652 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRI‘TANNICUM. 
placed alternately on their branches, whereas in the phillyrea they are opposi 
All the kinds in cultivation are nothing more than varieties of one species. 
# |. P.mepia L. The intermediate, or dance-leaved, Phillyrea. 
Identification. Lin. SPs p. 10.; Don’s Mill., 4. B 45. 
Synonymes.  P. latifolia var. s média Lapeyr. Pl. Pyr. p.4.3; P. 
figustrifolia Mull. Dict. No. 4.3 P. levis Tenore Syll. p. 9.3 P. 
latifolia var. a. digustrifolia Poll. Pl. Ver.1. p. 7. 
Engravings. Kerner, t. 774.3; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 27.; and our 
fig. 1226. 
Spec. Char., Se. Leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 
or a little serrated in the middle, triple-nerved, 
veiny. (Don’s Mill.) An evergreen shrub. South 
of Europe. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced 
in 1597. Flowers greenish white; Mav and June. 
Berries black ; ripe in October. 
Varicties. 
% P. m, 2 virgata Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 11.— 
Leaves lanceolate. Branches erect. 
# P. m. 3 buaifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 11. 
— Leaves oval-oblong, bluntish. 1226. P. media. 
# 2. P. (.) ancustiroLia L. The narrow-leaved Phillyrea. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 10.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 45. 
Synonymes. P. obliqua Tenore Syll., p. 9.3; P.média Tenore Fl. Neap. 3. p. 6. 
Engravings. Jam. Il. 8.3.3; and our fig. 1227, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, quite entire 
Branches beset with elevated dots. Leaves obsoletely 
veined. (Don's Mill.) An 
evergreen shrub. — Italy and 
Spain. Height 8ft, to 10 ft. 
Introduced in 1597. Flowers 
greenish white; May and June, 
Varieties. 
# P. u. 2 lanceoldta Ait. 
Hort. Kew. i. p. 11.— 
Leaves lanceolate, and 
branches erect. 
# P. a. 3 rosmarinifolia Ait. aN 
1227. P. (m.) angustifolia. Hort. Kewensis ; and 98, p. a. rosmarinifotia. 
our fig. 1228. — Leaves 
lanceolate-subulate, elongated. Branches straight. 
a P. a, 4 brachidta Ait. Hort. Kew. i. p. 11.— Leaves oblong-lanceolate 
shorter than in the other varieties. Branches divaricate. 
# 3. P. (u.) Ligustriro Lia Ait. The Privet-leaved Phillyrea. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 11.; Don's Mill, 4. p. 45. 
Synonymes. P. virgata Willd. Enum. 1. p.12.; P. média var. a. Willd. Sp. 
1. p. 42.5 Phill¥rea iii. Clus. Hist. p. 52. 
Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 131. ; and our fig. 1229. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subserrated in the * 
middle, obsoletely veined. Branches erect. (Don's Mill.) 
‘An evergreen shrub. Spain and the South of France. 
Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1596. — Flowers 
white ; May and June. 
1229. P. (m.) ligus- 
srt. “8 
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a 4, P.(m.) pe’nDULA Ait. The drooping-branched Phillyrea, 
Identification. Ait. Hort., Kew., 1. p. 11.; Don’s Mill, 4. p. 45. 
Synonyme. P. média y Willd. Sp. 1. p. 43. 
Engraving. Our fig. 0000. in p. 0000. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, obsoletely serrated at th 
apex, veiny. Branches drooping (Don’s Mill.) ‘An Bieta shrub South 
