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LXXXII. ELiEAGNACEiE. 



ophae. 



F 



when a little advanced. A variety is called the weeping Elm, To th' 

 Lindley refers also the Giant Ehn and Chichester Elm. The wood '^ 

 of inferior quality. The late Dr. Bromfield refers here rather tl/^ 

 to U. siiberosa the U. glabra of Botanists, and says that U. suberosa ' 

 marked by a disposition to emit suckers from the root, the se A 

 rarely coming to perfection ; while in U. moniana the bark is smoothe 

 there are few or no suckers, and the fruit ripens perfectly. ' 



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Barren flowers in catkins. (Ord. LXXXII. — LXXXVII.) 



Ord. LXXXII. EL^AGNACE^ Juss. 



Mostly di< 

 rianth 2 — 4 



Barren fl, somewhat 

 Stamens 3 or more. 



fl 



cleft. 



parted. 

 Perianth tubular 



Anthers 2-celled. 



persistent, 2~4-toothed or 

 Ovary 1, free, 1 -celled, with one erect ovule. Style 

 short. Stigma subulate, glandular. Fruit crustaceous, enclosed 

 within the fleshy perianth. Seed solitary, erect. Embryo with 

 a thin fleshy albumen ; radicle inferior. 



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Trees or shrubs, with 



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L HippopHAE Linn. Sallow-thorn, 



JDicecious. 



fl 



" —-.— ».*—. ^-^^ V WA \^f^Wlltily 



Perianth single of 2 deep, round- 



each scale bearing a flower. 



ish valves. Anthers linear, nearly sessile 1 — Fertile fl, 

 Perianth single tubular, cloven at the summit, — Name : in 

 Greek l/r-Tro^ar/, apparently a corruption of t/tro^a??, from yrro, 

 unde7% and 0aa>, to shine, in reference to the shining scales on 

 the under-sides of the leaves. 



L H. rhamnoides L. (common S. or Sea- Buckthorn). E. B. 

 t. 425. 



Sand-hills and cliffs, upon the east and south-east coast of England, 

 Kent; Essex; Norfolk; Lincoln; and Yorkshire. Aberlady on the 

 Forth, and Toward-point on the Clyde; also in Islay and Kintyre, 

 but scarcely indigenous in Scotland. j^ , 5 7. 



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Ord. LXXXIIT. MYRICACE.E Rich. 



Moncecious or dioecious, all amentaceous. Perianth 0. 



fl Stamens 2— S. Anthers 2- or 4-celled, opening 



longitudinally. 



tilefl. Ovary free, 1 -celled, with 1 erect 



ovule, surrounded by hypogynous persistent scales. Stigmas 2. 

 I^rmt drupaceous, often covered with waxy secretion, and with 

 the hypogynous scales becoming fleshy and adherent. Seed 



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