XXL. RHAMNA CEE: RHA’MNUS. 175 
Spec. Char. $c. Erect. Leaves oblong- 
ovate, serrated, smooth, veiny. Flowers 
dicecious, female ones with bifid stigmas. 
(Don’s Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Da- 
huria, near the river Arguinus. Height 5 ft. 
Introd. in 1817. Flowers greenish yellow ; 
May and June. Berry black; ripe Sept. 
The general appearance of the plant is 
that of R. catharticus, but it is witkout 
thorns. The wood is red, and is called sandal 
wood by the Russians. 
as & 11. R. auniFo‘Lius L’Hérit. The Alder 
leaved Buckthorn. 
Identification, L’Hérit. Sert.,t.5.; Dec. Prod., 2. p, 25.: 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 32. i 
Engravings. Wayne Abbild., t. 61. ; and our Jig. 258. 257. Rhamnus dahiricus. 
Spec. Char., §c. Erect. Leaves obovate or ovate, serrulated, obliquely line- 
ated with lateral nerves, acuminated or obtuse, smoothish beneath, except 
the nerves. Flowers hermaphrodite or dicecious. Pedicels 1-flowered, ag- 
gregate. Calyxes acute. Fruit turbinate. (Don’s Mill.) 
A deciduous shrub. Hudson’s Bay to Pennsylvania, in 
sphagnous swamps. Height 
2 ft. to 4 ft. in America; 6 ft. 
to 8 ft.in England. Introd. 
in 1778. Flowers greenish 
yellow; June and July. 
Berry black, fleshy, 3-seeded; 
ripe in September. 
Variety. 
2 & R. a. 2 franguloides 
Dec. R. franguldides 
Michx, (N.Du Ham.3. 
t. 15.5 our fig. 259.)— 
Leaves oval, serrated, 
pubescent on the nerves beneath. Canada to Virg nia. Introd. 1810. 
wz 12. R. avpr'nus Lin, The Alpine Buckthorn. 
Identification. Lin. Spec., 213.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 32. K 
Engravings. N.Du Ham, 3.t.13.; Bot. Cab., t. 1077.; Schmidt, 3. t. 157.; the plate of the tree in 
Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. v.; and our 
Jigs. 260. and 261. 
258. Rbh&mnos ainifolius. 259. R.a franguldides. 
200. Rbamnus alpinus. 261. Rh&mnus alp'nus 
Spec. Char., §c. Erect, twisicd. Leaves oval lanceolate, crenate-serrated, 
smooth, lineated with many parallel nerves. Flowers dicecious. female ones 
