67. ELEAGNACER. 277 
lanceolate coriaceous with revolute edges, ochree lanceolate with 
numerous branched nerves at length torn, nut triquetrous smooth 
shining longer than the perianth.—E. B. S. 2804.—St. procum- 
bent, quite woolly below, often much buried. L. convex above, 
diverging from the stem. Filaments broader at the base.—On the 
sands of the sea-shore near Christchurch Head and in the Chan- 
nel Islands. The Killiney Station and also, I believe, Caroline 
Park near Edinburgh, belong to P. Rati. P. VIII. IX. E. 
**t* Ochree semicylindrical. Root fibrous. Nut triquetrous. 
Stam. 8. Styles3. Fl. racemose. Tinaria. 
13. P. Convolwulus (L.); st. twining angular, 1. cordate-sagit- 
tate, segments of perianth bluntly keeled, nut triquetrous opaque 
striated with minute points.—E. B.941.—St. climbing or pro- 
strate, much shorter than in the next species. The perianth is 
sometimes winged, when the plant is often taken for P. dumeto- 
rum.—Cultivated and waste land. A. VIL.—IX. 
14. P. dumetorum (L.); st. twining striated, 1. cordate-sagit- 
tate, segments of perianth winged, nut triquetrous very smooth and 
shining. —E. B, 8. 2811.—St. climbing to the height of 4 or 5 feet. 
—-Thickets in the south. A. VII—IX. E. 
4. Fagoryrum Gaert. Buck-wheat. 
*), F. esculentum (Moench) ; st. erect without prickles, fl. in 
cymose panicles, stam. 8, 1. cordate-sagittate acute, nut trique- 
trous acute with entire angles—E.B. 1044. Polygonum Fago- 
pyrum Sm.—Naturalized in many places, being often sown as food 
for game. A. VII. VIII. E.§. 
Order LXVII. ELHAGNACES. 
Mostly dicecious. Perianth tubular; limb 2—4-toothed, in 
male fl. 4-parted. Stam. 3 or more, inserted on the throat. 
Anth. 2-celled, nearly sessile, bursting on the inner side longi- 
tudinally. Ovary free, 1-celled, with 1 erect ovule. Fr. crus- 
taceous, inclosed within the fleshy persistent perigone. Albumen 
thin and fleshy. Radicle inferior.—See G. F. G. Monochl. 44. 
1. Hipropua#. Dicecious. Male fi. in a sort of catkin; 
ovate scales 1-flowered. Perianth of 2 leaves adhering by 
their points. Stam. 4 with very short filaments. Female 
fl. solitary. Perigone tubular, cloven at the summit. Style 
short. Stigma elongate. Nut l-seeded, in the large coloured 
berrylike perigone. 
1. Hiproppak Linn. Sea Buckthorn. 
1. H. rhamnoides (L.).—E. B. 425.—A thorny shrub with 
