1060 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Genus VI. 
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LEYCESTE‘R/A Wall. Tue Leycesterta. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification. Wall. in Roxb. FI. Ind., 2. p. 181, ; Plant. Rar. Asiat., 2. p, 21. t. 120.; Dec. Prod., 4. 
p. 338. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 451. 
Derivation. Named by Dr. Wallich after his friend William Leycester, formerly chief judge of the 
principal native court under the Bengal Presidency ; ‘‘ who, during a long series of years, and in 
various parts of Hindoostan, has pursued every branch of horticulture with a munificence, zeal, 
and success, which abundantly entitle him to that distinction.” \e 
Description, §c. This genus appears to be intermediate between Caprifo- 
liiceee, and Rubiacez; but from the last it is distinguished by the want of 
stipules. (Don’s Mill. iii. p. 451.) The only species known is a shrub, a na- 
tive of the Himalayas. 
% 1. L. rormo‘sa Wall. The beautiful Leycesteria. 
Identification: Wall. in Roxb. FI. Ind., 2. p. 182.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 338. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 451. 
Synonyme. Haméelia connata Puerari MSS. 
Engravings. Plant. As. Rar., 2. t. 120. ; and our fig. 827. 
Description, §c. A large, ram- we 827 
bling, deciduous shrub, a native ; 
of the highest mountains which 
surround the valley of Nepal; 
and of much more northerly 
situations, towards Gossainthan, 
at elevations of between 6000 ft. 
and 7000 ft.,and even as high as 
8000 ft., among forests of pine 
and oak. It is a most beautiful 
shrub when in a flowering state, 
from the contrast of the deep 
green hue of its stemand leaves, 
with the purple colour of its 
large bracteas and its berries. It 
was introduced into British gar- 
dens in 1824, and it flowered soon 
afterwards in the nursery of 
Messrs. Allen and Rogers, at 
Battersea, whence specimens 
were sent to the late Mr. Sweet, 
and to Mr. G. Don. It is a 
rambling shrub, with the general 
appearance of a honeysuckle ; 
and it will probably prove some- 
what tender in this country; but, 
as it is easily propagated by 
cuttings, or by seeds, which it 
produces in abundance, a stock 
of plants might easily be kept in 
readiness to provide for acci- 
dental losses. Trained against 
a conservative wall, it would 
have a splendid effect in autumn . 
There are young plants, raised in 1836, from Nepal seeds, in the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden. 

