AlilJOKLTl.M AND FHUTICKTI'M. 1'AHT 



GENUS XIV. 



HALIMODE'XDttON Finch. Tin: HAI.IMODKMIRON, or SALT 

 Ijin. Suxt. Diadelphia Decandria. 



liii'iitirii'titii'ii. 1 IM li. in l-itt. ; Dee. I.rguin. Mt'in., ri. ; 1'roil., 'J. p 'JiiM. ; Dun's Mill., '_'. p. i.'44 

 Vynunt/nit: I lalodendron I),;: Mem. incd. in Sue. l'/,ys. <;,-., Mnrch, IS'Ji, but not of Petit Thouai>. 

 l)c nr'.itiu/t. Koiii hdli/Hiis, maritime, anil dcndrun, a tree; in reference to the habitat of the shrubs, 

 which grow in dry naked >alt fields by the river lrti>, in Siberia. 



Description, <$~c. Deciduous shrubs, with silkv leaves, and purplish Mowers. 

 There are only t\vo species, one of which is probably only a variety. They 

 are propagated by seeds, by cuttings of the roots, or by grafting on the common 

 laburnum, or on the Camgdna arborescens. 



& I. II. ARGE'NTEUM Dec. The silvery-/rm/ llalimodendron, or 

 Suit Tree. 



td,-Ht/ji,-ftii<M. Dec. Trod., _'. p. I'lR ; Don's Mill.. 'J. p. 'J44. 



St/miHi/incs. Kobinm Halodendron Lin. I'd. Sn/>/it., riX 1 ., 1'ull. /'/. Itims., t. Jo. ; Caragdna argentea 



~ I.c/'n. in I'nll. //in. c<t. (Sn/i., A pp. ii. Ji^). t. s J. f. 1. 

 Fugrtifirt^x. Pall. !"!. Kos., t. oti. ; anil our fig. 3\~>. 



SJK-C. C/,ftr., AT. Lea\es hoar\ . Peduncles ^ -flowered. (Don's Mill., ii. 



p. -M.) 

 Varieties. I)e Candolle mentions two forms of this specie's. 



* //. a. 1 r it feu re Dec. Prod., ii. p. '()!). Leaves hoary or silvery. 



Standard the .same length as the keel. (,V/'///.y Jtut. Miig., t. 101G.) 

 s //. a. '* brachi/acina Dec'. Prod. ii. \). ^(i!>. Leaves hoary or silvery. 

 Standard one half shorter than the wings and keel. Style short. 



Description, <.Vr. An irregular, much branched, rigid 

 shrub, \\ith a strigose urev bark, and leaves clothed with 

 a \\hiti>h silky down. The flowers are numerous, re- 

 sembling those of Z/athyrus tubero.-uis, both in colour and 

 sixe ; and they ,-:mell sweet. It is a native of Siberia, in 

 saline steppes, near the river Irtis ; and, according to 

 Pallas, it is much frequented by insects, cspecialh of the 

 LM-mis Meloe /,., many species of which are peculiar to 

 that region. It was introduced into Britain in 1779, b\ 

 Dr. Pitcairn ; and, according to Martyn's Miller, though 

 it flourished in British gardens, it seldom, if ever, flowered 

 there, " probably for want of the saline principle in the soil." It has 

 been argued by some, that the llalimodendron, and other trees which grow 

 naturally in saline soils, should be supplied with sea salt in a state of culture: 

 but, though this may be useful in some cases, experience proves that it is alto- 

 gether unnecessary in others; and this is confirmed by the success with which 

 the species before us is cultivated in British gardens. At present, it fkmers freely 

 from May to July, and, in moist seasons, later; and, when grafted standard high 

 on the common laburnum, it forms one of the most graceful drooping trees that 

 can adorn a laun. There is a fine specimen of this tree in the Hammersmith 

 Nnrserv, as there are of most species of Carti^'ind, and of ( 'alophaca wol- 

 Lrarica. Price, in the London nurseries, from l.s. to r^.v. Cn/., grafted standard 

 high, 7.v. (\d. ; at Bollwyller, I franc .JO cents ; and at Ne\\ York, 1 dollar. 



* 'i. II. ( \.) -.1 KviKi/sc I;NS Dn. Thegreenisli llalimodendron, or Salt Tree. 



I<l,-ntijii ,1/1, ,n DonV Mil!.,'..', p. Jll. 



s ////</////;//, -A. \{<>\>int,i trillora l.'ll, rit. Stirp. \ot<., ItiL'. ; II. argenteum J subvireacens 1),,: Prod., 



-. p. l,:i. 



Sjter. ( //<//., <Vr. Leaves greenish. The standard of the same length as that 

 of the k(d. Pedicels :4-flowered. (Dons Mill., ii. p. *MI.) A shrub, like 

 the preceding f>ne, of \\hich it is, without doubt, onl\ a variety. 



