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790 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Genus III. 
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SHEPHE’RD/JA Nutt. Tar Suepuerpis. Lin. Syst. Dice'cia 
Octandria. 
Identification. | Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. 
Synonyme. Hipp6phae L., as to the species S. canadénsis Nutt. 
Derivation, Named by Nuttall, in honour of the late Mr. John Shepherd, curator of the Botanic 
Garden of Liverpool, a horticulturist to whose exertions, and the patronage of the celebrated 
Roscoe, that institution owes its present eminence. 
Gen. Char., §c. Flowers unisexual, dicecious. Male flower. Calyx 4-cleft. 
Stamens 8, included within the calyx, alternate with 8 glands. — Female 
flower. Calyx bell-shaped ; its limb 4-parted, flat, the portions equal ; its 
tube adnate to the ovary. Style 1. Stigma oblique. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire, with silvery scales. 
Flowers axillary, aggregate; the female ones smaller than the males, and 
sometimes racemose at the ends of the branches. Berries diaphanous, 
scarlet, acid, eatable. — Shrubs or low spinescent trees, deciduous, with 
the aspect of Hlzagnus ; native of North America. Culture, in British 
gardens, as in Hippéphae. 
% ¥ 1. 8S. arnce’ntea Nutt. The silver-leaved Shepherdia. 
Tdentification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 240. 
Synonymes. Hippéphae argéntea Pursh Sept.1. p.115.; Missouri Silver Leaf, and Buffalo Berry 
Tree, Amer. ; Rabbit Berry, and Beef Suet Tree, Amer. Indians ; Graise de Buffle, or Buffalo 
Fat, French Traders. 
Engravings. Our fig. 1370. ; and fig. 1371. from the 
original specimen sent by Nuttall to Mr. Shepherd 
of Liverpool. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-ovate, ob- 
tuse ; on both surfaces glabrous, and 
covered with silvery peltate scales. 
(Pursh.) A small tree. North America, 
on the banks of the Missouri, and its 
tributary streams. Height 12 ft. to 18 ft. 
Introduced in 1818. Flowers yellow; 
April and May. Berries scarlet, diapha- 
nous, acid ; ripe in September. 
Its fruit, which is much relished im 4571, s. argéntea. 
America, is about the size of the red 
currant, much richer to the taste, and forms one con- 
tinued cluster on every branch and twig. 
1370. S. argéntea. 
2% 2, S. canaDENsis Nutt. The Canadian Shepherdia. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 241. ee 
Synonyme. Hippdphae canadensis Lin. Sp. Pl. 1453., Willd. Sp. Pi. 4. p.744., 
Pursh Sept. 1. p. 119. 3 
Engraving. Our fig. 1372. from a living specimen. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, or cordate-ovate, opposite ; 
green, and nearly glabrous upon the upper surface ; upon 
the under one stellately pilose, silvery, and scaly; the 
scales rusty, deciduous. Branches opposite. Flowers 
disposed in upright racemes between the first leaves, and 
of half the length of these. (Nutt.) A deciduous shrub, 
North America, on the borders of lakes, in the western 
parts of the state of New York, in Canada, and along the 
St. Lawrence to its source. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1759, but not frequent in collections. Flowers 
yellow; April and May. Berries yellow, sweetish, but 
scarcely eatable ; ripe in August. isiereveniea’ 
