. 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. LVIII. POLYGONACE^. 677 St/nonj/Tnes. i7Sliraus scciindus Clits. Hist. 54. f.; H. vulgJiris Ger. Emac. 523. f.; i/Slimus sou PortulSca marina Satih. Pin. 120. ; ^'triplex marltima, H&limus et PortuUca marina dicta, an- gustifblia, Rati Syn. 153. ; the narrow-leaved Sea Purslane Tree.
. 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. LVIII. POLYGONACE^. 677 St/nonj/Tnes. i7Sliraus scciindus Clits. Hist. 54. f.; H. vulgJiris Ger. Emac. 523. f.; i/Slimus sou PortulSca marina Satih. Pin. 120. ; ^'triplex marltima, H&limus et PortuUca marina dicta, an- gustifblia, Rati Syn. 153. ; the narrow-leaved Sea Purslane Tree. Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 231. ; and our^. 1320. Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem shrubby, spreading. Leaves opposite, obovate-Ian- ceolate, entire. Flowers generally unisexual; those of both sexes upon one plant. {Smith.') A low sub-evergreen shrub, of a silvery glaucous hne. Northern shores of Europe; and, in Britain and Ireland, occasionally found in muddy places by the sea side. Height 1ft. to 2 ft. Flowers yellow; July and August. The leaves are less silvery than those of the preceding species; and the whole plant much smaller. Genus III. DIO^TIS Schreb. The Diotis. Lin. Syst. MonoeVia Tetrandria. Identification. Lin. Gen. PI., cd. Schreber, No. 1423.; Eng. Flor., 3. p. 402. Synonymes, Ceratoldes Tourn.; A'xyris hin. j Ceratosp^rmum Pers. Derivation. From dis. twice, and otM, otos. an ear. The calyx of the female flower ends in two segments, which fancy may compare to ears, although they more resemble horns : and this second idea is doubtless that referred to in Toumefort's generic name Ceratoldes, from kerai, a horn, gen. keratoSj and eidos, likeness. Gen. Char., %c. Flowers unisexual.—Male flower with the calyx inferior, and 4 permanent petals. Stamens 4, inserted at the bottom of the calyx ; opposite to, and prominent beyond, the sepals. — Female flower with the calyx inferior, deeply divided, and ending in two horns, permanent. Fruit a utricle, villous at the base. Leaves si
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