926 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Nepal, on the mountain Sheopur. Flowering in September, and bearing fruit 
in December and January. 
Orpen LXXI. GARRYACEZ.. 
"RD. CHAR. Flowers unisexual; those of the two sexes upon distinct 
plants. — fale. Flowers in pendulous catkin-like racemes, within connate 
bracteas. Calyx 4-leaved. Stamens 4,— Female? Flowers in pendulous 
catkin-like racemes, within connate bracteas. Ca/yx connate with the ovary, 
2-toothed. Ovary 1-celled. Styles 2, setaceous. Ovules 2, pendulous, 
with funiculi as long as themselves. rit a berried pericarp, not opening, 
containing 2 seeds. Embryo very minute, in the base of a great mass of 
fleshy albumen. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; serrated or entire. — 
Flowers in long pendulous catkins. Wood without distinct concentric 
zones. — Shrubs evergreen; natives of California and Mexico. 
Genus I. 
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GA’RRYA Doug. Tae Garrya, Lin. Syst. Dice‘cia Tetrandria. 
Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1686. 
Derivation. Named by Mr. Douglas in compliment to Nicholas Garry, Esq., Secretary to the Hud- 
son’s Bay Company, to whose kindness and assistance he was much indebted during his travels in 
North-west America. 
Gen. Char. See Ord. Char. 
Only two species have been introduced, which are very ornamental, grow 
in loamy soil, and are propagated by layers. 
aw 1. G. ELui’pTica Doug. The elliptic-leaved Garrya. 
Identification. Bot. Reg., t.1686, 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1686. ; and our fig. 1730. 
Spec. Char.. §&c. Branches, when young, pubescent and 
purplish ; when older, smooth and greyish. Leaves 
opposite, exstipulate, wavy, on short footstalks, oblong- 
acute, leathery, evergreen ; dark green and _ shining 
above; hoary beneath, with simple, twisted, interwoven 
hairs. (Lind/.) An evergreen shrub. North Carolina. 
Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. in America; in England, 8 ft. to 
10 ft. Introduced in 1828. Flowers greenish white, 
or yellowish ; November to February. 
Only the male plant is in the country. When in 
flower this shrub has a most striking and graceful appear- A 
ance, from its slender pendulous catkins, many of which ~ 
are from 8 in. to 1 ft. in length. It was at first grown in 
peat, but appears to prefer a loamy soil. It is readily 
increased by layers, and by cuttings in sand under a 
hand-glass. In British gardens it is about as hardy as — js39, g elliptica. 
the common laurustinus. vu 
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* 2. G. Lauriro'tia Hartw. The Laurel-leaved Garrya. 
Identification. Bentham, Plante Hartwegiane, p. 50.; Gard. Mag., vol. xvi. p. 637. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1731. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic oblong, very entire, or minutely dentate. 
