484 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
leaves, which only come out after the flowers. These last are 
arranged in short racemes axillary to the scales or bracts borne at the 
base of the young branches. 
The Sallow-Thorns (Hippophae ;\ Fr., Argoussier) have also diceci- 
ous flowers (figs. 289-296). The perianth consists of two lobes, 
Hippophae rh ides (Sea Buckthorn). 
Fid. 289. Fre. 291. Fria. 292. Fre. 293. 
Male flowering Female flower Longitudinal section Fruiting branch (2). 
branch. (magnified). of female flower. 
Fie. 290. Fie, 294, Fig. 295, Fia. 296. 
Longitudinal section of Longitudinal] section Seed (8). Longitudinal section 
male flower (3). of induviate fruit. of seed. 
which cohere up to a variable height. In the male flowers (fig. 290) 
it bears four (or more rarely three) stamens with introrse anthers ;? 
1L., Gen. n. 1106.—ADans., Fam. des Pl., Gen. n. 2112.—Nuxzs, Gen., iii. u. 19.—Mutsen., 
ii, 80.—J., Gen., 75.—Gmrtn., Fruct., i.199,  Prodr., 607. 2 
t. 42.—Lamx., Dict., i. 248; Ii., t. 808.—A. 2 The pollen-grains are ovoidal, with three 
Ricu., Mon., 387, 400, 402, t. 24, fig. 2—EnpL., folds. They become spherical in water, with 
three narrow papillose bands (H. Mout., Joe, cit.). 
