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1. JCULEATA. PRICKLY. 



Lycium forte, foliis subroliindis intcgris, spinix e( foliis -cx advn'?o 

 sitis. !?lu;,nc, V. 1, p. 40, t. ll.f. 4. Folii^i siihrcifinidi.s rofifnils; 

 sinnviis ranndis bispiniftris, jioribus solitariis. Browne, p. 14;!, 

 t. 8, f. I. 



Thorns opposite, both they and the flowers shorter than the leaves ; branches 

 smooth. 



Spines of the branches decussated, leaves roundish, teeth of the calyx lanceolate- 

 subulate, corolla salver-shaped. The berr3- is two-celled and even, when ripe a very 

 thin partition remains. The form of the corolla varies estrenioly in this oeiuis. The 

 viitis (th^' tollowiPL';) or thornle.ss randia, seems to be the same in a more advanced age, 

 when it IS common tor trees and shrubs to lose their thorns. Su'. This small shrub 

 rises by a branched stalk, and shoots conmionlv to the height of seven or eight feet ; 

 the main stem is tough and hard ; the branches somewhat prickly at the ends, and tiie 

 leaves of an oval form, and growing in tufts ; it is frer,uent in the lowlands, and grows 

 chiefly in the most barren clayey sods. The pulp of the berries, which generally are 

 Bumerous on the smaller branches, is very thick, and stains paper or linen of a fine 

 fixt blue colour I have ti-ied it on many occasions, and have always observed it to 

 stand though washed with-either soap or acids, but it docs not comnmnicate so line a 

 colour with heat. It would j^rove an excellent fixed blue in all manner of pamts and 

 prints, if it could be obtained in any quantity ; but the berry is not very succulent. 

 - Browne, 



2. MITIS. MILD. 



'Cacao affinis, frutcx spinosus, It/cii facie jasmixi finre alhn, fructu in 

 dispares particulus inter se arctc hcerentes diviso. Sloane, v. 2, p. 

 18, t. 161, f. I. 



This rises ten or twelve feet high, with a trunk as thick as the arm, having a reddish 

 ' rough bark. The branches opposite, with oppjsite prickles ; the leaves are al.->o op- 

 posite, an inch long, and halt as broad, of a yellowish-green colour, smooth and shin- 

 ing, sessile. The flowers are asillary, white, star-form, after which f jIIovv a half-in<!'Ii 

 long, green, umbilicated, fruit, tapering to both. ends, containing within a thin gieen 

 skin and a hollow, a black substance appearing like cacao nuts, having several irregu- 

 larly sized parts close together. Sloane. This is supposed to be only a variety, if 

 not the same as the first species, but in an older stage. 



Two exotic species of this genns have been introduced: the fiorida, or Cape jas- 



'iniine, which is a very beautiful flowering shrub, and has been pretiy generally and 



successfully cultivated in our gardens ; the leaves are large, and of a luctd green ; the 



-flowers are produced at the ends of the branches, sitting close to the leaves, and, when 



fully blown, the double flower is almostas big as a rose, which has a very agreeaiile 



odour. It is planted for hedges in Japaii, where the fruit and mucilage of the seeds 



., are used as a yellow dye. I'he thunbergia, which grows to abuut six feet in height, 



4.vi>ianching very much. 



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