67. ELiEAGNACEiE.^ 68. THTMELACEiE. 
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cjnnose panicles, stam. 8, 1. cord.ate-sagittate acute, nut trique- 
trous acute with entire angles. — E. B. 1044. Pohjgornnn Fugo- 
pi/rutn Sni. — Scarcely naturalized. Sown as food for game. 
A. VII. VIII.] E. S. 
Order LXVII. EL^AGFACE^. 
' Mostly dioecious. Peiianth tubular; limb 2 — 4-toothed, in 
male fl. 4-parted. Stam. 3 or more, inserted in the throat. 
Anth. 2-celled, nearly sessile, bursting- on the inner side longi- 
tudinally. Ovary fi'ee, 1-celled, with 1 erect ovule. Fr. crus- 
taceous, inclosed within the fleshy persistent perianth. Albumen 
thin and fleshy. Radicle inferior.— See G. F. G. Monochl. 44. 
1. HiPPOPHAE. Dioecious. Male fl. in a sort of catkin; 
scales ovate, 1-flowered. Perianth of 2 leaves adhering by 
their points. Stam. 4, with veiy short filaments. — Female 
fl. solitary. Perianth tubular, cloven at the smnmit. Style 
short. Stigma long. Nut 1-seeded, in the large coloured 
berrylike perianth. 
1. HiPPOPHAE lAnn. Sea Buckthorn. 
1. H. rJiamndides (L.). — E. B. 425. — A thorny shrub with 
linear-lanceolate silvei-y leaves. Fl. appearing with the .young 
leaves. Fr. orange. Height 4 — 6 feet. — Sandy spots and clifls 
of the South-east and East coasts chiefly. Sh. V. E. 
Order LXVIII. THYMELACE^. 
Perianth tubular, inferior, often coloured, 4 — .^-cleft. Stam. 
definite in number, in the tube. Anth. 2-celled, bursting lon- 
gitudinally. Ovary fi-ee, 1-celled ; ovule 1, pendulous. Fr. a nut 
or drupe. Albumen 0 or thin and fleshy. Kadicle superior. 
1. Daphne. Perianth 4-fid, deciduous. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. 
Stam. 8, falling short of the perianth, inserted in the tube 
in 2 rows.— G. F. G. Monochl. 46. 
1. Daph'ne Linn. 
1. D. Mezereum (L.) ; fl. about 3 together lateral sessile, tube 
hairy, segments ovate acute. — E. B. 1381. — Fl. purple, or pale 
red, appealing before the lanceolate 1. which are narrowed below. 
Berries red. A small shrub. — Woods, rare. Sh. III. Mezereon. 
E. 
2. D. Laureola (L.) ; racemes axillary of about 5 glabrous 
drooping bracteate fl., 1. lanceolate attenuate below glabrous 
