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LXXXV. THYMEL^EACEiE 
outside ; lobes small, obtuse. Filaments short. Disk of 4 or 5 erect, 
linear scales. Ovary hairy ; style short, stigma large, globose. 
Drupe J in., enclosed at first in the perianth which ultimately splits 
and falls off, black when ripe. 
Narkunda, Patarnala ; June, July.— Temperate Himalaya, 5000-9000 ft. — 
N. Asia. 
Common about Mussoorie and in Kumaon. It furnishes a useful fibre. , 
LXXXVI. ELAEAGNACE.® 
Erect shrubs, more or less covered with minute, silvery or brown, 
scurfy, peltate scales. Leaves alternate, shortly stalked, simple, 
Fig. 141. El^agnus umbellata. 
entire ; stipules none. Flowers small, 2- or 1-sexual, usually in 
axillary clusters. Perianth tubular, with 4 deciduous lobes or in 
the male flowers of Hippophae of 2 opposite, leaf-like segments. 
Stamens 4 ; anthers nearly sessile. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; 
style linear, stigma lateral. Nut 1-seeded, enclosed in the succu- 
lent perianth-tube. — A small Order inhabiting N. temperate or 
tropical regions. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, |-1 in. broad. Flowers 2-sexual . 1. Elceagnus. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, § in. broad. Flowers- 1-sexual . . 2. Hippophae, 
