176 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
with 4-cleft stigmas.(iJon’s svi2tt.) 
A deciduous shrub. Alps of 
Switzerland, Dauphiné, and 
Carniola. Height 5ft. to 10ft. , 
Introd. 1752. Flowers greenish; 
May and June. Berries black ; 
ripe in September. 
Variety. 
% R.a. 2 grandifolius( fig.262.) 
has much larger leaves 
than the species. It forms, 
when well grown, a very 
striking and handsome 
object, from the large size 
of its leaves and buds. 
This is a very distinct species, 
and remarkable for its twisted 
leaves. There are strong plants of 
both the species and the variety in 
the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, 
and of the variety in the garden of 
the Hort. Soc., which, in 10 years, 
have attained the height of 8 ft., 
with numerous suberect branches, 
clothed with a purplish bark. 
269, Rhamnus pimilus. 
§ ii, Frdngula Tourn. 
Identification. Tourn. Inst., t.383.; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p- 26.; Non’s Mill., 11. p. 32, 
Sect. Char, Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely 
dicecious, 5-cleft, sometimes 4-cleft. Seeds 
smooth, compressed, with the hilum white 
and exserted, and with the raphe lateral, 
on the surface of the inner testa. Embryo 
flat. Leaves membranous, caducous, 
quite entire, lined with aa pa- 
rallel nerves, (Don’s Mill, 
¥ 2 14 FR. carouinia‘nus Walt, 
rolina Buckthorn. 
Hentification, Walt. Cara p.101.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 27.5 
Don's Mill., 2. p. 32.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 262. 
Engraving. Our fig. 264. 
Spec. Char., &c. 
2€2, Rhdmnus alpinus grandifolius, 
«13. KR. py'minus Lin. The dwarf Buckthorn. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 49. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 32. 
Synonymes. R. rupéstris Scop. Carn. 1. t. 5.; Ranno spaccasassi, Ital. 
Lngravings. Scop,’Carn., 1.t. 5.; Schmidt Arb.,3.t. 155.; and our jig. 263. 
Plant procumbent, much_ branched. 
Leaves ovate, serrated, smooth. Flowers hermaphro- 
dite. (Dow's Mill.) A deciduous procumbent shrub. 
Mour, Baldo in the Alps, and Carniola, in the fis- 
sures of rocks. Height 2 ft. Introd. 1752. The flowers 
greenish yellow within and red without, the stamens 
white ; June and July. Berries black ; ripe in Sept. 
The plant bearing this name in the London gardens we 
have never seen in such a thriving state as to enable us to 
decide whether or not it is truly distinct. 
264, Rhdmnus caroliniinue, 
