. 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. XXn. iJHAMNA CE^ : COLLE TIJ. 179 Berrv base by the permanent tube of the calyx, tricoccous, dehiscent. (Don's Mill.) Leaves, when present, simple, opposite, stipulate, deciduous ; very minute, and quite entire. Flowers axillary, fascicled, or racemose; and, when the leaves are absent, r
. 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. XXn. iJHAMNA CE^ : COLLE TIJ. 179 Berrv base by the permanent tube of the calyx, tricoccous, dehiscent. (Don's Mill.) Leaves, when present, simple, opposite, stipulate, deciduous ; very minute, and quite entire. Flowers axillary, fascicled, or racemose; and, when the leaves are absent, rising from beneath the base of the spines. — Much- branched shrubs, with divaricating, decussately opposite branches, and spiny branchlets. -n 1. C. Ho'n-RWA Lhidl. The bristly Colletia. Identification. Llndl. in Bot. Ad. Brong. Sjinonyme. C. ftrox Gill, et Hook, in Bot. Mis. 1. 154. t. 44^ /3. Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1776. ; and our Jig. 2G9. Spec. Char., Sfc. Spines rigid, simple, or much branched. Peduncles mostly in pairs. Calyx ovate-oblong. Stamens sessile. (Lindl.) A spiny shrub, evergreen, from the colour of its branches and branchlets. Chili and Mendoza, on mountains. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1823. Flowers greenish white, stained with dull purple; May to July, whitish, about the size of a small pea ; ripe in Sept. The young branches are fui'nished with " bright green sawed scales" as leaves ; they are placed op|)o- site, and at the base of each is a small stipule. The leaves and stipules speedily fall off', " leaving the branches to act as leaves, by the aid of their soft par- enchyma, with which they are clothed in the form of ; Hence, plants of any size appear one mass of naked spiny gi'een branches in winter; and, in summer, having leaves and flowers all over the points of the branchlets. It is a most desirable addition to our evergreen shrubs; and, as it escaped the winter of 1837-8, it may be safely recommended as hard
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