Amkntaj 



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Attentat Exogent, 



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r shrubs, usually covered with 1 turf. I. 



entire, without stipules. Flowers axillary, often fragrant, in c 

 I'lnu. i . rarelj p. <J Elowera amentaceous, each in the axil of a -■•:i!«--lik« 



bract Sepals 2-4, Bometimea united in a cup; si 



rile ; anthers 2-celled. j and . Calyx) 

 tubular, with a flesh) ili>k, which often - il u]>, 



percristent ; the limb entir thed Ovarj free, 



simple, I -celled ; "\ ule Bolitarj , ascending, stalked, anatropal ; 

 stigma simple, subulal Lular. Fruit crustac 



inclosed within the calyx become succul 

 embryo straight, surrounded by very thin fleshy albumen ; 

 radicle short, inferior; cotyledons fleshy. 



These plants are rt garded bj most botanists as being typically 

 hermaphrodite, and hence they an I to the vicinity of 



Daphnads; Jussieu himself excluded them from his Diclinous 

 division. But when we consider that out of the _ n-ti- 



tuting them, all except Ekeagnus are , 7 \ it Beems betl 

 station them here, as one "t' the connecting links between x 1 1 ■ - 

 $ $ and y races. Indeed, the Diclinous genera seem t«> 

 approach closely t.> Galeworts, for the quantity of albumen that 

 surrounds their embryo is too inconsiderable to be of importa 

 Supposing that the < Irder of « lleasters were not regard* <l as uni- 

 sexual,it would then, no doubt, stand in the Perigynous Sub-class, 

 where it would be known tr..m Daphnads by the positi 

 ii- ovule ; and from Proteads, by the valvate irregular calyx, 

 and d< hiscenl fruit of that ' >rd< r. 



The whole of the northern hemisphere, down to the <■ niator, 

 cupied more or less by this family, from Canada and 

 Japan to Guiana and Java; diey are comparatively rare south 

 of the line. 



The fruit of Hippophae' rhamnoidi sionally eaten 



sauce with tish. Professor Santagala has, however, found that 

 u contains a fatty matter of :t narcotic nature Twelve grains 

 given r> a moderate-sized dog, in a few hours \ i the 



Btrength of the animal in a most remarkable manner.- C 



1844,121. That oi I . .' ignus orientalis is almost as largi 

 as a Jujube, and is known in Persia as an article of th<- d< - 

 under the name of Zinzeyd ; the dm] rta, 



and others, are eaten in Nepal The flowers • : Elaeagnus oriental 

 are highly fragrant, and abound in honey which is est* emed as 

 - in Borne parts of Europe. 



GENER \ 

 pherdia, Suit. nn. 



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Posi i on. Mj rii ao .> . El a •• i 



I I Will Hippophae rhanini idi ■ I. a & fl 

 ictton of a ripe fruit.— Ki.'. 



