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'^hkh. includes ihofe plants whofe Rowers have five 

 flam'uu and one ftyle. 



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lineari-longioHbus, tubo 



Boxthorn "Ji^ith 



The Species are, 

 i. Lycium {Jfru}n) foliis 



florum longiori, fegmcntis obtufis. 



ionger linear leaves^ a longer tube to the flozver^ and oh- 



ttife fegments. Lycium foliis linearibus. Here. Cliff. 



Boxthorn with linear leaves, 



foliis lineari-brevioribus, tubo 



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 5.' Lye III M {It all am) 



florum breviori, fegmcntis ovalibus patentiffimis. Box- 

 thorn mthjhorter linear leaves^ a fiarter tube to the 



foiveTy and dval fegments fpr ending open. 



3. Lycium (&/;V/7^//?/;;0 foliis cuneiformibus. VirXli^ 



14. Boxthorn with wedge-Jhaped leaves, Jafminoides 

 aculeatum, falicis folio, flore parvo ex albo purpura- 

 fcente. Mitchel. Gen. 224. Prickly Baftardjafminewith 

 {I IFillow leaf and a fmall purplijh white flower. 



4. Lycium {Barbarum) foliis lanceolatis craffiufculis, ca- 

 - lycibus trifidis. Lin* Sp. Plant. 192. Boxthorn with 



fpear-Jhaped thick leaves^ and trifid empalemenls, Jaf- 

 minoides aculeatum, polygon! folio, floribus parvis 

 albidis. Shaw. Afr. 349. f. 349. Prickly Baflardjaf- 

 mlne^ with a Knot-grafs leaf and fmall zvhitifh flowers, 



5. Lycium {Chinenfe) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, ramis dif- 

 fufis, floribus folitariis patentibus alaribus, ftylo lon- 

 giori. Boxthorn with oval fpear-fhaped leaves^ diffufed 

 branches^ and Jingle fpreading flowers proceeding from 

 the fides of the branches ^ with a longer ftyle. 



6. Lycium {Halimifdlitm) foliis lanceolatis acutis. Box- 

 thorn with fpear-fhaped acute leaves, Jafminoides Si- 

 llenfe halimi folio longiore & anguftiore. Du Ham. 

 306. China Bajiardjafmine with a narrower and longer 

 leaf 



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layers. If by feeds, they fiiould be fown In the au- 

 tumn foon after they are ripe; for if they are l^cpc 

 out of the ground till Ipring, they fcldom come up the 

 firfl: year. If the feeds are fown in pots, the pots 

 Ihould be plunged into feme old tan in the winter 

 and in very fevere froft covered with Peas-haulm or 

 ftraw, but in mild weather fliould be open to 'receive 

 the wet •, in the fpring the pots fliould be plun^:red 

 into a moderate hot-bed, which will foon brino- up 

 the plants ; thefe muft be inured to bear the open 

 air as foon as the danger of froll is over, and when 

 they are three inches high, they may be fliaken out of 

 the pots, and each planted in a fmall feparate pot 

 filled with loamy earth, and placed in the fliade till 

 they have taken new root, v/hen they may be removed 

 to a flickered fituation, where they may remain till the 

 autumn \ then they fliould be either removed into the 

 green-houfe, or placed under a hot-bed frame to fliel- 

 ter them from hard frofl: ; for thefe plants are too 

 tender to live in the open air in England, fo they muft 

 be kept in pots and treated in the fame way as Myr- 

 tles, and other hardy green-houfe plants ; but when 

 the plants are grown ftrong, there may be a few of 

 them planted in the full ground in a warm fitua- 

 tion, where they will live in moderate winters, but in 

 hard frofl:s they are commonly defl:royed. If the cut- 

 tings of thefe plants are planted in a ftiady border in 

 July, arid duly watered, they will take root, and 

 may then be treated in the fame way as the feedling 

 plants. 



The fecond fort w^as raifed in the Chelfea garden 

 from feeds which came from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 This hath an irregular Ihrubby ftalk like the former. 



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7. Lycium {Capenfe) foliis oblongo-ovatis, craffiufculis, I but feldom rife more than four or five feet high; 



' confertis, fpinis robufl:ioribus. Boxthorn with oblongs 

 cval^ thick leaves ^growing in clufterSy andftronger fpines 



\ the large leavqs are fliorter and a little broader than 

 ""Ihofe of th'efirfl:, but the tufts of fmall leaves are 



8. Lycium {Angnflifolium) foliis lineari-lanceolatis con- J ' narrower v the tube of the flower is fliorter, the brin^ ■ 

 fertis, calycibus brevibus acutis. Boxthorn with linear 1 iS deepet^ ctit into^al fegments which fpread open ; 



" '^ fpeaf-Jhaped leaves growing tn clujiers^ andjhort acute em- 

 .' palements: 



the empalement is fliorter, and cut into acute feg-. 

 ments ; the fiowers an3 fruit are'alfo fmaller. Thefe 



9. Lycium {inerme) inerrtiis, foliis lanceolatis, alternis, 

 perehiiantibus. Smooth Boxthorn^ with fpedr-fha' 





V- green leaves placed alternate,^' 

 10; LVcium {Cqrdatum) foliis cordato-ovatis, feflilibus, 

 ':' o'ppofitis perennantibus, Ipinis craffis bigeminis, flo- 

 ^- ribus confertis. Lycium with oval hear'tjhaped leaves 



^plciced oppojite^ which are ever-green^ and fit clofe to the ' 

 ftalksy with thick double JpineSy and flower!^ growing in 



" cliifters. Arbor Africana fpinofa, foliis craflis corda- 

 tis & conjugatis, fpinis crafiis bigeminis. Herni. Cat. 4. 

 Prickly African- tree with thick hectrt-floaped leaves grow- 



. * ing by pairs^ and thick double fpines. 



The firfl: fort grows naturally in Spain, Portugal, and 



■ at the Cape of Good Hope. This rifes with irregular 



. flirubby ftalks ten or twelve feet high, fending out fe- 



' veral cro'oked knotty branches, covered with a whitifli 



bark, and armed with long fliarp fpines, upon which 



grow many clufliers of narrow leaves ; thefe thorns 



- ■ often put out one or two fmaller on theirTides, which 



have fonie cluflers of fmaller leaves upoii theni ; the 

 -' 'branches are garniflied with very narrow leaves an inch 

 r and a half long, and at the bafe of thefe come out 



clufl:crs of fliorter and narrower leaves.;^ The flowers 



- ^ conic out from the fide of the branches, fl;andmg upon 

 ■ t fliort fo?6t-fl:alks -, they have a fliofi: pernianentempale- 



^. ment of oiie leaf, which is tubulous, ahcT cut into 

 ^'five fegments at the brim ; it is funnel-ftiaped, of one 

 * petal, with a long incurved tube, cut into five ob- 

 "tufe fegments at the brim; they are of a dull pur- 

 ' pie colour," and have five ftamina almofl: as long as 

 •the tube, with ered: fummits. In the center is fitu- 



- ated a roundifli gcrmen, fupporting a fl:yle which is 

 longer than the fl:amina, crov/ned by a bifid ftigma. 



' The germen afterward turns to a roundifli flefliy ber- 

 ry, of a yellowifli colour when ripe, inclofing feve- 

 ral hard feeds. This ufually flowers in June and July, 

 and the feeds ripen in the autumn ; but there is fre- 

 quently a few flowers, come out in all the fummer 

 months. ' •/ 



it may be propagated either by feeds, cuttings, or 



" differences are permanent, in all the plants which I 

 have two or three times railed froni feeds. It flowers 

 about the fame time as the firfl:, and may be propa- 



■ gated in the Jame way *, the plants alfo require the 

 iame culture. "^ "- ' . - '?-•*• • ^ 



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^ The third fort grows naturally in the Tiedges in the 

 fouth of France, in Spain arid Italyi 'This hath'many 

 ' irregular flirubby fl:alks, which rile eight or nine feet 

 high, fending out feveral irregular branches, covered 

 withawhite bark, and armed with pretty ftrong thorns; 

 the leaves are narrow at bottom, growing broader 

 upward, and are of^a pale green colour. The flowers 

 come out from the fide of the branches ; they are of 

 a purplifli white colour and fmall,' fo make no great 

 appearance. This fort flowers in June and July, but 

 rarely produces any feeds in this " country/ The - 



■ . leaves of this remain till winter, when they fall off^. 



' It may be propagated by cuttings or layers, in the 



fame manner as the firfl" fort. The plants will live 



'abroad in "a flickered warm fituation, but in ver}^hard 



' frofl: they .fliould be covered with ftraw or fitter, 



■ otherwife the branches will be killed, and fometimes 

 ^ the roots are deftroyed where they have not fome 



, cover. *" ' 



• The fourth fort was brought from Africa by the late 

 ' Dr. Shaw, 'where it grows naturally. This hatha ' 

 flirubby italk which rifes feven or eight feet high,. 

 - fending out feveral irregular branches, which are arm- 

 ed with ftrong fpines, and garnifhed withftiort, thick, • 

 Ipear-fliaped, oval leaves, which ftand without or- 

 der. The- flowers come out from the fide of the 

 branches ; they are fmall and white, fo make little 



appearance. " This .flowers in July and i\uguft, but 



does not produce feeds in England. It may be pro- 



^ pagated by cuttings in the fame v/ay as the firft fort, 



, but is too tender to live in the open air in winter in 



' this country, fo the plants muft be kept in pots, and 



removed into the green-houfe in autumn, and treated 



in the fame way as other hardy kinds of green-houfe 



plants. 



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