Order Cxxxiv
ELÆAGNEÆ.
Hardy shrubs or small trees, with deciduous leaves, covered, as well as the bark, with minute silvery scales: their flowers are inconspicuous, but sometimes agreeably fragrant. They occupy but little space; a few inhabiting China and Japan, and the remainder Europe, North America, and Guiana. The berries of Hippophae rhamnoides, which are slightly acid, are used as a kind of sauce by the Swedes. 259 Elæágnus W. 2057 Shepherdia Nutt.