364 67. ELJEAGNACE.E. 68. THYMELACE31. 



4. FAGOPY'RTJM Mill. Buck- wheat. 



[F. sagittdtum (Gilib.) ; st. erect without prickles, fl. in 

 cyiiiose panicles, stara. 8, 1. cordate-sagittate acute, nut trique- 

 trous acute with entire angles. Polygonum Fagopyrum L. 

 F, esculentum (Moench) ed. viii. E. B. 1044. Ari escape. 

 Sown as food for game. A. VII. VIII.] 



Order LXVIL ELJEAGNACEJE. 



Mostly dioecious. Perianth tubular ; limb 2 4-toothed, in 

 male fl. 4-parted. Starn. 3 or more, inserted in the throat, 

 Anth. 2-celled, nearly sessile, bursting on the inner side longi- 

 tudinally. Ovary free, 1 -celled, with 1 erect ovule. Fr. crus- 

 taceous, enclosed within the fleshy persistent perianth. Albumen 

 thin and fleshy. Radicle inferior. No stipules. 



1. HIPPOPHAE. Dioecious. Male fl. in a sort of catkin ; 

 scales ovate, 1 -flowered. Perianth of 2 leaves adhering by 

 their points. Stam. 4, with very short filaments. Female 

 fl. solitary. Perianth tubular, cloven at the summit. Style 

 short. Stigma long. Nat 1-seeded, in the large coloured 

 "berrylike perianth. 



1. HIPPO'PHAE Linn. Sea Buckthorn. 



1. H. Ehamnoides (L.). E. B. 425. A thorny shrub with 

 linear-lanceolate silvery leaves. Fl. appearing with the younr 

 leaves. Fr. orange. Height 4 6 feet. Sandy spots and cliffs 

 of the South-east and East coasts chiefly. Sh."-V. E. *L 



Order LXVIII. THYMELACEJE. 



Perianth tubular, inferior, often coloured, 4 5-cleft. Stam. 

 definite in number, in the tube. Anth. 2-celled, bursting lon- 

 gitudinally. Ovary free, 1-celled ; ovule 1, pendulous. Fr. a nut 

 or drupe. Albumen or thin and fleshy. Radicle superior. 

 No stipules. 



1. DAPHNE. Perianth 4-fid, deciduous. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. 

 Stam. 8, falling short of the perianth, inserted in the tube 

 in 2 rows. 



1. DAPH'NE Linn. 

 1. D. Mezereum (L.) ; fl. about 3 together lateral sessile, tube 



