. 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. 67G ARBORETUM ET mUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. the lower half an inch long, the floral ones shorter. Flowers of the shape of those of C. maritimum, three together, attached to the petiole above its base, not bracteated. The sepals that attend the fruit are equal and convex at the back. (Bieb.)
. 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. 67G ARBORETUM ET mUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. the lower half an inch long, the floral ones shorter. Flowers of the shape of those of C. maritimum, three together, attached to the petiole above its base, not bracteated. The sepals that attend the fruit are equal and convex at the back. (Bieb.) A sub-evergreen shrub, frequent in plains of Eastern •"'^f Caucasus, towards the Caspian Sea, and near the salt river Gorkaja, where it is believed to be dele- terious to horses. Height 3 ft. Introduced in 1825, but very seldom found in 131S. C. parvif6liuiii. Genus II. ^ J ^'TRIPLEX L. The Oracbb. Lin. Si/st. Polygamia Monoecia. Identi/lcation. Lin. Gen., 745. ; Eng. Flor., 4. p. 255. Synonymes, Arroche, Fr.; Melde, Ger. ; Atriplice, Ital. Derivation, From ater, black ; according to some by antiphraais, in reference fo the whitish, or mealy, hue of the plants. Gen. Char., Sfc. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds upon one plant.—Bisexualfiower with the calyx inferior, and 5 sepals. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Anthers with round lobes. — Female flower with the calyx inferior, deeply divided into two large, flat, equal or nearly equal, lobes. Ovary compressed. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now enlarged. {G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; undivided or jagged, bearing a meal-like scurf. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, numerous, small, greenish. — Shrubs, subevergreen, natives of Europe, with imperfectly woody branches, and succulent leaves, white or glaucous from being covered with a mealy powder ; of easy culture and propagation in any common garden soil. a » \. A. //a'lim
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