LEYCESTERIA 



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LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA, Wallich. CAPRIFOLIACK.I . 



(Bot. Mag., t. 3699.) 



A half-woody, deciduous plant, with erect, hollow stems, 4 or 5 ft. 

 sometimes much more high, covered with glaucous bloom, smooth, very 

 leafy. Leaves opposite, ovate, heart-shaped at the base, with long 



LEUCOTHOK RACEMOSA. 



tapered points ; varying in size according to the vigour of the shoot from 

 2 to 7 ins. long, about half as wide; entire or with small teeth; deep 

 green above, greyish and slightly downy when young beneath; stalk 

 \ to i in. long. Flower-spikes produced from June to September, either 

 at the end of the shoot or in the uppermost leaf-axils, i to 4 ins. long. 

 Flowers stalkless, arranged in tiers, each tier supported by handsome 

 claret-coloured bracts of the same shape as the leaves and from \ to ij 

 ins. long, which persist until the fruit is ripe. Corolla J in. long and 



