. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Lepargyraea argentea (Nutt.) Greene. Buffalo-berry. Rabbit-berry. Fig. 2997. Elaeagiuis argcnlca Xutt. Fraser's Cat. 1813. Hippopha'c argciuca Pursh. Fl. .•\iti, Sept. 115. Shepherdia argcitica Nult. Gen. 2: 241. 1818. L. argenlea Greene. Pitlonia 2: 122. 1890. A shrub, 4°-i8° high, the twigs often tcrtninating in thorns. Leaves oblong, or sometimes oblong-lanceola
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Lepargyraea argentea (Nutt.) Greene. Buffalo-berry. Rabbit-berry. Fig. 2997. Elaeagiuis argcnlca Xutt. Fraser's Cat. 1813. Hippopha'c argciuca Pursh. Fl. .•\iti, Sept. 115. Shepherdia argcitica Nult. Gen. 2: 241. 1818. L. argenlea Greene. Pitlonia 2: 122. 1890. A shrub, 4°-i8° high, the twigs often tcrtninating in thorns. Leaves oblong, or sometimes oblong-lanceolate, 1-2' long, rarely more than V wide, obtuse at the apex, usually cuneate-narrowed at the base, densely silvery-scurfy on both sides; petioles 2"-6" long; flowers fascicled at the nodes, the globose buds very silvery; fruit oval, or ovoid, scarlet, sour, 2"-3" long, edible. Minnesota to Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Kansas and Nevada. April-May. Called also beef-suet tree, silver leaf. Wild oleaster- or olive-tree. Eull-berry. Fruit ripe July-.'^ug. Family 96. LYTHRACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 100. 1836. Loosestrife Family. Herbs, shrubs, or often trees in tropical regions, mostly with opposite leaves and solitary or clustered mostly axillary perfect flowers. Stipules usually none. Calyx persistent, free from the ovary, but generally enclosing it, the limb toothed and often with accessory teeth in the sinuses. Petals as many as the primary calyx-teeth or none, inserted on the calyx. Disk annular or none. Stamens various, inserted on the calyx. Anthers versatile, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary sessile or stipitate, 2-6-celled or sometimes i-celled; style i; stigma capitate or 2-lobed; ovules x, rarely few, anatropous. Capsule i-several-celled, variously dehiscent or sometimes indehiscent. Seeds without endosperm; cotyledons flat, often auricled at the base. About 21 genera and 400 species, of wide geographic distribution, most abundant in tropical America.
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