166 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
a 6.P.eua‘sER L. The glabrous Winter Berry. 
Identification. Lin. Spec., 471. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 20. 
Synonyme. Ink berry, Amer. 7 . 
Engraving. Our jig: 238. from nature. The figure under this name in Wats. Dend., t. 27., ig that 
of P. coriaceus Pursh. 
Spec. Char., §c. Evergreen. Leaves lanceolate, 
with wedge-shaped bases, coriaceous, glabrous, 
glossy, somewhat toothed at the tip. Flowers 
mostly three on an axillary peduncle that is usu- 
ally solitary. Fruit black. (Dec. Prod.) An 
evergreen shrub. Canada to Florida, in shady 
woods. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1759. 
Flowers white ; July and August. Berries black ; 
ripe in November. 
A low but very handsome evergreen shrub, which, 
in its native country, makes a fine show, when 
covered with its black berries. In Loddiges’s arbo- 
retum it has attained the height of 4 ft., with a regu- oa csAneeiter 
lar ovate shape, densely clothed with shining foliage. 
# 7. P. coria‘ceus Pursh. The coriaceous-leaved Winter Berry. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., 1. p. 221. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 21. 
Synonyme. P. glaber Wats. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 27., and Bot., Cab., 450., under the name N 
of P. glaber ; and our jig. 239. 
Spec. Char., §c. Evergreen. Leaf lanceolate, with a wedge- 
shaped base, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy, entire. Flowers y 
in short, sessile, axillary corymbs, many in a corymb. '* 
(Dec. Prod.) A handsome, tall, evergreen shrub. Georgia, 
in sandy woods near the banks of rivers. Height 8 ft. to 
10 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers white; June and 
July. Berry black; ripe in November. 
Varieties. This species varies, with leaves broader, obovate- 
lanceolate, and acuminate; and narrower, lanceolate, and 
acute. (Dec. Prod.) The broad-leaved variety appears to 
be that figured in Lod. Bot. Cab., t. 450. 239. Prinos corikceus. 
The general aspect ofthis plant is that of Ilex Dahodn. It is a handsome 
shrub, well deserving a place in collections. 
Other Species of Prinos. — P. débius G. Don. and P. atomarius Nutt. have 
been introduced, and, probably, some others; but we have only noticed 
those of which we have seen living plants, and which we consider to be 
tolerably distinct, though there are probably only three species of Prinos; 
two of which are deciduous, and the other evergreen. ; 
Orpver XXII RHAMNA'CEZ. 
Orv. Cuan. Calyx 4—5-cleft ; estivation valvate. Corolla of 4—5 petals; 
in some absent. Petals cucullate, or convolute, inserted into the orifice of 
the calyx. Stamens 4—5, opposite the petals, perigynous. Ovary supe- 
rior, or half-superior, 2-, 3-, or 4-celled, surrounded by a fleshy disk. Ovules 
he in a cell, erect, - are the sat Fruit fleshy and indehiscent, or dry 
and separating into 3 divisions.— Trees or shrubs, often spi : 
dee divine ( Lindl.) ; ne Pie eee 
Leaves simple, alternate, very seldom opposite, with minute stipules, 
