. 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. 680 ARBOIIETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM/ interior pair, the latter resembling petals; or 4-parted, with the lobes equal. Stamens 6. Stigmas 2, in one species ; style bifid, in the other. Fi-uit compressed, in one species ; roundish, in the other. (G. Don.} Leaves simple, alternate, stip
. 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. 680 ARBOIIETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM/ interior pair, the latter resembling petals; or 4-parted, with the lobes equal. Stamens 6. Stigmas 2, in one species ; style bifid, in the other. Fi-uit compressed, in one species ; roundish, in the other. (G. Don.} Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; small, more or less ovate. Flowei-s terminal, white, tinged with pink. â Shrubs, spinose, low, decumbent; natives of the South of Europe. Culture as in Tragopjrum. â K 1. A. SPINOUS A L. The s[i\ne-branchcd Atraphaxis. Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 138.; VrtlM. Sp. PI., 2. p. 248. Synonyme. .4'triplex orientSiJs, frQtex aculeiltus, flbre plilchro, Toum. Cor. 83. Engravings. Deiid. Brit., t. 119.; and our fig. 1325. Spec. Char., S;c. Spinose, with the branches ascending, . horizontal, or deflexed. Leaves glaucous, \ in. long, or less ; disk ovate, acute, petiole short. Calyx of 4 leaves. ( Willd:) A low sub-evergreen shrub. Borders of the Caspian Sea and the Levant. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introd. 1732. Flowers white, tinged with pink; August. Seeds brown, occasionally ripened. It thrives best in sandy peat, and is propagated by layers. So elegant and rare a plant deserves a place in every choice collection. Ji 2. A. UNDULA^TA L. The waved-leaved Atraphaxis. Idintification. Lin. Hort. CliiT., ; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 249. Engravings. Dill. Elth., t. 32. f. 36. ; and our^.1326. Spec. Char., 8;c. Less rigid than A. spinosa, and not spiny. Leaves ovate, waved at the edges, and of a gi'eener hue. Calyx 4-parted, lobes equal, ovate, and concave. Stamens lanceolate. Style bifid. Fruit roundish. (Willd?) Alow shrub. Cape of Good Hope. Height 6 in. to 1 f
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