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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Apparently a fit associate for Z,igustrum, Fontanesia, 

 and Pnnos. 



S4 2. B. (? L.) ACUMINATA WUld. The acuminate- 

 leaved Borya. 



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

 Synunynies. Adelia acuminata Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 225. t. 48. ; 



Bigeluv/a acuminata Smith in Bei's's Cyclop, Addenda. 

 The Sexes. Uncertain whicli is in England. 

 Engravings. Miciix. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 28. ; and onr fig. 1389. 





1388. B. figiSstrina. 



1339. B. (?/.) acuminata. 



Spec. Char., <^c. Leaves mem- 

 branous, lanceolate in almost 

 a rhombic manner ; but most 

 tapered to the outward end ; 

 U in. long, serrulate. Male 

 flowers several together in small 

 sessile tufts, encompassed with 

 several ovate bracteas. Fe- 

 male flowers stalked, very small. 

 Fruit pendulous, elliptic-obiong, nearly 1 in. long 

 before it is ripe, tapered to the tip in a beak-like 

 manner. It appears that the taper lateral branches 

 form something hke thorns. (Mich.v.) Carolina and 

 Georgia. An erect shrub, on the banks of rivers. 

 Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introd. 1812. Flowers greenish. 

 The only difference which we can observe between 



B. acuminata and B. /igustrina is, that the former 



has the leaves of a paler green, and much larger. 



The plant bears a general resemblance to a privet, 



or a larse Persian lilac. 



^ 3. B. (l.) porulo'sa WUld. The VoTe-like-dotted-leaved Borya. 



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



Synonymes. . Adelia porulbsa Mic%x. Fl. Bor. Amer. '2. p. 224. ; Bigelbvi'a porulbsa Smith in Rccs's 

 Cyclop. Addenda ; ? B. ovata I.odd. Cat. ed. 1836. 

 The Sexes. Uncertain which is in England. 



Engravings. Our fig. 13riO. from a specimen in the British Museum, and^. 1391. 

 from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hoolier's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves coriaceous, sessile, 

 lanceolately ovate, but with li blunt point, 

 entire ; the lateral edges revolute ; under 

 surface rather rusty, and punctured with 

 little holes. (Alichx.) A shrub, like the 

 preceding kinds. Georgia and Florida. 

 Introduced in 1806. 

 The plants in the collection of Messrs. ^^.^^^^ 



Loddiges differ from B. /igustrina chiefly in -^ 

 1390. B.(;.)poruii)sa. the leaves being shorter. lisoi. b. (m iwruiosa. 



Order LXVI. ULMA'CEIE. 



Ord. Char. Floiuers pedicellate, hermaphrodite or polygamous, collected into 

 loose small heads. Perimith free, 3-lobed. Stamens 5, opposite the lobes. 

 Ovarium solitary. Stigmas 2. Fruit indehiscent, 2-celled, membranous, com- 

 pressed, winged. 5'e'e'f/ solitary in the cells, pendulous. AtbiDiien none. (G. 

 Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; serrated or entire. Flowers 

 axillary, on short peduncles, small. Trees, deciduous, chiefly of large 

 size ; natives of Europe, Asia, and America ; included in three genera, 

 whicli are thus contradistinguished : 



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