LYCIUM LYONIA 



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protruded ; stamens rather shorter. Fruit scarlet, globose, % in. long ; ripe in 



August 



Native of the south-eastern United States ; discovered by Fremont on one 

 of the tributaries of the Colorado River in 1844 ; introduced to Kew in 1886. 

 It is a striking and quite hardy shrub, whose prettily coloured flowers hang in 

 profusion from the under-side of the branches, and make it the best of the 

 Lyciums in flower. It is also ornamental in fruit, but with us the crop is 

 uncertain. It is best propagated by layering, in the absence .of seed. The 

 foliage varies in the intensity of its glaucous hue. 



LYONIA LIGUSTRINA, De Candolle. ERICACE/E. 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 8 ft. high ; young shoots either covered with 

 a close soft down or nearly smooth, and of a rather zigzag growth. 

 Leaves alternate, oval 

 or obovate, 2 to 3 ins. 

 long, i to i J ins. wide; 

 entire or nearly so, 

 pointed, covered with 

 short down and dark 

 green above, more 

 downy beneath and 

 paler, the nerves very 

 prominent ; stalk \ in. 

 long. Flowers pro- 

 duced in July and 

 August on the leafless 

 terminal portion of 

 the preceding year's 

 growth, in downy 

 racemes or small pan- 

 icles i to ii ins. long, 

 the whole forming a 

 compoundpaniclefrom 

 3to6 ins. long. Corolla 

 downy, dull white, \ to 

 j\ in. wide, globose 

 or orange-shaped, with 

 five small, reflexed 

 teeth at the nearly 

 closed mouth. Calyx, 

 pale green or white, 

 downy, appressed to 

 the corolla. Seed- 

 vessel a dry, five-celled 

 capsule, with the calyx 

 persisting at the base. 



Native of Eastern N. America; introduced in 1748. This is not 

 one of the most attractive of the heath family, but is desirable through 

 flowering so late in the season. It grows naturally in moist situations, but 



LYCIUM PALLIDUM. 



