1510 



Alaternus, 8, 

 alnifolin* 5. 

 alpiiia, 3, 4. 



asplenifoli! 

 betuUfolin. 

 Califnriiica 



Caroliniuna. 

 castanecefolU 

 cathartiea, 1 

 Colchica. 4. 



ucndenlalis 

 Purshiank,' 



3. alpina, I.itui 

 upriglit, L'ial.n.u^ h 

 cordate or n.inMlccI 



Klabrous iiiiu:ui\ m 



Hd. clusters; petals 



or less. Mountains of S. and M. Eu. L.B.C. 11 :1077.- 



This and the following species are the handsomest of 



the deciduous-leaved Bucktliuriis. 



4. Liban6tica. Boiss. i /r, /„.,/,;,,-., K.h In:, . /,'. 



ul>. attaining C ft., with stout, 

 ■lies: Ivs. oval to elliptic-ovate, 

 the base, abruptly acuminate, 

 green aliove, pale green and 

 jeath, 2-5^2 in. long: tts. in fcw- 

 " globose, black, H in. across 



Lvs. 

 spii 



Foliage dfcidnoi 



CO.. Foliage evergreen . 



alpina 



Libanotica 



alnifolia 



lanceolata 



crocea 



Alaternus 



). PuTshiana 

 in. Caroliniana 

 11. FranCTla 



1. cathArtica, Linn. (7?. WIrklh,. ll.nt. ). Kickthorn. 

 Hart's-thoen. Waythohn. Kiiim.i-.icukv. Kig. 2095. 

 Shrub or small tree, attaininK 1- II., usiiallv thorny: 

 Its. oval to elliptic or ovate, usually rounded at the Ii:im- 

 or cordate, obtuse or acute, crenulate-serrate, Kliil.nni, 

 or pubescent beneath, l%-3 in. long: fls. In 2-.". 11,1. 

 clusters, with 4 petals: fr. black, about ii in. o.T">-. 

 Europe, W. Asia and N. Asia; often escaped from cult. 

 in the eastern U. .S. B.B. 2:40.i. Gng. 9:2. 



AA. Winter-buds naked: petals 5: seeds 

 convex at the back, not grooved, with 

 flat and fleshy cotyledons : nn- 

 (trmed shrubs with alternate lvs. 

 — Frangula. 

 B. Fls. in peduncled umbels 



BB. Fls. in 2-r,-fM. cluster 



(I. var. Dahiiririi, 

 . with stout thorny 



. acuminate, crenu- 

 Kiceous at maturity, 

 lM.se of the preced- 



|i;,ii.' G.F. 9:425 (as 

 h r the name of B. 

 l)st. It sometimes 



with :: null. I. ^•r^^ Uniiiswi.-k :iiicl X. ,l.to British 

 Ojhiml.i:i and f:,\iS. li.B. 2:406. 



f.. lanceolata, rur>li. Tall, upright shrub, with pu- 

 lierul.ms l.iMii.'li i.i^ : lvs. ovate-lanceolate to oblong- 

 hiiieeol.ite. :ir ii in i ii:it -■ ur obtusish, finely serrulate, 

 glidmiir-. '•,■ >M]ii, wli.it puliescent beneath, 1-3K in. long: 

 (Is. in few IM rlii^i, IN. with 4 petals: fr. with 2 nutlets. 

 Pa. to AIm., 'I'ex. :iihI N.).. B.B. 2:405. 



7. crdcea, \utl. Slnnl. .,r vinall ti'.,'. atlaillin^• 20 ft., 

 with pubescent vcuiil;- Inanriil. i , ■ l\ ,. ,11 l.hiilar t.> iih- 

 long-obovate, denl.-n, --.-n-at,'. .lark -r, , n .111,1 lii-ti'ous 



pubescent l..ii..atli. ' : I ' . m. I.ni-: Hs. in few-Hd. clus- 

 ters, 4-iiier..ii-. a|„ia|,.iis: ir. I. right red, about H in. 



across, edlhlr. ('alil, S,.'^, 2 :.".:!. 110. 



8. Alaternus, I. inn. Slnnli ..r small tree, attaining 

 20 ft., wiih -lal.r.ius branches: lvs. oval or ovate to 



anil ilark ^:iiiii above, pale or yellowish green beneath, 

 L;laliri.ii>. -1-2 in. long: fls. in short racemes, with Ty 

 peials; fr. I.liiish black. S. Eu.-Var. angUBtifblia. 

 DC. (Tf. (n},instifhlitt, Hort.), has nam wer. ol. Ion- 

 lanceolate Ivs. There are also varieties with variegated 



toll 



age. 



9. Furshijlna, DC. Tall shrub to medium-sized tree- 

 occasionally attaining 40 ft. : young branchlets pubes 

 cent or tomentose: lvs. elliptic to ovate-oblong, acut 

 or obtuse, usually denticulate, with often wavy margin 

 dark green above, ghibrrius or pubescent lieneath, I- 



tomentella, .>aii; 

 tilla, Uray). A 

 densely white-tm 

 1872, p. 194 (as 1 



llltlets. N. Y. 



:dso beh.ng here. 



iilna, Walt. Indian Cherry. Shrub or 



taining .'!0 ft. : young branches pubernlous : 



,.-,1 .iitin . luminals and dark green above, 

 i,.irl\ -.,. -iiin.wliat leathery at length, 2-IJ 

 Inn. I, - ..ill. 11 11- iliaii petioles: fr. globose, 

 a. r..,ss, r. .1 iliaii-iiig to black, sweet, with 

 west to Neb. and Tex. S.S. 



11. Fr4ngrula, Linn. (Frdngula Alnur, Mill.). Shrub 

 or small tr.-e, attaining 12 ft. : lvs. broadly obovnte to ob- 



OVate-ol.l..|.'.'. .•M'l,:. , ..ii'li, , .l.ii'l, ^, , , n :-li,,'. .■, '■I.il.l-ous, 

 1-2H in ■ •: . ••! • ; •', ■ '. ■ :.i.ll.-ls. 



Eu.,N. ,\i- , 'A \ ,.. ■,:"! - I ;'-i. •■iiliiva- 



tion iTi ' ■ 1... ,,11,1, - 11, ,i-. ■ :■■■■•■ II, -i.ii. . ',1-:^. K:3. 



B.B. 2:4iii..-\ ,.i abpleiiiifolia, l)i|.|.. I.i-. Iiii..ii\ un- 



