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* Leaves alternate, evergreen ; usually flowering in the fall ; hardy 

 only South, small shrubs to 6 feet. (B.) 



E. 



no spines ; leaves broad, silvery he- 

 EvEEGKEEN El^agnus — Elsagnus 



B. 



Branchlets silvery-white 



neath. Lakge-leaved 



macrophylla. 



Branchlets brown ; usually very spiny ; leaves oval, undulate, 



2-4 inches long, silvery beneath with some brownish scales; fruit 



short-stalked, | inch long, covered with silvery and brown scales; 



leaves often variegated with blotches and lines of white, yellow, 



or pink, giving rise to several named varieties. Thorny Evek- 



GKEEN El^agnus — Elaeagnus piingens. 



* Leaves opposite, deciduous, entire, 1-2 inches long, densely silvery 



beneath. Hardy American plants sometimes cultivated for the sil- 

 very foliage or edible fruit; more or less completely dioecious. 



(r.) 



F. Without thorns ; twigs brown-scurfy ; leaves oval ; shrub 4-8 

 feet high, rarely cultivated ; fruit red or yellow, oval, J inch 

 long, hardly edible. Shephekdia or Canadian Buffalo Bebry 

 — Shepherdia canadensis. 



F. With numerous thorns; young twigs silvery; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate ; berries globular, red or yellow (\ inch), sour, edible, 

 ripe July, Aug. Upright tall shrub to 18 feet. Buffalo or 

 Rabbit Berry (5.37) — Shepherdia argtotea. 



* Leaves opposite, evergreen, entire, rpund-oval 

 and somewhat cordate at base. Dioecious bush 

 from Utah. Shepherdia rotundifblia. 



Fig. 538. — Gi-evillea. 

 apqar's shrubs — 20 



Fio. 539. — A merieau Mistletoe. 



