CL. XXII.] DIGECIA PENTANDR1A. 379 



a foot high : leaves stiff: flowers yellowish : berries white. Bird- 

 lime is made from the berries and bark. A perennial parasitical 

 shrub, growing on the apple-tree, hawthorn, oak, and other trees: 

 flowers in May. Common in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. 

 Eng. Bot. pi. 1470. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 236. 1440. 



5. HIPPOTHAE. SALLOW-THORN. 



Barren Flowers. Calyx deeply divided into two roundish 

 segments, at first folded flat together. Corolla none. Fila- 

 ments four, very short, erect ; anthers oblong, angular, erect, 

 two-celled, not longer than the calyx. 



Fertile Flowers. Calyx of one leaf, inferior, tubular, cleft 

 at the top, deciduous. Corolla none. Germen superior, small, 

 roundish. Style short and thick j stigma simple, oblong, pro- 

 truded beyond the calyx. Berry globular, juicy, one-celled. 

 Seed solitary, oblong, polished. Name from hippos, a horse, 

 and phao, to brighten. 449. 



1. H.rhamnoides. Common Sallow -thorn. Sea Buck-thorn. Leaves 



between linear and lance-shaped, scattered. A bushy shrub, 



about five feet high, with straight, spreading branches, each end- 

 ing in a thorn ; leaves dark-green above, silvery beneath : flowers 

 green : berries orange. Flowers in May : grows on cliffs on the 

 east and south-east coast of England : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. 

 pi. 425. Eng. Fl vol. iv. p. 238. 1441. 



6. MYBTCA. SWEET GALE. 



Barren Flowers. Catkin between egg-shaped and oblong, 

 loosely imbricated all round. Calyx an egg-shaped scale. Co- 

 rolla none. Filaments four, short, hair-like, erect. Anthers 

 large, two-lobed. 



Fertile Flowers. Catkin, calyx, and corolla, as above. Ger- 

 men egg-shaped, superior. Styles two, thread-shaped, spread- 

 ing, longer than the calyx. Stigma acute. Berry one-celled. 

 Seed one. Name, myrice, of the Greeks. 450. 



1. M. Gale. Sweet Gale. Dutch Myrtle. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 broader towards the end, serrate ; scales of the catkins pointed. 



A shrub, from one to three feet high, with numerous alternate 



branches : berries very small. The whole plant exhales a rather 

 pleasant aromatic odour. Flowers in May : grows on wet heaths, 

 abundantly. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 562. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 239. 



1442. 



PENTANDRIA. 

 7. HU'MULUS. HOP. 



Barren Flowers. Calyx of five oblong, concave leaves. Co- 

 rolla none. Filaments five, hair-like, very short; anthers 

 oblong, two-celled, with two terminal pores. 



Fertile Flowers. Catkin of numerous large, membranous, 

 imbricated scales. Calyx an oblique undivided scale. Corolla 

 none. Germen superior, minute, oblong. Styles two, awl- 



