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ELiEAGNUS parvifolia. 
Small-leaved Oleaster . 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. El^eagnaceie. 
ELJEAGNTJS. Supra vol. 14. fol. 1156. 
. parvifolia ; folns oblongis petiolatis supra viridibus adultis lsevibus infra 
cmereo-lepidotis, flonbus in axillis ramulorum brevium subsolitariis 
petiolis longionbus aut foliorum abortu corymbosis, calyce angusto in- 
iundibulan lacmus acutis. 5 
E. P^v^olia , Wall. Cat. herb. ind. no. 4026. Hoyle Illustrations, p. 323. 
Irutex adultus flonbus onustus foliis fere deficientibus, et turn flores dense 
corymb osi ; junior magis foliosus, floribus solitariis axillaribus. Facies 
cinerea, siccatione canescens. In spontaneis pagina foliorum superior 
praesertim jumorum pilis stellatis cinerea qui cultis deficiunt. Flores 
albi ; odor suavissimus. 
Making allowance for the effects of climate, we may iden- 
tity this plant with the Elceagnus parvifolia of Wallich and 
Royle, a shrub from the north of India, of which abundant 
specimens were distributed by the former Botanist. They are 
more grey indeed, and their silvery scales are more abundant, 
but this is a mere difference m degree. Indeed the Sirmore 
specimens, from the collections of Webb and Gerard, are as 
green as our own The Kamaon specimens are more loaded 
with flowers, which appear moreover in short dense corymbs, 
and not singly m the axils of short lateral branches ; but this 
seems owing to nothing more than the abortion of the leaves 
on their branches, possibly by reason of the crowds of flowers 
that appear m old specimens. 
It is probably the same as the Elceagnus reflexa of the 
Continent a name for which we find no warrant. The 
S , maU and whltlsh > and therefore inconspi- 
cuous, are deliciously sweet. " 
