174 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
coriaceous, green on both sur- 
faces. (Don’s Mill.) A sub- 
evergreen shrub. Spain, Italy, 
and the Levant, on hills. 
Height 2 ft. to 4ft. Introd. 
in 1820. Flowers greenish 
yellow ; June and July. Berry 
? black; ripe ?. 
A very neat shrub, of which 
igev § there is a good specimen in the 
‘C> Chelsea Botanic Garden, which 
is quite hardy. 
» 8. R. Lycr61‘pEs Lin, The 
ae Lycium-like Buckthorn. 
253. R. i Identificatic Lin. Spec., 279.3; Dec. 
Prod., 2. p. 25.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 31. 
Engravings. Cav. Icon., 2. t. 182.; and our jig. 254. 
Spec. Char., §c. Erect. Leaves linear, quite entire, 
obtuse, smooth, Flowers hermaphrodite. (Don’s 
Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Spain, on the lime- 
stone hills of Valencia. Height 3ft. to 4ft. In- 
troduced in 1752. Flowers greenish yellow; May <== 
and June. Fruit ?. 
gw 9. R. Eryturo’xyton Pall. The red-wooded 
Buckthorn. 
Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 25.; Don’s 254. KR. lycidides. 
i 1 
Mill, 2. p. 31. 
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 62.; Itin., French edit., t. 90.; and our fig. 255. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Erect. Leaves linear, lanceolate, quite entire or serrated, 
smooth. Flowers hermaphrodite. Berries oblong. (Don’s Mill.) A de- 
ciduous shrub. Mongolia and Siberia, near rivers. Height 6 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1823. Flowers greenish yellow ; July and August. Berries black 
ripe in September. 
Variety. 
& R. £. 2 angustissimum Dec. Prod. 
2. p. 25., R. lycidides Pall. Fl. % 
Ross. t. 63., and our fig. 256., \ 
has the leaves narrow, smaller, 
and very finely serrulated. Na- 
tive of Caucasus. 
Pgh Delights in a warm situation ; and 
S¥ si in cold and humid places, Pallas ob- 
serves, it is never met with. The 
< fll: wood, on account of its hardness and & 
il red colour, is used by the Mongols 
Do for making their images; and the ber- 
# ries, when macerated in water, afford 
them a deep yellow colour. The 
255. R. Erythréxslon, plant, in its wild state, is a prickly 756 %+#-angustisimum 
bush ; but, when cultivated, the spines no longer appear. 
b. Branchlets not terminated by Spines. 
% 10. A, pauu‘ricus Pall, The Dahurian Buckthorn. 
Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 61. ; Dec. Prod. 
+9 2. Pp. 25.3 ? i 4 
Engravings. Pal.. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 61.; and our Jig. 957. E 3 Don's Mill., 2. p. 31, 
