170 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Disk annular, rather flat. Ovary half-immersed in the disk, 2-celled. Style 
short, bifid at the apex. Fruit dry, indehiscent, 2-celled. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; nerved. Flowers terminal, 
dicecious by defect ; small, greenish yellow. — A twining deciduous shrub ; 
a native of Carolina; of easy culture in any common soil, and propagated 
by seeds, or cuttings of the root. 
2 1. B. votu‘smis Dec. The twining Berchemia. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 22.; Don’s Mill., 2. p, 27. 
Synonymes. Rhdmnus volibilis Lin. sil. Suppl. 132., Jacq. Icon. Rar. t. 336.3; Zizyphus voldbilis 
Willd. Spec. 1. p. 1102. ; CEnéplia voldbilis Schult. Syst. 5. p. 332. ; Supple Jack, Virginian. 
Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 336.; our jig. 243. in flower, and jig. 244. in fruit, from nature. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches glabrous, rather twining. Leaves oval, mucronate, 
somewhat waved. Flowers diccious. Drupes oblong. (Dec. Prod.) A 
deciduous twining shrub. Carolina and Virginia, in deep swamps. Height, 
in America, 20 ft. to 50 ft.; in British gardens, 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 
1714, Flowers greenish yellow; June and July. Fruit violet-coloured; 
ripe in October. 
According to Pursh, this species, in Virginia, ascends the highest trees, and 
is known by the name of Supple Jack. The stems twine round one another, 
243. Berchémig vordbilis. 244. Berchémia volubilis. 
or any object which they may be near. In British gardens, they are seldom 
seen above 8 or 10 feet high; probably from little attention being paid to 
place the plant in a deep sandy or peaty soil, and to supply it with abundance 
of moisture in the growing season. In fine seasons it ripens fruit. 
Genus IV. 
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219) La! Lalbe 
RHA’MNUS Lam. Tue Bucxruorn. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Mono- 
gynia. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 4. p. 461.; Lam, Ill., t.128.; Gert. F: +y 2. Pe 3 3 
Don's Mill., 2. p. 29.; Brongn. Mém. Rham., p. 53) Ere Sones en eet eee 
Synonyms. Nerprun, Jr. ; Wegdorn, Ger. ; Ramno, ial. ; the Ram, or Hart’s, Thorne, Gerard ; 
orn. 
Derivation. From the Celtic word, ram, signifying a tuft of branches ; i 
changed to rhamnos, and the Latins to aon: ame purely mate Wieisteehs aR 
Gen. Char, Calyx urceolate, 4—5-cleft. Stamens bearing ovate 2-celled an- 
thers. Disk thin, covering the tube of the calyx. Ovary free, 3—4-celled. 
Styles 3—4, connected or free. Fru:t baccate, containing 3—4 indehiscent 
nuts. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous, sub-evergreen, or ever- 
