ELAEAGNACEAE 107 



with corolla-like calyx, in axillary clusters; and 1-seeded fleshy 

 fruit. 



1. Evergreen. 2. 



Deciduous: bushy. D. Mezereum. 



2. Branches glabrous: somewhat bushy. D. Blagayana. 

 Branches pubescent: trailing. D. Cneorum. 



Family ELAEAGNACEAE. Oleaster Family. 

 A rather small family of shrubs or small trees with per- 

 vasively rather than pleasingly fragrant flowers; sometime? 

 prized in planting because of their silvery foliage. 



SHEPHERDIA. Buffalo Berry. 



Deciduous brown- or silvery-scurfy shrubs or small trees 

 often with branch-spines, with rather slender twigs; some- 

 what angular homogeneous pale pith; opposite low crescent- 

 shaped small leaf-scars with 1 bundle-trace; no stipule-scars; 

 often clustered more or less stalked buds with 1 or 2 pairs of 

 exposed scales; entire moderate-sized short-stalked leaves ; 

 small dioecious apetalous flowers subsessile in crowded axil- 

 lary clusters; and rather small drupe-like fruit. (Lepargyraca) . 

 Twigs coarsely brown-scurfy: leaves elliptical, at most with 

 stellate hairs above but silvery- and brown^scurfy and 

 with stellate hairs beneath. S. canadensis. 



Twigs and both faces of the oblong leaves with fine silvery 

 scales. S. argentea. 



ELAEAGNUS. Oleaster. 



Deciduous brown- or silvery-scurfy shrubs or small trees, 

 often with branch-spines, with rather slender twigs; some- 

 what angular homogeneous pale pith; alternate low crescent- 

 shaped small leaf-scars with 1 bundle-trace; no stipule-scars; 

 entire moderate-sized stalked leaves; solitary sessile small 

 ovoid buds with several scales; small bell-shaped fragrant per- 

 fect stalked apetalous flowers with corolla-like calyx, in small 

 axillary clusters; and rather small drupe-like fruits. 

 1. Scurf silvery, even on young buds. 2. 

 Scurf in part brown. 4, 



