CHAP. Cl.

J/LMA'CEiE.

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Spec. Char., #c. In habit and leaves, somewhat resembling the common privet(Ligustrum vulgare L.). Leaves with very short petioles, and disks that arelanceolate-oblong, entire, somewhat membranous. Fruit rather shortlyovate. ( Michx. FI. Bor. Amer.) A native of North America , in thicketsabout rivers, in the countries of the Illinois , Tennessee, &c.; flowering inJuly and August. (Smith.) Introduced into England in 1812, by Lyon;and there are plants in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, where it growsfreely in common garden soil, forming a shrub, apparently a fit associatefor Zngustrum, Fontanesia, and Z’rinos.

& 2. B. (?£.) acumina'ta Willd. The acuminate-/<?aued Borya.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 711.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 5.

Synonymes. Ad£lia acuminata Michx. FI. Bor. Amer. , 2. p. 225. t. 48.;

Bigelbv&z acuminata Smith in Rees's Cyclop. Addenda, Lodd. Cat. ,ed. 1836.

The Sexes. Uncertain which is in England.

Engravings. Michx. Fi. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 28.; and our Jig. 1229.

Spec. Char., 8;c. Leaves membranous, lanceolate inalmost a rhombic manner; but most tapered to theoutward end ; l|in. long, serrulate.—Male flowersseveral together in small sessile tufts, encompassedwith several ovate bracteas. — Female flowersstalked, very small. Fruit pendulous, elliptic-ob-long, nearly 1 in. long before it is ripe, tapered tothe tip in a beak-like manner. —■ It appears that thetaper lateral branches form something like thorns.

(Michx. and Smith.) Indigenous to the banks ofrivers in Carolina and Georgia. Introduced intoEngland in 1812 ; but the plants in the arboretumof Messrs. Loddiges have not yet flowered. Theonly difference which we can observe betweenB. acuminata and B. figustrina is, that the formerhas the leaves of a paler green.

* 3. B. (l.) porulo'sa Willd. The \>ove-like-dotted-leaved Borya.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., i. p. 711.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 5.

Synonymes. Adfelia porulhsa Michx. Ft. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 224.; Bigelbvm porulbsa Smith in Becs'sCyclop., Addenda ; ? B. ov&ta Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.ine Sexes. Uncertain which is in England.

pec Char , Src Leaves coriaceous, sessile, lanceolately ovate, but with ablunt point, entire; the lateral edges revolute; under surface rather rusty,and punctured with little holes. (Michx. FI. Bor. Amer .) It is indigenousto the coasts of Georgia and Florida . Introduced into England in 1806.The plants in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges differ from B. figustrina,chiefly in the leaves being shorter.

* 4. B. distichophyTla Nutt. The two-rowed-leaved Borya.

Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. PI., 2. p. 232.

^ l^ft. to 16 ft. high. Leaves in two rows, subsessile, lanceolate, acute, entire

r?i « afc « e et *j= e J membranous. Branchlets very slender. Scales of the bud pungently acute,U confluent in the leaves.” Indigenous to the banks of French Broad River, East Tennessee,vi,Jif * 1%U> who seen a iive.} Mr. George Don thinks that this plant has been introduced ; butwe have never seen it

CHAP. ci.

OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER PLMA'CE*.

charact^ ^ * nc ^ u< ^ e ^ ' n three genera, which have the following names and

FAmus L. Flowers, in most species, protruded earlier than the shootsand leaves of the year; disposed in groups, each group lateral, and proceeding