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from that species in the leaves being more fleshy, and in the 
flowers being tetramerous and tetrandrous. It is also, perhaps, 
the L. capénse, Mill. dict. no. 7, of which he gives the following 
description. ‘‘ Leaves oblong-ovate, thickish, crowded ; spines 
strong, leafy. Leaves scattered, solitary, or fascicled, thick, 
pale green, permanent.” This shrub has stood the open air 
throughout the winter in Chelsea botanic garden, but did not 
flower. 
Tetrandrous-flowered Boxthorn. 
Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 
Fl. June, July. Clit. ? 
Sect. III. Antsopén71a (from avoc, anisos, unequal ; and 
odove vdovroc, odous odontos, a tooth; in reference to the irre- 
gularly 5-toothed, or 5-cleft calyx.) Calyx urceolate, generally 
irregularly 5-cleft, or 5-toothed. Corolla tubular; limb erect, 
plicate, 5-10-toothed, rarely 5-cleft, or 5-lobed. Genitals in- 
closed, or nearly so.—Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves scat- 
tered. Flowers sub-axillary, or terminal, fasciculately umbellate. 
§ 1. Calyx 5-toothed, 5-cleft, or 5-lobed. 
22 L. rucusiorpss (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. æquin. 1. p. 147. t. 
42. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 52.) branchlets 
puberulous ; leaves obovate-oblong, bluntish, glabrous; umbels 
extra-axillary and terminal, sessile; corollas tubular, with a 5- 
toothed limb, glabrous; stamens hardly exserted. h. G. 
Native of the province of Quito, in cold places near Delay, 
Cumbe, and Cuenca, at the altitude of 1400 hexapods. Branches 
angular. Flowers pedicellate, pendulous. Calyx campanulate, 
2-lobed, one of the lobes bidentate, and the other tridentate, or 
entire. Corolla purple. Filaments dilated and villous at the 
base. Stigma 2-lobed. Berry ovate, l-celled, many-seeded, 
girded by the calyx. 
Fuchsia-like Boxthorn. Fl. Aug. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
23 L.czswrmroipes (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
53.) branchlets villously tomentose; leaves ovate, acute, gla- 
brous above, and clothed with powdery pubescence beneath; 
umbels sub-axillary and terminal, sessile ; corollas tubular, with 
a 5-lobed limb, downy ; stamens hardly exserted. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Andes of Quito, in temperate places near El Machin, 
and in the valley of the river Toche. Branchlets terete, gla- 
brous.  Pedicels villous. Calyx 5-toothed, downy. Corolla 
yellow; limb 5-lobed and plicate, downy. Berry girded by the 
calyx. Filaments a little dilated, and downy at the base. Stigma 
sub-capitate, 3-lobed. 
Gesneria-like Boxthorn.. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
24 L. uxBzLLA TUM (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 45. t. 182. 
f. b.) branchlets downy; leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 
but powdery beneath; umbels axillary, on short peduncles ; 
corolla tubular, with acute segments ; stamens inclosed. W. S. 
Native of Peru, in the valley of Canta, in hedges by way sides. 
Leaves 6 inches long. Pedicels unequal. Corolla violaceous ; 
segments of the limb acute. Filaments glabrous. Berry glo- 
bose, orange-coloured, size of a pea. Seeds reniform. 
Umbellate-flowered Box-Thorn. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 
25 L. cestror'pes (Schlecht, in Linnæa, 8. p. 70.) branches 
spinescent ; leaves alternate, and falsely fascicled, broad, lance- 
olate, acute at both ends, glabrous; flowers pedicellate, rising 
in fascicles from the axils of the upper leaves, hence they are 
sometimes falsely umbellate; calyx tubular: teeth short, trian- 
gular, very acute ; corolla tubular, glabrous, with downy mar- 
gins ; genitals inclosed ; stamens unequal; berry nearly globose, 
exceeding the calyx a little, which is cleft at the side. PAR: 
Native of the South of Brazil, near San José do Uruquay, Sello. 
Largest leaves 2 to 23 inches long. Flowers large. Calyx downy 
5-toothed, at length cleft at the side. Limb of corolla bluntly 
SOLANACE. 
XIII. Lycrum. 
5-lobed. Berry globose, red. Seeds compressed. Embryo 
annular. 
Cestrum-like Boxthorn. Shrub. 
§ 2. Calyx 10-toothed. 
96 L. Loxe’nsr (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) arboreous; branch- 
lets pubescently tomentose ; leaves ovate, somewhat acuminated, 
downy on both surfaces; umbels nearly axillary, and terminal, 
sessile ; corollas tubular, with an obsoletely 10-toothed limb, 
downy ; stamens inclosed. h. G. Native of Peru, near Loxa, 
at the altitude of 1050 hexapods. Branches terete. Leaves 3- 
31 inches long. Pedicels clothed with hoary tomentum. Calyx 
campanulate, 5-toothed, downy. Corolla yellow, downy ; limb 
plicate ; alternate teeth very minute. Filaments a little dilated, 
and downy at the base. Stigma capitate. Berry ovate-oblong, 
girded by the calyx, 1-celled. 
Loxa Boxthorn. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
27 L.conwrróriuw (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 54.) arboreous ; 
branchlets clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves roundish- 
ovate, sub-acuminated, complicate, puberulous above, but 
clothed with soft rufescent tomentum beneath ; umbels almost 
axillary, and terminal, sessile; corollas tubular, with a 10- 
toothed limb, downy; stamens inclosed. kh. G. Native of 
the province of Quito, in bushy places between Tiscan and 
Alausi, at the altitude of 1300 hexapods. L. ovale, Willd. rel. 
ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 698. Leaves 3 inches long. 
Pedicels tomentose. Calyx downy, tubularly campanulate, 5- 
cleft. Corolla downy; limb plicate, the alternate teeth very 
minute. Filaments downy at the base. Stigma sublobate. 
Berry girded by the calyx. 
Dogwood-leaved Boxthorn. Shrub 15 to 18 feet. 
28 L. umprosum (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) arboreous ; branch- 
lets clothed with hairy down; leaves oblong, acuminated, 
smoothish: floral ones ovate-rhomboid ; umbels almost axil- 
lary and terminal, sessile; corollas tubular, with a 10-toothed 
limb, hairy ; stamens almost inclosed. hk. G. Native of New 
Granada, in shady places near La Vega de St. Lorenzo, and 
Almaguer, at the altitude of 1200 hexapods, where it is called 
by the inhabitants Upaquanda. Branches rather angular. 
Leaves 6 inches long. Pedicels hairy. Corolla scarlet, widened 
at top, a little curved; the teeth of the limb obtuse and fim- 
briately ciliated. Filaments membranous at bottom and downy. 
Stigma obsoletely 3-lobed. Berry ovate, 1-celled, many- 
seeded. The plant is used in the cure of erysipelas. 
Shaded Boxthorn. Shrub 12 to 16 feet. 
+ Species hardly known. 
29 L.cArsuLA'RE (Lin. amoen. acad. 4. p. 308.) leaves lan- 
ceolate, thin, glabrous; peduncles and calyxes downy ; pericarp 
capsula. h. G. Native of Mexico, Miller. Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 1061. Lam. dict. 3. p. 510. Branches terete, furnished 
with spreading, axillary, simple spines. Leaves on short peti- 
.oles. Peduncles simple, axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves. Calyx downy. Corolla rotate. Stigmas 2, straight, 
slender. Capsule ovate, mucronate, 2-celled. Certainly not 
a "Rm of Ljcium, from the capsular fruit and rotate co- 
rolla. 
Capsular Box-Thorn. Shrub. 
30 L. Canmormia'Nuw (Walt. fl. carol. p. 84. Michx. fl. 
bor. amer. 1. p. 95.) unarmed; leaves narrow, spatulate-ob- 
long; flowers quadrifid, tetrandrous, bluish. h. H. Native 
of Carolina, Georgia, Florida, by the sea shore, among rushes. 
eee Box-Thorn. Fl. July, Sept. Cit. 1806. Shrub 4 
to 5 feet ? 
31 L. osru‘sum (Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p- 
