LXXXYI. ELiEAGrNACEJE 
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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. Ind. v. 201. Usually 
thorny ; stems 2-6 ft. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, l-3x|-l in., 
obtuse, glabrous or stellately hairy on the 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 . HIPPOPHAE. 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. Ind. 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 J 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 pro- 
truding. 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. LORANTHACE^ 
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 
