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LXXYIII. CALLITRICHACE^. 



^ Bracteas united at the base, as if one perfoliate haf, 



14. E. amygdaloides L. ( Wood S.) ; umbel of about 5 or 6 

 principal branches, and several scattered peduncles below, leaves 

 nearly membranaceous obovate-lanceolate hairy beneath attenu- 

 ate at the base entire, glands of the involucre (yellow) lunate 

 with 2 horns, capsules minutely tuberculate glabrous, seeds 

 smooth. JE. B. t. 256. E. sylvatica i. 



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n- 4, 5. 



Steins red, almost shrubby, 

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cipal downy branches with several peduncles below, bracteas 

 broad acute, leaves lanceolate, glands of the involucre (purple) 

 bluntly lunate, germens minutely tuberculate glabrous, seeds 

 smooth, i:. B. t. 442. 



In Needwood Forest, Staffordshire. Fj • 3, 4. — A large and 

 handsome species, not uncommon in gardens, whence it has been an 

 outcast. 



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Flowers monoecious, aggregated, axillary. 

 riaitth of 4 leaves (2 inner opposite ones smaller) wilh one 

 hractea at the base. Stam. 4, inserted under the rudiment of 

 an ovary. — Fertile fl. Perianth as in the barren fl.^ with 3 brac- 

 teas at the base. 



Styles 



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Ovary 3-celled, 6-ovuled. Caps. 

 with 3 beaks, 3-celled; cells 3-seeded. — Name altered from 

 'TTv^ocy the Greek name for this tree. 



1. B, sempervirens L. (common B,); leaves oval oblong retuse 

 convex coriaceous shining, their stalks slightly hairy, anthers 

 ovate-sagittate. F.B. t.l341. 



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Dry chalky hills, principally in the south of England, T^ . 4—6. 

 — A small tree when suffered to attain its natural stature. A dwarf 

 2;ar. is extensively employed as edgings in gardens. The wood k of 

 great value for turning, carving, and engraving upon. 



Ord.LXXVIIL CALLITRICHACE^ Lindl. 



Flowers axillary, solitary, very minute, Imperfect, monoecious. 

 •with 2 fistular white bracteas (sometimes wantin**- in the fertile 



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Perianth 0. 



fi. Stamen 1 or rarely 



form, 1 -celled, opening transversely by 2 valves at the summit, 

 — Fertile^. Ovary solitary, 4-angled, 4-celled, with a solitary 

 ovide in each cell suspended from the axis a little above the 



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