132 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Eledgnus léngipes. (SILVER-LEAVED 
ELzaenus.) Leaves almost evergreen, 
rather thick, ovate-oblong, rather blunt, 
entire, smooth and dark green above, but 
silvery below. Flowers inconspicuous. 
Fruit about 14 in. long, bright red, with 
{ silvery scales, very abundant and beautiful; 
E. longipes. ripe in July; juicy and edible, with a pun- 
gent flavor. Shrub from Japan; hardy throughout. 
Genus 72. SHEPHERDIA. 
Small trees or shrubs with opposite, deciduous, entire, 
silvery-scaled leaves. Flowers very small, dicecious. Fruit 
sinall, berry-like, translucent, 1-seeded. 
Shephérdia argéntea, Nutt. (BurF- 
FALO-BERRY. RABBIT-BERRY.) Leaves 
opposite, oblong-ovate, tapering at base, 
silvery on both sides, with small peltate 
scales. Branches often ending in sharp 
thorns. Fruit, scarlet berries the size of 
currants, forming continuous clusters on 
every branch and twig, but found only 
on the pistillate plants. They are juicy, |\ 
somewhat sour, pleasant-tasting,andmake = 
excellent jelly; ripe in September. A 
small handsome tree, 5 to 20 ft. high, 
wild in the Rocky Mountains, and sometimes cultivated east. Its 
thorny-tipped brenches make it a good hedge-plant. Hardy. 
S. argéntea. 
OrperR XXXV. EUPHORBIACEA. 
(SPURGE FAMILy.) 
A large order of mainly herbaceous and shrubby plants 
of warm countries, with usually milky juice. 
Genus 73. BUXUS. 
Shrubs or trees with opposite, evergreen, entire leaves 
and small flowers. The fruit 3-celled, 6-seeded pods. 
