146 ARBORETUM ET FRU'TICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Leaves simple, opposite or alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; entire. 
Buds scaly. Flowers in terminal and axillary racemes. Frat in some 
poisonous, in others edible. — There is only one hardy genus, Coriaria ; the 
species of which are low shrubs, natives of Europe ail Asia. 
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CORIA‘RIA Niss. Tue Cortaria. Lin. Syst. Dice‘cia Decandria. 
Identification. Niss. in Act. Par. 1711, t. 12. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 739. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 818. 
Synonymes. Redoul, Ir. ; Gerberstrauch, Ger. : X ‘ 
Derivaien. From corium, a hide; C. myrtifdlia being used both in tanning leather and in dyeing 
Gen. Char. Flowers either hermaphrodite, moncecious, or diccious. 
Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, sepaloid, smaller than the lobes of the calyx. 
Stamens 10, hypogynous, 5 between the lobes of the calyx and the angles of 
the ovarium, 5 between the petals and the furrows of the ovarium. Anthers 
bursting by longitudinal slits, Style none. Stigmas 5, long, awl-shaped. 
Carpels 5, surrounding a fleshy axis ; when ripe, close together, but separate, 
not opening, l-seeded, surrounded with glandular lobes. ( Lindl.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous; 3-ribbed. Branches 
square, opposite. — Low suffruticose shrubs, of easy culture in common 
soil, and propagated by division of the root. 
x» 1. C. myrtiro‘yia L. The Myrtle-leaved Coriaria. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1467. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 739.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 818. 
Synonymes. Fustet des Corroyeurs, or Redoul a Feuilles de Myrte, Fr.; Myrtenblittriger Ger- 
berstrauch, Ger. ei 
Engravings. Lam. Il, t. 822.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 103.; and our fig. 195. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
three-nerved, on short footstalks, glabrous. 
Flowers in rather upright 
racemes. (Dec. Prod.) A 
low, deciduous, suffruticose 
shrub, consisting of nume- 
rous_ suckers. South of 
Europe, and the North of 
Africa, Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 
Introduced 1629. Flowers 
greenish ; May to August. 
Carpels in the form of a 
berry, black ; ripe in October. Leaves drop off of a 
brownish green, 
195. Coriana myrtifolia. 
Found in hedges and waste places, throwing up nume- 
rous suckers. An ornamental undershrub, chiefly re- 
markable for its myrtle-like leaves, and the handsome 
frond-like form of its branches. Suckers in any com- 
mon soil. 
Other Species of Coridria.— C. nepalénsis Wall. Pl. As. 
Rar. t. 289., and our jig. 196., from a specimen gathered 
in the Hort. Soc. Gardens, a native of Nepal, at heights 
of from 5000 ft. to 7000 ft., appears to be quite hardy, 
and of robust growth. C. sarmentdsa Forst., from New Zealand, is probably 
hardy also, but has not yet been introduced. 
196. C. nepalénsis. 
