LXII. ELEAGNA CER: ELEA'GNUS. 697 
9 Varieties. 
4 E. h. 1 angustifolia Bieb. E. angustifolia L. 
(fig. 13862.) — Leaves lanceolate, 
shining. Fruit insipid. This is 
the most common sort in British 
gardens. 
¥ E.h. 2 dactyliformis. — Leaves lan- 
ceolate, shining. Fruit date- 
shaped, eatable. 
¥ E. h. 3 orientalis, E orientalis L. 
(Pall. Fl. Ross., i. t. 5. ; and our 
Jig. 1363.)— Branches not spiny. 
Fruit date-shaped, eatable ; almost gy 
as large as that of a jujube, and ~ 
used in the dessert in Persia, where 
1362. Eh. angustifelia. it is called zinzeyd. The flowers 
are more fragrant than those of 
£.h., angustifolia. Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
¥ E. Ah. 4 spinosa. E. spindsa L.— Branches spiny. Leaves lanceolate. 
Fruit insipid. Nepal. Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
The silvery whiteness of the foliage of this tree renders it a most con- 
spicuous objectin plantations ; and hence, in any landscape where it is wished 
to attract the eye to a particular point, it may be usefully employed. 
1563. E.h. orien- 
talis. 
% 2. E. arcre’ntTEA Ph. The silvery-leaved Elezagnus, or Wild Olive Tree. 
Identification. Pursh Sept., 1. p.114.; Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 97.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonyme. Missouri Silver Tree, U.S. of N. Amer. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1364. from a dried specimen, which Mr. Shepherd of the Liverpool Botanic 
Garden received from Mr. Nuttall. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Not spiny. Leaves waved, oval-oblong, rather 
acute, glabrous on both surfaces, and covered with silvery 
scales. Flowers aggregate, nodding. Sexes apparently die- 
cious. Fruit roundish-ovate, about the size of a small cherry, 
cartilaginous, covered with silvery scales, having 8 grooves ; 
the flesh dry, farinaceous, eatable; the nucule subcylindric, its 
exterior part consisting of a tenacious woolly integument. 
A bushy deciduous shrub or low tree. Hudson’s Bay; and 
found on the argillaceous broken banks of the Missouri, 
near Fort Mandan. Height 8ft. to 13ft. Introduced in 
1813. Flowers yellow; July and August. 
1564. B.argentea. | According to Pursh, Shephérdia argéntea Mutt. resembles 
the Eleagnus argéntea Pursh so 
much, without the fruit, that, in this state, one 
might easily be mistaken for the other. 
2 E. salicifolia 2D. Don (fig. 1366.) is a 
species apparently very distinct, and tolerably 
hardy, of which we 
have only seen one 
plant about 3 ft. high, 
in the arboretum at 
Kew. It promises to 
be a most valuable ad- 
dition to our nearly 
hardy shrubs. 
2% Eledgnus conférta 
Hort., and our jig.1365. 
from a living plant in i 
1365. E. conférta the Horticultural So- 1566. £, salicifdlia. 
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