folkstone and Sandgate, undercliff; and a little West of St. Margaret’s Bay, 
by JJover: I,. YV. Dillwyn, Esq. In Sliepey ; and near Sandown Castle, 
plentifully: E. Jacob, Esq. Below the church at Folkslone, upon the Green 
Sand ; upon the chalk, at Lydden Spout; and upon sand, east of Deal: Rev. 
G. E. Smith. — Lincolnsh. At Skegness, on the beach near the sea: Rev. G. 
Crabby. Sea-hanks on Lindsey coast, plentifully : Dr. Lister, in Ray's Syn. — 
Norfolk ; Plentifully between Yarmouth and Cromer; and between Cromer 
and Mundesley : Sir J. E. Smith. On Cley and Shetingham Cliffs : Mr. Crowe. 
Sandhills at llemsby: Mr. Wigg. Ormesby ; J. Paget, in N.B. G. Mar- 
rams, Caistor, and Hemsbv, abundant: N. B. G. — Yorksh. On the sea-bank 
between Whitby and Lythe, plentifully: Ray. Cliffs between Whitby and 
Land's End : Mr. Baines, in FI. of Yorksh. 
Shrub. — Flowers in April and May. 
A bushy rigid Shrub, from 5 to 8, or 10 feet high, in a wild 
state ; with numerous, irregular, spreading, leafy branches, covered 
with a brown scaly bark, and each terminating in a thorn. Leaves 
numerous, scattered, deciduous, strap-spear-shaped, bluntish, very 
entire, an inch and a half, or nearly two inches long, and about a 
quarter of an inch broad, on very short petioles ; dark green on the 
upper surface, with circular, silvery, scale-like dots, each accom- 
panied by a tuft of white radiating hairs, which, viewed under the 
microscope, greatly resemble Erysiphe adunca, so beautifully 
figured by Dr. Greville, in his Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, 
t. 296. ; under surface of a shining silvery-white, with scattered 
tufts of hair similar to those on the upper. Flowers green, very 
small, in the bosoms of the leaves while very young (see figs. 1 & 2). 
Fruit (fig. 10.) berry-like, formed of the enlarged, permanent, fleshy 
calyx, somewhat stalked, rather elliptical, orange T coloured, very 
acid, with an austere vinous flavour. 
This plant is a native on sandy sea-coasts in many other parts of Europe as well 
as in England ; but it has not been found wild either in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. 
It is often cultivated in gardens on account of the beauty of its grey, silver-looking 
foliage. Every part of the plant abounds in colouring matter, which is used as a 
yellow dye. The berries afford a kind of sauce to the poor in Sweden and the 
south of France. They are a favourite food with the Tartars, who make a jelly or 
preserve of them, and serve them up with milk or cheese, as great dainties; and 
the fishermen in the Gulf of Bothnia eat them with their fish. They are entirely 
harmless, although in Dauphiny and Spain they are considered poisonous. J. J. 
Bosseau gives an account of his having made a botanical excursion in the neigh* 
bourhood of Grenoble, with a local botanist, who, though he saw him eating the 
fruit, which he believed to be poisonous, was so polite, or regarded Rossbau with 
so much respect, that he durst not presume to warn him of his danger ; and was 
astonished that death did not ensue when he saw him eat the berries so plentifully. 
The Natural Order Elaiagne.e is composed of dicotyledonous 
shrubs or trees, with entire, extipulate leaves, which are covered, 
as well as the bark, with minute silvery scales. Their flowers are 
apetalous, and mostly dicecious. The sterile flower consists of a 
2- or 4-parted calyx, and 3 or more stamens, with 2-celled anthers. 
The fertile flower has an inferior, tubular, permanent calyx, with 
an entire, or 2- to 4-toothed limb. The ovary is 1-celled, with a 
solitary ovule. The fruit is crustaceous, and enclosed within the 
calyx, which has become fleshy ; and the seed is erect ; with a 
straight embryo, surrounded by very thin fleshy albumen. — HlF- 
roPtiAK is the only British genus in the order. 
