XXXI. NITRARIA‘CEZ: NITRA‘RIA. 467 
They will grow in any dry soil, and are readily propagated by cuttings of the 
half-ripened wood. 
x 1. D. Ba’rpara ZL. The barbarous Decumaria. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., No. 1668. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 328.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 206. 
Synonymes. YD. radicans Moench Meth. 17.; D. Fors¥thia Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 282.3 D. 
prostrata Lodd. Cat. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 6. t. 20.5 and our jigs. 838. and 839. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-ob- 
long, acute at both ends, gla- 
brous, entire or toothed at the 
tip. Buds hairy with short ru- 
fous hairs. (Dec. Prod.) A 
: sarmentose shrub seldom seen in 
sag: tpi bhebuta: a vigorous state in British gar- 
dens. America, and Lower Ca- /Z 
rolina, in shady woods. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft.; 
against a wall 10 ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 
1785. Flowers white, in corymbose panicles, 
sweet-scented ; July and August. 
Variety. 
* D. b. 2 sarmentdsa Dec. Prod. iii. p. 206. ; 
D. sarmentésa Bose Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. 
Par.i. p. 76. t. 13., Pursh. Sept. 1. p. 328.; Fors¥thia scandens Walt. 
Car, 154. — Lower leaves rounded; upper leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late. (Dec. Prod.) A native of moist shaded places in Virginia and 
Carolina, where, in company with Zizyphus volubilis, it ascends the 
tallest cypress trees in the cedar swamps. Larger in all its parts than 
the species. 
839, D. barbara. 
The flowers are only produced in favourable situations ; and the plant 
seldom rises above 43 or 5 feet, in the open air, in the climate of London. 
Orpver XXXII. NITRARIA‘CEA. 
Orv. CHAR. Calyx 5-toothed, inferior, fleshy. Petals 5, inflexed ; estivation 
valvate. Stamens 15. Anthers innate. Ovarium superior, 3- or more 
celled. Stigma terminated by as many lines as there are cells in the ova- 
rium. Fruit drupaceous, 1-seeded, opening by 3 or 6 valves. Albumen 
none. Differs from Ficdidee in zstivation of petals. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; small, 
generally in fascicles. Flowers small, greenish white. — Low shrubs, natives 
of Asia. 
Genus I. 
NITRA‘RIA LZ. Tue Nitraria. Lin. Syst. Dodecandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 602.; Lam. Ill, t. 403.; Gartn. Fruct., 1.t. 58; Dec. Prod., 3. 
p. 456.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 155. v : : ae 
Derivation. So named by Schober, from one of the species being discovered in certain nitre-works 
in Siberia, along with other saline plants. 
Gen. Char. The same as that of the order. 
Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, exstipulate, deciduous; oblong 
entire, small-fascicled. Flowers small, white, in panicled racemes.— Shrubs, 
with white bark; natives of Siberia. : 
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