. British trees. Trees. THE BUCKTHORN. 407. PLAN of BUCKTHORN (Catharticus) FLOWER. triangular in shape, and coloured a yellowish-green ; four stamens pointing upwards alternate with the petals. The female flowers are of similar construction, but the tour stamens of the male are replaced by an ovary, with a four-branched stigma. The general form of the fruit is that of a sphere a quarter ot an inch in diameter, with a section as it were sliced off, so that where the stalk is inserted the berry is flat. The young berries change from green to dull red, and about the end of August, when they are
. British trees. Trees. THE BUCKTHORN. 407. PLAN of BUCKTHORN (Catharticus) FLOWER. triangular in shape, and coloured a yellowish-green ; four stamens pointing upwards alternate with the petals. The female flowers are of similar construction, but the tour stamens of the male are replaced by an ovary, with a four-branched stigma. The general form of the fruit is that of a sphere a quarter ot an inch in diameter, with a section as it were sliced off, so that where the stalk is inserted the berry is flat. The young berries change from green to dull red, and about the end of August, when they are fully ripe, become soft and juicy and of a very glossy black. THE BRANCHES. The shoots usually end in a thorn, and growth is continued from the uppermost pair of lateral buds, so that a fork is the result, the thorn making as it were a third diminutive prong between the two outer prongs or branches. Below the fork are other pairs of branches— some well-formed, others stunted—all alike bearing traces, in wavy well-marked rings, of the leafage of former seasons. The twigs are numerous, and set close together ; they are clumsily formed, and taper off abruptly to the terminal thorn or hud. The newly-formed branchlets are a pale bronze, or reddish-green colour ; those of last season are red-brown and smooth, while the older wood is rough and of a very dark and dingy 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 Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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