64 RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS 



the French, is prepared by evaporating to dryness fresh buckthorn 

 juice which has been previously mixed with lime. 



Pharmacographia, p. 139 ; Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii, part ii, p. 388 ; 

 U. S. Disp., by W. and B., p. 728; Garr. Mat. Med., 4 ed., p. 

 229; Bentl., Man. Bot., p. 490; Ph. Jl., July 11, 1874, p. 21. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. 



Drawn from a specimen in the garden of the Apothecaries' Company at 

 Chelsea, assisted by a wild example from Box Hill, Surrey. 



1. Branch with clusters of male flowers. 



2. A male flower cut vertically. 



3. Petal. 



4. Stamen. 



5. A female flower cut vertically. 



6. Transverse section of ovary. 



7. A branch with ripe fruit. 



8. Base of fruit showing persistent base of calyx-tube. 



9. Transverse section of fruit. 

 10, 11. Back of a single stone. 



12. Front view of same. 



13. Transverse section of same. 



14. Back view of a seed. 



,(26 and 813 enlarged.) 



