CHAP. LXXXIV. SOLANA CER. LY’CIUM. 1271 
Buds often without spines. Calyx 2—3-lobed. Corolla with a purple 
limb, and yellowish base. Stigma 2-lobed. Berry ovate, yellow. Stamens 
bearded near the base. There is a variety of this, having livid or pale 
corollas, and reddish yellow berries. (Don’s Mill., iv. p.458.) A climb- 
ing shrub, a native of the north of Asia, Africa, and south of Europe ; 
where it flowers from May till August. It was introduced in 1696; and 
what has been said respecting L. europz‘um is equally applicable to this 
sort, which, we think, may, without any hesitation, be pronounced only 
a variety of it. 
* & 3. L. (£.) cHtne’NsE Mill. The Chinese Box Thorn. 
Identification. Mill. Dict., No. 5.; Bunge in Mem. Acad. Petersb., 2. p. 123.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 458. 
Synonymes. L. birbarum £ chinénse Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 257.3; L. barbarum Lour. Coch., 1. 
p. 165.?; L. ovatum N. Du Ham., 1. p. 107. 
Engravings. Lam. Ill, t.112. f.2.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 8. ; and our 
Jig. 1110. from the N, Du Ham., and fig. 1111. from, we think, a spe- 
cimen in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches pendulous, prostrate, stri- 
ated. Buds spinescent. Leaves by threes, ovate, 
acute, attenuated at the base. Peduncles much 
longer than the calyx, which is entire. Stamens 
exserted. Said by Bunge 
to be nearly allied to L. 
ruthénicum; but differs in 
the leaves being broad- 
ovate. Corollas purple. Ber- 
ries orange-coloured. Shoots 
very long (ex Mill.). We 
know not whether the plants 
described by Miller and by 
Bunge are the same: the —W&z Ws 
plant here meant is that of Sel ER 
Bunge. (Don’s Mill.,iv. p. _, P¥hNs 
458.) A climbing shrub, a “33 Xe) 
native of China,about Pekin Rear 
and Canton; and of Cochin- _& Gos b> 
China; where it flowers from 
eA May till August. It is un- 2S Azz 
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certain when it was introduced; but there are plants  $”% a) SS 
fw A sigh : ! VA Wil viNS 
in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the d/ Pe ON 
arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges; and the chief dif- LOS Ls 
ference between it and Z. europz‘um is, that it is a “Ns 
smaller, weaker plant. . 
& 4, L. (£.) Trewrz4‘num G. Don. Trew’s Box Thorn. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 4. p.458.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonyme. L. barbarum Lam, Dict., 3. p.509., ex Poir. Suppl., 3. p. 427., Trew Ehret., t. 68., ex- 
clusive of the synonymes’; L. chinénse N. Du Ham., 1. p. 116., Pers. Ench., 1. p. 231. No.9. 
Engraving. N. Du Ham,, t. 30. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Branches diffuse, angular. Buds spinose. Leaves petiolate, 
lanceolate, acute. Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary, or twin, extra-axillary. 
Calyx 2—3-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted. This 
species differs from L. chinénse Mil. in the spines, and from L. barbarum 
in the leaves. Branches rufescent. Spines few. Corolla fine purple, with 
a white star in the centre. Filaments pilose at the base. Bary ovate. 
(Dons Miil., iv. p. 458.) A shrub, anative of China, where it grows 6 ft. 
high, flowering from May till August. It was introduced in 1818; and, 
judging from the plants in the Hackney arboretum, is scarcely, if at all, 
different from LZ. europz‘um. 
& 5. DZ. (e.) RutHE’N1cum Murr. The Russian Box Thorn. 
Identification. Murr. Comm. Goett., 1779, p. 2. t. 2.; Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc., 1. p. 166. ; Don’s Mill, #. 
p. 458. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
