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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Nepal, on the mountain Sheopur. Flowering in September, and bearing fruit 

 in December and January. 



Order LXXL GARRYA'CEuE. 



'>RD. Char. Flowers unisexual ; those of the two sexes upon distinct 

 plants. Male. Flowers in pendulous catkin-like racemes, within connate 

 bracteas. CrtA/x 4-leaved. Stamens 4^. Female? Flowers in pendulous 

 catkin-like racemes, within connate bracteas. Calyx connate with the ovary, 

 2-toothed. Ovary 1-celled. Styles 2, setaceous. Ovules 2, pendulous, 

 with funiculi as long as themselves, Frtdt a berried pericarp, not opening, 

 containing 2 seeds. Fmbryo very minute, in the base of a great mass of 

 fleshy albumen. {G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; serrated or entire. 

 Flowers in long pendulous catkins. Wood without distinct concentric 

 zones. Shrubs evergreen ; natives of California and Mexico. 



Genus 1. 



GA'RRYyl Doug. The Garrva. Lin. Syst. Dice Via Tetrandria. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1686. 



Derivation. Named by Mr. Douglas in compliment to Nicholas Garry, Esq.. Secretary to the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company, to whose kindness and assistance he was much indebted during his travels in 

 North-west America. 



Gen. Char. See Ord. Char. 



Only two species have been introduced, which are very ornamental, grow- 

 in loamy soil, and are propagated by layers. 



j 1. G. elli'ftica Dong. The elliptic-leaved Garrya. 



Identification. Bot. Reg., 1. 1686. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., 1. 1686. ; and onrfig. 1730. 



Spec. Char. ^~c. Branches, when young, pubescent and 

 purplish ; when older, smooth and greyish. Leaves 

 opposite, exstipulate, wavy, on short footstalks, oblong- 

 acute, leathery, evergreen ; dark green and shining 

 above ; hoary beneath, with simple, twisted', interwoven 

 hairs. (Lmd'l.) An evergreen shrub. North Carolina. 

 Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. in America ; in England, 8 ft. to 

 10 ft. Introduced in 1828. Flowers greenish white, 

 or yellowish ; November to February. 



Only the male plant is in the country. When in tVv^s/pj-.^ 



flower this shrub has a most striking and graceful appear- Cc^/j^AX. 



ance, from its ,'5lender pendulous catkins, many of whicli ^ /J ^0<^ 



are from Sin. to 1 ft. in length. It was at first grown in " ^' ^ 



peat, but appears to prefer a loamy soil. It js rtadily 



increased by layers, and by cuttings in sand under a 



hand-glass. In British gardens it is about as hardy a,-. j-jg q. eiupuca. 



the common laurustinus. 



m 2. G. Xaurifo'lia Hartw. The Laurel-leaved Garrya. 



Identification. Bentham, Planta? Hartwegian.-e, p. iiO. ; Gard. Mag., vol. xvi. p. 637. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1731. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., i^-c. Leaves elliptic oblong, very entire, or minutely dentate. 



