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ARBORETUM AND FRUT1CETUM. 



PART III. 



gitudinal furrow inside. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 28.) A small evergreen tree, a 

 native of the north of Africa, and somewhat tender in British gardens, 

 where it should be planted against a wall. 



1 l.A. SIDERO'XYLON Rcem. et Schultes. The Iron-wood Argania. 



Identification. Rcem. et Schultes Syst, 4. p. 502. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 28. 



Synonymes. Sideroxylon spinosum Lin. Sp., p. 279., exclusive of the synon. of Rheede Mai., Ait. 

 Hcrt. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 14., Dry. in Lin. Trans., 2. p. 225., Correa in Ann. Mvs 8 p 393 

 Retz. Obs., 6. p. 26., WiUd. Sp., 1/p. 1148., exclusive of the synon.; ^h&mnus 



Eheodendron A'rgan 



pentaphy"llus Jacq. et Boccone, Schousb. Mar., p. 89. ; .Rh&mnus siculus Lin. Syst., 3. p. 227., ex- 

 clusive of the synonyme, Comm. Hort. Amst., 1. p. 161. t. 83. 

 Engravings. Comm. Hort, t. 83. ; and our fig. 1015. 



Spec. Char., $c. An evergreen tree of middle 

 size, with a bushy head. Branches terminated 

 by strong spines. Leaves lanceolate, entire, 

 bluntish, glabrous, paler beneath ; the lower 

 ones in fascicles. Flowers lateral, and axil- 

 lary, scattered, crowded, sessile. Corolla 

 greenish yellow. Fruit dotted with white, 

 size of a plum, full of white milky juice. 

 (Don's Mill., iv. p. 28.) A native of the 

 southern parts of the kingdom of Morocco ; 

 abundant in woods situated in the southern 

 provinces, between the rivers Tausif and Sur ; 

 where it is a tree, growing to the height of 

 from 15 ft. to 20 ft., flowering in July. It was 

 introduced in 1711, and is occasionally met 

 with in collections. It will stand our winters 

 as a standard, but thrives best when planted 

 against a wall. It is called argan by the 

 Moors, who extract an oil from the fruit, which 

 they use at table, and which the Europeans employ in a variety of prepa- 

 rations. A large plant against the wall, in the arboretum of Messrs. 

 Loddiges, flowers abundantly every year. There are plants in the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, and in the Hammersmith and other nurseries. 

 The argania thrives in a sandy loam, and is generally propagated by layers. 

 Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 5*. each. 



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GENUS II. 



L&J 

 jBUME v LIA Sivartz. THE BUMELIA. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Swartz Prod., p. 49.; Fl. Ind. Oca, 1. p. 493. ; Schreb. Gen., 1736. ; Lindl. Nat Syst 



Bot., 2d edit., p. 226. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 29. 

 Synonymes. -4'chras sp. Lin., Pair. ; Sider6xylon sp. Lam. and others; Chrysoph^llum sp. Aubl. and 



others ; Hochstamm, Ger. 

 Derivation. From boumelia, the Greek name for the common ash. 



Gen. Char., $c. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla with a short tube, and a 5-parted 

 limb, furnished with 2 scales at the base of each segment. Stamens 5, in- 

 serted in the tube of the corolla, and opposite its segments, having as 

 many membranous scales, or sterile filaments, alternating with them. Ova- 

 rium 5-celled. Cells 1-ovuled. Stigma simple. Drupe ovate, 1 -seeded. 

 Seed albuminous. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 29.) Subevergreen shrubs, or low 

 trees. Leaves scattered, entire, permanent. Peduncles axillary and lateral, 

 1-flowered, usually crowded in fascicles. Flowers whitish. The hardy 

 species are chiefly natives of Mexico and Carolina, and subevergreen, 

 somewhat spiny, and rather tender in British gardens. 



