LXXXYI. ELiEAGrNACEiE 
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1. ELiEAGNUS. A name applied by classical authors to the 
Wild Olive and also to a Common Willow, Salix fragilis. — N. 
temperate regions. 
Elseagnus umbellata, Thunb . ; FI. Br. Bid. v. 201. Usually 
thorny ; stems 2-6 ft. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 x J-l in., 
obtuse, glabrous or stellately hairy on tho upper surface, silvery- 
scaly on the lower. Flowers fragrant, white, stalked, in axillary 
clusters, appearing with the leaves. Perianth nearly \ in., densely 
scaly ; tube constricted above the ovary. Stamens on the mouth 
of the perianth and alternate with the triangular, acute lobes. 
Style included, tip curved. Fruit ovoid, ^ in. long ; nut bony, 
ribbed, covered on the inside with white hairs. (Fig. 141.) 
Simla, Mushobra; April, May. — Temperate Himalaya, 3000-10,000 ft. — 
N. Asia. — Fruit edible. 
2. HIPP0PHAE. From hippophaes, the Greek name of the 
Prickly Spurge, Euphorbia spinosa ; its application here is unex- 
plainable. — N. Asia, Europe. 
*Hippophae salicifolia, Don; FI. Br. Bid. v. 203. Thorny; 
stems 10-20 ft. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2-3 xf in., glabrous or 
stellately pubescent on the upper surface, softly white-tomentose 
on the lower except the rusty red midrib, edges recurved. Flowers 
scaly, less than \ in., 1-sexual, the male and female on different 
plants. Male flowers sessile, clustered in the axils of . usually 
fallen leaves : perianth of 2 opposite, concave, rounded, leaf-like 
segments ; stamens 4. Female flowers stalked, axillary, solitary or 
clustered : perianth tubular, minutely 2-toothed ; stigma protruding. 
Fruit ovoid, \ in., orange or scarlet when ripe, the seed contained 
in a membranous utricle. 
Sutlej valley ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
Nearly allied to the British Sea Buckthorn, H. rhamnoides. 
LXXXVII. LORANTHACEiE 
Small shrubs, parasitic on the trunk or branches of trees. Leaves 
usually opposite, simple, entire, sometimes none. Flowers regular, 
2- or 1-sexual, in clusters or racemes, in Loranthus composed of 
both calyx and corolla, in Viscum, of only a single perianth. Tube 
of calyx or perianth adnate to the ovary ; limb in Loranthus none 
or short, in Viscum 4- or 3 -parted. Corolla in Loranthus tubular, 
4- or 5-lobed ; lobes valvate in bud. Stamens as many as the 
corolla- or perianth-lobes, opposite, or in Viscum adnate to them. 
Ovary inferior, 1 -celled ; style linear or none; stigma terminal or 
