ALDER

n. Asl’du5r. From A.-S., alar, aler. O. H. Ger., elira, erila. Icel., ell, oln. Perhaps from Celtic al, near, and lan, ariver-bank. Lat., alnus. Fr.,aune. Ger., Erle. It., alno. Sp., ali so. The common name for several species of Alnus and shrul of similar appearance. [B, 34, 116.]—A. bark. See under ALNUS glut in as a.—A. buckthorn. Rhamnus frangula. {B.]—American a. Alnus serrulata. [B.]—Berry-bearing a. Rhamnus frangula. [B.]—Black a. Fr., aune noire. A name formerly O, no; O*, not; 0%, whole; Th, thin; Th?, the; U, like vo in too; U?, blue; U?, lull; U4, full; US, urn; U®, like ü (German). given in England to Rhamnus frangula; in the United States, applied to Prinos verticil lat us and Alnus in can a. [B, 19, 34.]-European a. Alnus glutinosa. [B, 5, 19.|—Heart-leaved a, Alnus cord i folia. [A, 3%.)—Red a. Cunonia capensis. [B,19.|--Smooth a. Alnus serrulata. (B.]—Speckled a., Tag a., Turkey a. ‘Alnus in can a. [A, 827; B, 31.]—White a. A name given to Clethra alnifolia and other plants. [B, 19.)