OLEIN E. 
Lam. ill. 1. t. 7. 
mánicum, Bauh. hist. 475. 
white at first, but soon changing to a reddish brown. 
dark purple, almost black. 
The common privet, in old English authors, is also called 
Prim, Print, Primprint, from its regular appearance when clipped. 
In German, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish, it is called Liguster ; 
in French, Troene; in Italian, Ligustro; in Spanish, Alhena ; 
in Portuguese, 4/fena. 
In point of utility and ornament, few shrubs exceed the 
privet. Its chief use is to form such hedges as are required in 
divided gardens, for shelter or ornament; and for this purpose 
the Italian or Evergreen Privet is usually preferred. It bears 
clipping well, and is not liable to be disfigured by insects; and 
having only fibrous roots, it robs the ground less than almost 
any other shrub. It is one of the few plants that will thrive in 
the smoke of London; it also grows well under the drip of 
trees. The wood is hard, and fit for timber. From the pulp of 
the berries a rose-coloured pigment may be prepared. With 
the addition of alum they dye wool and silk of a good durable 
green; for this purpose they must be gathered as soon as they 
are ripe; they continue on the shrub till spring, and in times of 
scarcity are eaten by different sorts of birds, particularly the 
bulfinch. The following varieties are in the gardens. 
Var. a, leucocárpum. The white-berried Privet. 
Var. y, xanthocárpum. The yellow-berried Privet. 
Var. 6, sempervirens. L. ltálicum, Mill. The Italian or 
Evergreen Privet. 
Bull. herb. t. 295. Mill. fig. 162. L. Ger- 
The flowers are sweet scented, 
Berries 
Var. e, variegàtum. The variegated-leaved Privet. The 
leaves are edged with white or yellow. 
Var. ı angustifolium. The narrow-leaved Privet. 
Common Privet. Fl. June, July. Britain. Shrub 6-10 
feet. 
2 L. SixE' sss (Lour. coch. 19.) leaves lanceolate, tomentose ; 
racemes coarctate. b. H. Native of China, near Canton. 
Vahl, enum. 1. p. 35. Branches diffuse. Flowers white. 
Calyx cup-shaped. Berries very small, brown. 
Chinese Privet. Shrub 6-8 feet. 
3 L. Japénicum (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 17. t. 1.) leaves oblong- 
ovate, somewhat acuminated, glabrous; racemes compound; 
peduncles and pedicels spreading. h. Native of Japan. 
Vabl, enum. 1. p. 35. L. latifolium, Vitm. summ. 1. p. 21. 
Lin. syst. 56. Branches wrinkled, glabrous. Calyx tubular, 
truncate. Flowers white. Leaves grooved along the middle 
above, with a corresponding raised line beneath. 
Japan Privet. Shrub 6-8 feet. 
4 L. sprca‘tum (Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 107.) 
leaves elliptie, acute, hairy beneath, as well as the branchlets ; 
flowers crowded, almost sessile, spicate, disposed in a thyrse, 
having the axis very hairy; bracteas minute. 5. H. Native 
of Nipaul, on the mountains. Hook. bot. mag. 2921. L. 
Nepalénse, Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 151. pl. rar. asiat. 3. p. 
17.t. 281. L.lanceolàtum, herb. Lamb. Flowers white. L. 
vestitum, Wall. appears to be nothing but a variety of this 
species; the thyrse is more crowded, more densely hairy, as 
well as the young leaves, branchlets, &c. 
Spicate-flowered Privet. Fl. June, July. 
6-8 feet. 
5 L. puse’scEns (Wall. cat. no. 1742. pl. rar. asiat. 3. p. 44.) 
leaves lanceolate, acutish, rather glabrous; branches without 
dots, downy at tops; berries oblong, pruinose, panicled. h. 
H. Native of the Burmese Empire, on Mount Taong Dong. 
Downy Privet. Shrub. 
6 L. sRacTEoLA'ruM (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 107.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous as well as the branches ; 
flowers disposed in bracteate panicles; peduncles very hairy ; 
Clt. 1823. Shrub 
I. Ligustrum. 
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bracteoles linear lanceolate. h. H. Native of Nipaul. L. 
Japónicum, Hamilt. mss. Phillyrea bracteolàta, Herb. Lamb. 
The L. Japónicum, Thunb. differs from this, in the leaves being 
ovate and bluntish, in the flowers being pedicellate, and in the 
peduncles and pedicels being glabrous. 
Bracteolate-flowered Privet. Shrub. ; 
7 L. tu'crpum (Ait. hort. kew. l, p. 19.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
acuminated, shining above; panicles thyrsoid, spreading much. 
h.H. Native of China. Sims, bot. mag. 2565. Leaves broad. 
Flowers white. This tree affords a kind of waxy matter. 
Shining Privet, or Wax Tree. Fl. Sept. Oct. Cit. 1794. 
Tree 10 to 20 feet. 
Cult. All species of Privet are of easy culture, and will grow 
in any kind of soil. Cuttings root without difficulty. ZL. 
lucidum requires some protection in severe weather. 
II. PHILLYREA. 
II. PHILLY’REA (from $vAXov, phyllon, a leaf; shrubs 
leafy.) Dioscor. Tourn. inst. 367. Lin. gen. no. 19. Vaill. 
acad. sc. p. 197. t. 13. f. 35-37. Juss. gen. 106. Gertn. fr. 
2.p.11.t. 92. Vent. tabl. 2. p. 313. Lam. ill. 1. t. 8. 
Lin. syst. — Diándria, Monogy'nia. Calyx small, tubular, 
4-toothed, permanent. Corolla short, campanulate, rotate, 4-cleft, 
deciduous. Stamens a little exserted; with short filaments. 
Style simple; stigma thickish. Drupe globose, containing a 2- 
celled nut; one of the cells usually abortive. Seed solitary 
ineach cell. Albumen rather farinaceous or fleshy.—Evergreen 
shrubs and trees. Leaves opposite. Racemes axillary. Flowers 
greenish-white. Drupes black, globose. 
1 P. AwGusTIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1. p. 10. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 
36.) leaves linear-lanceolate, quite entire. 5h. H. Native of 
Italy and Spain. Lam. ili. t. 8. f. 3. P. obliqua, Tenore, syll. 
. 9. P. média, Tenore. fl. nap. 3. p. 6. Branches beset 
with elevated dots. Leaves obsoletely veined. 
Var. a, lanceolata (Ait.hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves lanceolate ; 
branches erect. b. H. P. no. iv. Clus. hist. 1. p. 52. 
Far. f. rosmarinif lia (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves lan- 
ceolate-subulate, elongated ; branches straight. h. H. P. no. 
v. Clus. hist. 1. p. 52. Rosemary-leaved Phillyrea. 
Var. y, brachiata (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, shorter than in the other varieties; branches divari- 
cate. bh. H. Dwarf Phillyrea. 
Narron-leaved Phillyrea. Fl. May, June. 
Shrub 8-10 feet. 
2 P. uz pia (Lin. spec. p. 10.) leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 
or a little serrated in the middle, triple-nerved, veiny. h. H, 
Native of the south of Europe. Kerner, t. 774.  P.latifólia, 
var. s, média, Lapeyr. pl. pyr. p. 4. P. ligustrifolia, Mill. dict. 
no. 4. P. lz'vis, Tenore, syll. p. 9. P.latifólia, var. a, ligustri- 
folia, Poll. pl. ver. 1. p. 7. 
Var (), virgata (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves lanceolate, 
branches erect. p. H. 
Var. y, buxifolia (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves oval-oblong, 
bluntish. h.H. 
Intermediate or Lance-leaved Phillyrea. 
Cit. 1597. Shrub 10-15 feet. 
3 P. LIGUSTRIFÒLIA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, sub-serrated in the middle, obsoletely-veined ; 
branches erect. h.H. Native of the south of Europe, as of 
Spain and the south of France. P. virgàta, Willd. enum. 1. p. 
12. P. média var. a, Willd. spec. 1. p. 42.  Phillfrea, iii. Clus. 
hist. p. 52.— Lob. icon. 2. p. 131. Very like P. péndula, Ait. 
Privet-leaved Phillyrea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1596. Shrub 
10-15 feet. 
4 P. rz/Npura (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acute, obsoletely serrated at the apex, veiny ; branches 
Clit. 1597. 
Fl. May, June. 
