. 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. 241. Palidrjs acul^tiis. sembles its brim; the French have given this tree the name oiparte-chapeau. On both shores of the Mediterranean, it grows to about the same height as the common hawthorn, on rocky sterile places. In many parts of Italy the hedges are formed of this plant, as they
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. 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. 241. Palidrjs acul^tiis. sembles its brim; the French have given this tree the name oiparte-chapeau. On both shores of the Mediterranean, it grows to about the same height as the common hawthorn, on rocky sterile places. In many parts of Italy the hedges are formed of this plant, as they are of the hawthorn in Britain ; it is also the common hedge plant in Asia. Any common soil; seeds, or cuttings of the root. at 2. P. (a.) virga^tus D. Don. The twiggy Christ's Thorn. Don's MUl., 2. p. 23. Idtntification. D. Don in Bot. Mag.; and FI. Nep., 189. EngraviTtgs, Bot. Mag., t. 2535.; and our fig. 242. Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches smooth. Leaves obliquely cor- date, or elliptical, 3-herved, shining; wing of fruit entire. (<?. Hon.) A deciduous shrub. Nepal, on mountains. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers greenish yellow, in axillary corymbs; July and August. Fruit yellow; ripe in September. The only tree which we have seen of this species is in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, where in general aspect it bears aclose resemblance to P. aculeatus, of which it is in aU probability only a variety. Genus III.. PalitlrUB Tirg^tuB. BERCHE'MJ^ Neck, The Berchbmia. Monogj-nia. Elem., 2. p. 122. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 22.; lAn. Syst. Pentandria Brongn. Mem. Rham., 49.; Don's Identification. Neck. MUl., 2. p. 27. Smom/me. CEnApIia Heiw. F. Gen. 1. p. 161., and SchuU. SyU. S. p. 962. Derivation. From Berchem, probably the name of some botanist. Gen. Char. Calyx vrith a hemispherical tube, and 5 erect segments. Petals 5, convolute. Stamens included within the petals. Anthers ovate, 3-celled.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may