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As far as I can judge by the specimens before me they seem to belong to what I 
have called L. chinense, var. typicum Schneider (Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 611 
[1911]. There is also a var. ovatum Schneider, 1. c., the synonymy of which may be 
stated as follows: ?Jasminoides rhombifolium Moench, Meth. 470 (1794).— Lycium 
ovatum Poiret in Nouv. Duhamel, I. 117 (1801?). — Lycium barbarum Watson, 
Dendr. Brit. I. 9, t. 9 (non Linnaeus) (1825). — Lycium megistocarpum, var. ovatum 
Dunal in De Candolle, Prodr. XIII. 510 (1852). — Lycium rhombifolium Dippel in 
Dosch & Scriba, Excursionsfl. Grossh. Hess., ed. 3, 218 (1888); Handb. Laubholzk. 
I. 24, fig. 10 (1889). Of this variety the leaves are more rhombic, broader and 
larger, and the fruits are somewhat larger and very obtuse at the apex. 
L. chinense is closely related to L. halimifolium Miller (L. vulgare Dunal), 
Which may be distinguished by the somewhat narrower, longer and therefore more 
distinct tube of the corolla, the lobes of which usually are a little shorter than those 
of L. chinense. The leaves of this species are brighter green and fall later in the 
autumn. L.halimifolium is often said to be a native of China, but as far as I know 
it is entirely absent from central and eastern Asia. Its native country seems to be 
the Mediterranean region (Spain) and probably also Hungary. 
