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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



I'ART III. 



llli 



Sunommu-s. L. UtAricum Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. p. 7R. t. 49. ; Lyden de la Russie, Fr. 

 Engravings. Murr. Comm. Got-tt., 1779, p. 2. t. 2. ; and o\xt Jig. nii- 



Spec. Char. ,S(c. Branches dependent. Buds spinescent. S^ 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, fiesliy, obtuse, attenuated 

 at the base, solitary, or sub-fasciculate. Peduncles 

 longer than the calyx. Calyx with 5 uneciual teeth. 

 Stamens exserted, ecjual to the limb. Calyx usually 

 irregularly 5-toothed, rarely 2— 3-lobed, as in L. 

 barbarum. Corolla with a white tube and purplish 

 limb. Leaves grey, like those of L. afrum. {Boil's 

 Mill.,\\. p. -toB.) A climbing shrub, a native of 

 Siberia, in nitrous places ; on the Wolga, and in 

 Hyrcania ; flowering from June till August. It was 

 introduced in 1804; and, judging from the plants 

 in Messrs. Loddiges's collection, is scarcely, if at 

 all, dift'erent from L. europae\un. 



Varietif. 



i L. r. 2 caspiaim Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 49. f. a. — 

 Leaves shorter. Buds more spinose. Flow- 

 ers smaller. Native about the Caspian Sea. 

 (Don's Mill., iv. p. 458.) 



1 6. L. (E.) lanceola'tum Poir. The \anceo\ate-leaved Box Thorn, 



Identification. Poir. Sunpl., 3. p. 429. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 458. 



SmomX L. europ<e'um k Dec. Fl. F,.. No. 2699., Pcrs. Ench., 1. p. 231. No. 8., iV. Du Ham., 

 1. p. 12.'5. t.32., L<md. Hoit. Brit., ed. 1829. 



Engraving. N. Du Ham., t. 32. 



Spec Char Sec. Branches dependent, rcflexed. Buds spinescent. Leaves lanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 aciite at 'botin ei.ds. Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, pedicellate. Corolla fuiniel-shaped. Sta- 

 mens exserted Calyx une(iually ."i-tobthed. Corolla purple, with a white bottom. Berry oblong, 

 red (Don's Mill., iv. p. 458.) A climbing shrub, a native of the south of Euro|)e, particularly of 

 Naples, Greece, ^x. ; where it flowers from May till August. When it was introduced is uncer- 

 tain, and we have never seen the plant. 



1 7. L. (? E.) turb.na'tum Du Ham. 



The tarbm^ite-fruHcd Box Thorn. 

 I I I.. 



Idcniijicatian. N. Du Ham., 1. p. 119. t. 31. ; Pers. Ench., 1. p. 231., exclusive 



of the svnonynie of Lam., No. 3. ; Don's MilK, 4. p 458. , „ r/ 



Sunonymcs. h. Aalimifdliura Mill. Diet., No. 6. ? ; i. barbarum /3 Dec. Fl. 



fr., No. 27U(). ^ ^ ,,,, 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., t. 31. ; and our Jig. 1113. 

 Svec Char,&c Stems erect, fascicled. Br.inchlets dependent, terete. Buds 



sninv Leaves sessile, lanceolate, acuminated. Flowers aggregate, pe- 



diceilate extra.axillary. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted. Calyx 



trifid Berry red, and turbinate. Corolla violaceous, with a white bottom. 



(Duti's Mill iv p.4;')8.1 It is a climbing shrub, a native of China, where 



It flowers fro'ra May till Augu.st. It was introduced in 1709 ; but we have 



not seen the plant. Though we consider many of the sorts of this genus, 



which are described as specVes, as only diflcrent varieties, it does notlollow 



from that circumstance that each sort may not be tolerably distinct. 



Wherever plants are raised in great numbers from seed, it is easy to i>ick 



out from among the seedlings many diBerent varieties, which, if propa- 



eated by extension, will remain distinct till the end of time. We must 



confess however, that we know of very few genera of ligneous plants, 



indeed where so many of the different alleged sjiccies so very closely 



resemble each other, as in Lycium. We have no doubt that by taking 



a dozen plants of any one of the kinds, from numbers 1 to 9 inclusive, and 



placing them in a dozen diflflrent climates, soils, and situations, we should 



have a dozen sorts, as well entitled to be considered as species, as most 



of those which are here described as such. 



1 8. L. (?E,) tetra'ndrum T/ntnh. The tetrandrous7/?oHit?rf/ Box Thorn. 



I.lclificalion. Thunb. Prod., p. 37. ; Lin. Suppl., 150. ; Thunb. in Ljn. Trans., 9. p. 154. 1. 15. ; Don's 

 Mill., 4. p.VM. 



Engraving. Lin. Trans., 9. t. 15. 



Sdcc Char &c Spiny, erect. Branches angular, straight. Leaves fascicled, ovate, obtuse. F lowe« 

 nearly sessile. Corollas quadrifld, tetrandrous. Stem twist«!, glabrous angular grey stiff 

 Branches horizontal, spinv Leaves a line long. Flowers solitary, rising from the fascicles of 

 """ 1 ho pedi,;cls. -Very like /.. Jifrum, bSt is di.stinguishe<l trom that .s,KCies >" t 'e'eave, 

 tong more flesl v, and in the flowers bring tetramerous and tctrandrou.'i. It is also, perhaps, the 

 TcapOnseof Mill. Diet.. No. 7., of ulii.h the following description is P'v*-" = " V^?':^"'^ ""B" 

 ovate thickish, crowded. Spines strong, leafy. Leaves scattered, solitary or fa-^ciHed thick, 

 pale green, permanent." {Don's Mill., iv. p. 460.1 A shrub, a native of the ( ape of ^'Ood "o|k. 

 about Cape Town ; where it grows to the height of 6 ft. or 7 ft., flowering in June and July. It 

 was introduccti in 1810; but we have not seen the plant. 



