396 Elceagnacece EUeagmts. 



-1. EL^EAGNUS. 



Deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees with her- 

 maphrodite clustered or solitary axillary flowers. Perianth 

 campanulate or salver-shaped. Stamens 4 or 5. Fruit a 

 spurious drupe formed of the fleshy perianth-tube and the 

 1 -seeded nut. A small genus scattered over the northern 

 hemisphere. The classical name of the Wild Olive, hence the 

 English name Oleaster. 



1. E. angustifolia, syn. E. hortensis. k. very handsome 

 and distinct small hardy tree with a few scattered spines, 

 lanceolate oblqng or ovate acute quite entire leaves covered 

 on both sides as well as the branches with silvery glistening 

 scales and fragrant flowers yellow within, scaly without, 

 solitary or 3 or 4 together, produced in great profusion in 

 Summer, and followed by red berries. A native of the South of 

 Europe and Western Asia. 



2. E. argentea. Silver Berry. A spreading shrub 8 to 12 

 feet high, young branches ferruginous. Leaves varying from 

 lanceolate to broadly elliptical, clothed with silvery scales on 

 both sides. Flowers axillary, clustered. Berries silvery, ribbed. 

 A native of North America. 



E. umbellata, syn. E. Japonica, and E. reflexa. The beau- 

 tiful Japanese variegated varieties in cultivation appear to 

 belong to this species, but in the absence of flowers and fruits it 

 is impossible to identify them with the described species. 

 E. puncjens is a spiny shrub of which there are variegated 

 forms ; and E. longipes, syn. E. crispa, E. multiflora, etc., is 

 another variable Japanese species. 



Hippophae rhamnoides. Sea Buckthorn, is a deciduous 

 shrub with narrow glabrous silvery foliage and dioecious 

 flowers. Male flowers in axillary clusters, perianth bipartite. 

 Stamens 4. Female flowers solitary ; perianth slightly 2- 

 lobed. Fruit membranous, included in the fleshy orange- 

 yellow perianth-tube. A native of the eastern coast of England 

 and various parts of Europe and Asia. 



2. SHEPH^RDIA. 



A small genus of North American deciduous dioecious shrubs. 

 Male flowers clustered, with a quadripartite perianth valvate in 

 bud. and 8 stamens alternating with an equal number of 

 appendages of the fleshy disk. Female flowers solitary, with 



