624 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Engravings. Vent. Choix., t. 22.; and our fig, 1211. 
Spec. Char, Se. Spiny, bushy, diffusely reclinate. 
Leaves small, oboyate, quite smooth. Flowers -in 
axillary fascicles. | Young branches terminated by a 
long spine. Leaves alternate, or in fascicles. Corolla 
and scales serrated. Sterile filaments subulate, entire. 
Drupe ovate. (Don’s Mill.) A small straggling shrub. 
Georgia, on the banks of rivers. Height 3ft. to 4ft. © « é 
Introduced in 1806. Flowers small, white ; January. 111. -B. reclinata. 
& ¥ 3. B. rE'nax Willd. The tough-branched Bumelia. 
Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. 1085.; Enum., p. 248. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 30. 
Synonymes. B. chrysophylléides Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept.\. p. 155.5 Sideréxylon ténax Lin. Mant. 
p. 48.; S. sericeum Wait, Fl. Car. p. 100.; S. chrysophylloides Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p.123. 5 
Ghrysophylium, carolinénse Jacq. Obs. 3. p. 3. t. 54.; C. glabrum 
Engravings: Jacq. Obs., 3. t. 54.3; and our fig. 1212. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, of a 
\ rusty silvery colour beneath, silky. Flowers in 
axillary fascicles. Branches very tough. Bark 
white. Leaves deciduous. Calycine and corolline 
segments ovate obtuse. Segments of nectary 
trifid. Stamens the length of corolla. Drupe 
oval. (Don’s Mill.) A low tree, in England a 
shrub. Carolina, in dry situations. Height 20 ft. 
Introduced in 1765. Flowers small, white, pro- 
duced freely ; July and August. ~ 
i \ 4 Killed to the ground, by the winter of 1837-8, in 
1212, B. ténax. the Hort. Soc. Garden. 
* 4. B.Lanuaino'’sa Pursh. The woolly-lcaved 
- Bumelia. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 30. 
Synonymes. _Sideréxylon lanugindsum Michx, Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 123. ; 
S. ténax Walt. Fl. Car. p. 100. 
Engraving. Our jig. 1213., from a specimen in Dr. Lindley’s herba- 
rium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Rather spinose. Branchlets spreading, 
downy. Leaves oval-lanceolate, glabrous above, and 
woolly beneath, but not silky. Flowers in axillary fasci- 
cles ; very nearly allied to B. ténax, but differs in the 
leaves being woolly beneath, not silky, often obtuse. 
(Don's Mill.) A small tree. Carolina and Georgia, 
in humid situations among bushes. Height 10 ft. to 
15ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers greenish yellow. 1913. _B. lanugindsa. 
¥ 5. B. optoneiFo't1a Nutt. The oblong-leaved Bumelia. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 135.3; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 30. 
Engraving. Our fig. 2095. in p. 1108, 
Spec, Char., §c. Spiny. Leaves smooth, oblong, obtuse, deciduous. Flowers 
conglomerate, nearly sessile, very numerous. Scales, or sterile filaments, 
trifid. Tree with numerous twisted branches. Calycine segments ovate, 
concave. Drupe purple. Wood fetid. (Don’s Mili.) A low tree. North 
America, on the Mississippi, near the lead mines of St. Louis. Height 
18 ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers greenish yellow, produced 
in abundance ; July and August. 
Orver XLVII. EBENA‘CEZ:. 
Ord. CHAR. Calyx 3-or 6-parted, persistent. Corolla deciduous, 3+ or 6« 
parted; tivation imbricate. Stamens definite, epipetalous, 6 or 1%, or 
