Introd. 1812. 

 Flov/ers greenish ; July and August. 



