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LYCIUM 



Lycium barbarum [so-called, but in reality Lycium 

 chineme, Mill], misnamed the "Tea Tree" (Fig. 113). 

 Naturalised near Cambridge and elsewhere. A shrub 

 about 4 6 feet high, formerly planted under the name 

 of Tea Tree but with no alliance to true Tea. 



Fig. 113. Lycium chinense (so-called L. barbarum). a, flowering 

 shoot (-J). 6, flower, c, fruit, d, labiate calyx, e, five-toothed calyx 

 (Dobner and Nobbe). 



Sub-shrub with twigs and branches devoid 

 of spines; leaves displaced; flowers violet- 

 blue ; berries red. 



Solatium Dulcamara, L. Bittersweet. Occasionally a 

 partial twiner (see p. 222). 



