160 BOTANICAL SYNOPSIS 



NATURAL ORDER, ERICACE^ (SEATS FAMILY). 



Arbutus Unedo L. — Strawberry-tree. Bark, red brown, 

 flaking. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, serrate, dark 

 green, evergreen. Flowers small, bell-shaped, creamy white, 

 in hanging clusters. Fruit a globose, scarlet berry, two-thirds 

 of an inch across, with a roughened surface. September, 

 October. Mediterranean region and Killarney. — Vol. I., 

 p. 49. 



NATURAL ORDER, OLEACE^ (OLIVE FAMILY). 



Fraxinus excelsior L. — Ash. Bark smooth, olive-grey. 

 Buds black. Leaves opposite, pinnate, of from four to seven 

 pairs^ of oblong-lanceolate, serrate leaflets, each from one to 

 three inches long. Flowers preceding the leaves, in erect 

 clusters, without perianths. Fruit a linear-oblong samara, 

 notched at the apex, glossy green, streaked with black. April, 

 May. Europe and North Africa.— Vol. I., p. 65. 



NATURAL ORDER, EUPBORBIAOEJH! (^SPURGE 

 FAMILY). 



Buxus sempervirens L. — Box. Bark rough, grey. Branches 

 downy when young. Leaves evergreen, sub-opposite, oblong, 

 obtuse, not more than an inch long. Flowers monoecious, in 

 axillary cymes, minute, whitish. Fruit a small, dehiscent, 

 horned capsule. April, May. Europe, from Belgium south- 

 ward. North Africa, and Asia. — Vol. III., p. 121. 



NATURAL ORDER, MORACEJF: (MULBERRY 

 FAMILY). 



Horus nigra Poir.— Mulberry. Bark rough, reddish 

 bi-own. Leaves ovate, cordate, irregularly serrate. Flowers 

 monoecious, in catkins, inconspicuous, greenish white. Fruit 

 -multiple, oval, about an inch long, turning red and reddish 

 black, very juicy. June, July. Northern Persia and Arme- 

 nia ; but cultivated throughout Southern and Central Europe. 

 —Vol. I , p. 25. 



