. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. R. cathartica. R. lanceolata, R, alnifoHa, R. caroliniana. R. Frangula. 1. Rhamnus cathartica L. Buckthorn. Fig. 2823. Rhamnus cathartica L. Sp. PI. 193. 1753. A shrub, 6°-2o° high, the twigs often ending in stout thorns. Leaves glabrous, petioled, broadly ovate or elliptic, 1V-2V long, about l' wide, regularly crenate or crenulate, acute, obtuse or acuminate a
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. R. cathartica. R. lanceolata, R, alnifoHa, R. caroliniana. R. Frangula. 1. Rhamnus cathartica L. Buckthorn. Fig. 2823. Rhamnus cathartica L. Sp. PI. 193. 1753. A shrub, 6°-2o° high, the twigs often ending in stout thorns. Leaves glabrous, petioled, broadly ovate or elliptic, 1V-2V long, about l' wide, regularly crenate or crenulate, acute, obtuse or acuminate at the apex, obtuse or acutish at the base, with 3-4 pairs of veins, the upper running nearly to the apex; flowers dioecious, greenish; about 1" wide, clustered in the axils, unfolding a little later than the leaves; petals, stamens and calyx-teeth 4; petals very narrow; drupe globose, black, about 4" in diameter; nutlets 3 or 4, grooved. In dry soil, escaped from hedges, New England, the Middle States and Ontario. Introduced from Europe and native also of northern Asia. May- June. Hart's-thorn. Rhineberry. Waythorn. Purg- ing buckthorn. The berries yield a dye, and have powerful medicinal Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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