24. EHAMNACIL*. — 25. LEGITMINOS^. 
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lanceolate minutely serrate, caps, obtuselj' angular not winged. 
—E. B. 362. R. vi. 309. St. 27. 3.— Orange-coloured aril en- 
; closing the seed. Bark green. L. glabrous. Fl. forming 
small umbels, greenish white. Fruit rose-coloured. Hedges 
' and woods. Sh. V. VI. E. S. I. 
Order XXIV. RHAMNACE.E. 
Cal. 4— 5-cleft, valvate in the bud. Pet. distinct, inserted 
in the throat of the calyx. Stam. opposite to the pet. and 
equalling them in number. Ovary wholly or in part superior, 
2 — 3 — 4-celled, surrounded by a glandular disk. Seeds solitary, 
erect. Embryo straight. Fr. fleshy or dry. — Shrubs. Stip. 
minute. 
1. Rhamnx'S. Cal. pitcher-shaped, 4 — 5-cleft. Pet. 4 or 5, 
or sometimes 0, inserted with the stam. on the margin of 
the tube of the calyx. Fruit fleshy, with 2 — 4 cells and 
as many seeds. 
1. Rham'nus Linn. em. Desf. Buckthorn. 
1. R. cathar'tiais (L.) : thorns terminal,.//. 4-cleft dioecious, 
petioles much longer than the stipules, I. rouTidAsh-oval sharpli/ 
toothed, fr. with 4 seeds. — E. B. 1629. — Branches oiyposite. 
Serratures of the 1. incurved, glandular. Xotch in the seeds 
closed. Styles 4, united halfway up. Hedges and thickets. 
Sh. v.— Vll. Buckthorn. E. S. I. 
2. R. Fran'gida (L.) ; spineless,.^, b-cleft perfect, I. ellij^tic- 
ohovate acuminate narrowed below entire, fr. with 2 seeds, style 
simple. — Sy. E. B. 319. — Branches alternate. Fl. in small 
clusters greenish white, small. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. 
VI. Black Alder. E. S. ? I. 
Order XXV. LEGUMINOS^. 
Cal. inferior. Sep. 5, more or less combined, odd one inferior. 
Cor. papilionaceous (in our plants), inserted into the base of the 
calyx. Pet. 5, odd one superior and external. Stam. 10 (in 
our plants), monadelphous or diadelphous. Ovary free, 1-celled. 
Fruit a legume ; placenta on the upper suture ; style from the 
upper suture. Embryo bent over the edge of the cotyledons, or 
straight. — All our plants have papilionaceous flowers and 10 
stamens in one bundle or in two bundles of 9 and 1. L. mostly 
stipulate ; Its. often stipulate. 
