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LXXXII. ELiEAGNACEAi. [ Hippophae . 
marked by a disposition to emit suckers from the root, the seed 
rarely coining to perfection ; while in U. montana the bark is smoother, 
there are few or no suckers, and the fruit ripens perfectly. 
** Barren flowers in catkins. (Ord. LXXXII. — LXXXVII.) 
Ord. LXXXII. ELiEAGNACEiE Juss. 
Flowers mostly dioecious. — Barren fl. somewhat amentaceous. 
Perianth 2 — 4-parted. Stamens 3 or more. Anthers 2-celled. 
— Fertile fl. Perianth tubular persistent, 2 — 4-toothed or 
-cleft. Ovary 1, free, 1 -celled, with one erect ovule. Style 
short. Stigma subulate, glandular. Fruit crustaceous, enclosed 
within the fleshy perianth. Seed solitary, erect. Embryo with 
a thin fleshy albumen ; radicle inferior. — Trees or shrubs, with 
frequently leprous scales and no stipules. 
1. Hippophae Linn. Sallow-thorn. 
Dioecious. — Barren fl. collected into a small sort of catkin, 
each scale bearing a flower. Perianth bipartite, segments round- 
ish. Anthers 4, linear, nearly sessile. — Fertile fl. solitary. 
Perianth single tubular, bifid at the summit. — Name: in 
Greek 'nnroipan, apparently a corruption of inro<t>ar], from into, 
under, and <paw, to shine ; in reference to the shining scales on 
the under-sides of the leaves. 
1. H. rhamnoides L. (common S., or Sea-Buckthorn ) : E. B. 
t. 425. 
Sand-hills and cliffs upon the east and south-east coasts of Eng- 
land, as Kent, Essex. Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire. Aherlady 
on the Forth, and Toward-point on the Clyde; also in Islay and 
Kintyre, but scarcely indigenous in Scotland. h- 5 — 7. 
Ord. LXXXIII. MYRICACEiE Rich. 
Flowers monoecious or dioecious, all amentaceous. Perianth 0. 
— Barren fl. Stamens 2 — 8. Anthers 2- or 4-celled, opening 
longitudinally. — Fertile fl. Ovary free, 1 -celled, with 1 erect 
ovule, surrounded by hypogynous persistent scales. Stigmas 2. 
Fruit drupaceous, often covered with waxy secretions, and with 
the hypogynous scales becoming fleshy and adherent. Seed 
solitary, erect. Embryo without albumen; radicle short, supe- 
rior. — Shrubs, or small trees, often aromatic, with resinous 
glands and alternate leaves. In Myrica cerifera, a copious wax 
exudes from the berries, employed for economical purposes. 
