* LEYCESTERÍA formosa. 
Beautiful Leycesteria. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CAPRIFOLIACEZX. 
LEYCESTERIA, Wallich. Calyx 5-partitus, inzqualis, persistens. 
Corolla regularis, infundibularis, tubo basi hine gibbo. Stamina 5, exserta. 
Ovarium 5-loculare; loculis omnibus polyspermis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca 
calyce coronata. 
L. formosa. Wallich Plant. as. rar. vol. II. p. 21. t. 120. id. in Roxb. Fl. 
ind. 2. 181. DeCand. prodr. 4. 338. Endl. gen. pl. 558. no. 2335. 
Folia infericra in surculis robustioribus sepe tripartita vel triloba. 
“This charming shrub," says Dr. Wallich, “ grows wild 
on the highest mountains surrounding the valley of Nepal, 
blossoming from April to October. I have also had it from 
much more northerly situations towards Gossain Than. 
. According to my friend Dr. Govan, it is found in abundance 
at an elevation seldom less than 8000 feet above the plains, 
among the pine and oak forests of Bishuhur, as at Huttoo, 
and at Desoo in the Thakooraee of Kioonthul, blossoming 
from June till August, and called by the natives Nulkuroo.” 
The stem is said to grow from ten to twelve feet high, from 
an inch to an inch and a third in diameter. Berries dark 
purple, approaching to black. 
Dr. Royle speaks of it as common in Nepal and Kemaon, 
as well as in ts at elevations of from 6000 to 7000 
feet. 
* So named by Dr. Wallich after his friend William Leycester, Esq. chief 
judge of the principal native court underthe Bengal Presidency, a zealous friend 
of horticulture. 
