. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXXI. NITRARIA CEiE : NITRA RIA. 467 80S. D. birbora. They will grow in any dry soil, and are readily propagated by cuttings of the half-ripened wood. jt 1. D- ba'kbara L. The barbarous Decumaria. Identificatim. Lin. Sp., No. 1668. j Pursh Sept., 1. p. 328.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 206. Synimi
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXXI. NITRARIA CEiE : NITRA RIA. 467 80S. D. birbora. They will grow in any dry soil, and are readily propagated by cuttings of the half-ripened wood. jt 1. D- ba'kbara L. The barbarous Decumaria. Identificatim. Lin. Sp., No. 1668. j Pursh Sept., 1. p. 328.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 206. Synimi/mes. D. radlcans Masnch Meth. 17.; D. Fors^Ch/a Mlchx. Fl. Bor, Amer. 1. p. 282.; D. prostrata Lodd. Cat. Engravings. N. Du Ham., «. t. 20.; and our Jigs. 838. and 839. Spec, Char., S[C. Leaves ovate-ob- long, acute at both ends, gla- brous, entire or toothed at the tip. Buds hairy with short ru- fous hairs. (Z>ec. Prod.) A sai'uientose shrub seldom seen in a vigorous state in British gar- dens. America, and Lower Ca- rolina, in shady woods. Height 4 ft. to 5ft.;' against a wall 10 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1783. Flowers white, in corymbose panicles, sweet-scented ; July and August. Variety. .*â D. b. 2 sarmentosa Dec. Prod. iii. p. 206.; D. sarmentosa Bosc Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. i. p. 76. t. 13., Pursh. Sept. 1. p. 328.; Forsythia scandens Wa/t. Car. 134. â Lower leaves rounded; upper leaves ovate-lanceo- late. (Dec. Prod.) A native of moist shaded places in Virginia and Carolina, where, in company with 2izyphus volubilis, it ascends the tallest cypress trees in the cedar swamps. Larger in all its parts than the species. The flowers are only produced in favourable situations ; and the plant seldom rises above 4^ or 5 feet, in the open air, in the climate of Order XXXI. NITRARIAXE^. Ord. Char. Calyx 5-toothed, inferior, fleshy. Petals 5, inflexed; aestivation valvate. Stamens 15. Anthers innate. Ovarium superior, 3- or more celled. Stigma ter'minated by a
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