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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate or 

 opposite, their figure partaking of an oblong and a 

 rhomb, entire. (Willd.) It inhabits hedges on the 

 coast of Spain, Portugal, Virginia, and Siberia ; and 

 was introduced in 1640. An evergreen shrub, which 

 grows about 5 ft. or 6 ft. high, and forms a large broad 

 head. The young branches are covered with a smooth 

 white bark, which becomes grey, and peels off length- 

 wise, as the tree gets old. The branches are very 

 brittle, and have but little pith. The leaves are soft, 

 white, and silvery, and, in shape, resemble the Greek 

 A. The shrub seldom flowers in Britain; but, from 

 its not being quite deciduous, and from the silvery hue 

 of its foliage, it is a valuable plant for shrubberies and 

 other ornamental plantations. It may be propagated 

 by cuttings made in the usual manner, but carefully 

 protected from sparrows, which are so fond of the 

 leaves of this shrub, that " when they once find them 

 out, they will never leave or forsake them, until they have entirely stri,, __ 

 the plants ; and though the shrub will shoot out afresh, yet they will as 

 constantly repair to their repast j and will thus continue to prey upon 

 them, until they have entirely destroyed them." (See Marshall on Planting 

 and Rural Ornament, vol. ii. p. 29.) It requires a sheltered situation, 

 being liable to injury from frost. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 

 1*. 6d. each. 



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*- 2. A. PORTULACoVDES L 



The Purslane-like, or shrubby, Orache, or Sea 

 Purslane. 



Identification. Lin. Fl. Suec., 828. 919. ; Mill. Diet , No. 3. : Willd So 

 PL, 4. p. 957. ; Smith Eng. Flor., 4. p. 256. 



Synonymes. //alimus secundus Clus. Hist., 54. f. ; H. vulgaris Ger. 

 Emac. , 523. f. ; //alimus sen Portulaca marina Bauh. Pin., 120.- 

 ^'triplex ir.aritima, //alimus et Portulaca marina dicta, angustifolia^ 

 Raii Syn. t J53. ; the narrow-leaved Sea Purslane Tree. 



Engravingt. Eng. Bot., t 231. ; and our fig. 1159. 



Spec. Char. t Sfc. Stem shrubby, spreading. Leaves 

 opposite, obovate-lanceolate, entire. Flowers gene- 

 rally unisexual ; those of both sexes upon one plant. 

 (Smith Eng. Flor.) It inhabits the northern shores 

 of Europe ; and, in Britain and Ireland, is occasion- 

 ally found in muddy places by the sea side. It is a 

 low shrub, or trailer, with less silvery leaves than 

 those of the preceding species ; the whole plant, also, 

 is much smaller. It may be grown in the open gar- 



den, or in pots among alpines. The name of 



mus, given to this and the preceding species by Clu- 



sius, has probably been the source of the epitliet ha- 



limifolia, applied to several other plants; so that 



^accharis Aalimifolia,&c., means that the leaves are glaucous, and resembling 



those of certain kinds of .^'triplex. 



GENUS III. 



DIO V TIS Schreb. THE DIOTIS. Lin. Syst. Monce v cia Tetrandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen. PL, ed. Schreber, No. 1423. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 3<i8. ; Nutt. Gen. and fat. 

 N. Amer. PL, 2. p. 207. It is not the Dibtis of Desf. Fl. All. ; Dec. Fl. Fr. ; Smith Eng. Flor 3 

 p. 4()2. ; which is the Otanthus of Link Enum., and the Santollna maritima L. 



Syitonymes. Ceratftldes Tourn. ; A'xyris Lin ; Ceratospermum Pers. 



