RABBIT BERRY. 
Natural Order , Ela:agne^e, (Jussieu.) Linnsean Classifi- 
cation , Dicecia, Octandria. 
SHEPHERDIA,! (Nuttall.) Hippophae, (Pursh.) 
Flowers diceciotjs. — Male calyx 4-cleft, much larger than that 
of the female. Corolla , none. Stamina 8, alternating with 
a torus of 8 glands. — Female flower with a small 4-cleft, 
superior, campanulate calyx , and 8 glands. Style 1; stigma 
oblique, subcapitate. Berry juicy, 1-seeded, globose, invested 
with the fleshy calyx. 
Small trees, spinescent or unarmed, with the general aspect of 
Elxagnus. Leaves entire, opposite, clothed with silvery and 
ferruginous scales. Flowers small, in axillary clusters, or in 
spikes. Berries pulpy, diaphanous, scarlet, subacid. 
RABBIT BERRY, or WESTERN SHEPHERDIA. 
SHEPHERDIA ARGENTEA,/o/m oblongo-ovatis , obtusis, gla- 
bris , utrinque argenteo-lepidotis , jloribus glomeratis . — 
Nutt. Gen. Amer., vol. 2. p. 240. Loudon’s Encyc. Plants, 
p. 836. Arboretum et Frutic. p. 1321. fig. 1208. Hooker, 
Flor. Bor. Amer., vol. 2. p. 138. tab. 178, (well illustrated.) 
Hippophae argentea , Pursh, Flor. Bor. Am. p. 115. 
This very useful, hardy, and ornamental tree, is 
t Named in honour of the late Mr. Wm. Shepherd , then cura- 
tor of the Liverpool Botanic Garden. A most scientific gardener 
and skilful cultivator. 
