Tas. 8069. 
LIGUSTRUM stroncyLopuy.Lium. 
China. 
Oveacesz. Tribe OLEINER. 
Licgustrum, Tourn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 679. 
Ligustrum strongylophyllum, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 93; 
species foliis parvis swpe orbicularibus coriaceis crassiusculis distincta. 
Frutex vel arbor parva sempervirens, diffuse ramosa. Ramuli juniores 
graciles, dense minuteque puberuli. Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, 
crassiuscula, fere glaberrima, orbicularia, elliptica, late ovata vel obovata, 
6-12 lin. longa, 4-8 lin. lata, integerrima, supra nitida et saturate 
viridia, subtus pallidiora, rotundata, obtusa vel acuta, sepe minute 
mucronata, marginibus paulum revolutis. Flores breviter pedicellati in 
paniculas terminales usque ad 34 poll. longas basi 3 poll. Jatas dispositi. 
Calyx cupularis, sepius inconspicue 5-dentatus, 3—-} lin. longus, glaber. 
Corollz albe tubus infundibularis, 1-2 lin. longus; lobi ovato-oblongi, 
crassi, subacuti, tubo paulum breviores. Stylus e corolle tubo brevissime 
exsertus. Hructus primum globosus, maturitate obovoideus, circiter 4 lin. 
longus, 
The specimen of the Ligustrum here figured was fur- 
nished by a plant which was purchased from Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons in 1897, and which flowered for the first 
time in July, 1905. Though quite hardy at Kew, it 
appears to succeed best when afforded some slight pro- 
tection. A plant is growing freely trained on a wall in 
the Herbaceous Department, and has now reached a height 
of about six feet, but so far it has by no means proved 
floriferous. 
The species is one of Dr. Henry’s discoveries. Specimens 
were also collected for Messrs. Veitch by Mr. H. H. 
Wilson, who informs us that the plant grows on the cliffs 
of the glens and gorges of the Yangtse, west of Ichang, in 
the province of Hupeh, and extends westward as far as 
Mount Omi, in Szechuen. In the Tung Valley, still 
further west, it is replaced by another small-leaved species, 
Li. Prattii, Koehne. Li. strongylophyllum was found grow- 
ing, in company with Lagerstremia indica and Gardenia 
jlorida, plants which require greenhouse treatment in our 
climate. 
Three Privets have hitherto been illustrated in this 
work :—L. lucidum, Ait. (t. 2565), L. nepalense, Wall. B 
Apri Ist, 1906, 
