628 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
ground, in consequence of which they are all easily transplanted when young, 
and injurious to plants growing under them when full grown, The genera are 
arranged in 3 sections. 
Sect. I. Ouu‘ine. 
Sect. Char. Corolla short, monopetalous, campanulate or urceolate, 4-cleft. 
Stamens 2, with short filaments, and erect anthers. Fruit drupaceous. 
Shrubs with simple leaves, more or less coriaceous, and in some species 
evergreen. 
Ligu’strum Tourn. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens enclosed. Stigma 
bifid. Berry globose, containing two chartaceous nuts. 
Puitiy’rea Diosc, Corolla campanulate. Stamens a little exserted. Stigma 
thickish. Berry globose. 
Cniona’‘nruus Lin. Calyx 4-parted. Segments of corolla linear, Stamens 
enclosed. Stigma trifid. Drupe containing a striated 1-seeded nut. 
Sect. II]. Syrr'nGex. 
Sect. Char. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate, 4—5-parted. Stamens 
2, short. Fruit capsular, 2-celled. Deciduous shrubs. Leaves simple. 
Syri/nGd Lin. Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-parted. Stamens 
enclosed. Stigma bifid. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds compressed, 
with membranous margins. 
Fonrane'sz4 Labill. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla of 2 petals. Stamens elon- 
gated, and stigma bifid. Capsule papery, indehiscent. Cells 1-seeded. 
Sect. III. Fraxinre‘s. 
Sect. Char. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-parted or wanting. Stamens 2, 
short. Anthers dehiscing externally. Stigma nearly sessile, bifid. Fruit 
2-celled, compressed, winged at the top, usually l-seeded. Trees deci- 
duous, with compound leaves. 
Fra‘xinus Tourn. Flowers polygamous. Petals wanting. Samara 1-celled. 
O’Rnus Pers. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Petals 4. Samara 
2-celled. 
Sect. I. OLE Ine. 
Genus I. 
lalallelle 
LIGU’STRUM Tourn. Tue Priver. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 367. ; Lin. Gen., No. 9.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 44. 
Synonymes. Troéne, Fr.; Rainweide, Ger. 
Derivation. Said to be from digo, to tie ; in reference to its flexible branches. 
Gen. Char. Calyx short, tubular, 4-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, with the 
tube exceeding the calyx, and the limb 4-parted. Stamens 2, with short 
filaments, inserted into the tube of the corolla. Style very short. Stigma 
obtuse, bifid. Berry globose, containing 2 chartaceous 1-seeded nuts. 
Albumen hardish. Embryo inverted. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen or deciduous ; entire, gla- 
brous. Flowers terminal, compound, in thyrsoid racemes.—Shrubs or low 
trees ; natives of Europe or Asia. 
Readily propagated by cuttings in common soil. 
