I. LIGUSTRUM. II. PHILLYREA. 



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Lam. ill. 1. t. 7. Bull. herb. t. 295. Mill. fig. 162. L. Ger- 

 manicum, Bauh. hist. 475. The flowers are sweet scented, 

 white at first, but soon changing to a reddish brown. Berries 

 dark purple, almost black. 



The common privet, in old English authors, is also called 

 Prim, Print, Primprint, from its regular appearance when clipped. 

 In German, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish, it is called Liguster ; 

 in French, Troene ; in Italian, Ligustro ; in Spanish, Alhena ; 

 in Portuguese, Alfena. 



In point of utility and ornament, few shrubs exceed the 

 privet. Its chief use is to form such hedges as are required in 

 divided gardens, for shelter or ornament ; and for this purpose 

 the Italian or Evergreen Privet is usually preferred. It bears 

 clipping well, and is not liable to be disfigured by insects ; and 

 having only fibrous roots, it robs the ground less than almost 

 any other shrub. It is one of the few plants that will thrive in 

 the smoke of London ; it also grows well under the drip of 

 trees. The wood is hard, and fit for timber. From the pulp of 

 the berries a rose-coloured pigment may be prepared. With 

 the addition of alum they dye wool and silk of a good durable 

 green ; for this purpose they must be gathered as soon as they 

 are ripe ; they continue on the shrub till spring, and in times of 

 scarcity are eaten by different sorts of birds, particularly the 

 bulfinch. The following varieties are in the gardens. 



Var. a, leucocarpum. The white-berried Privet. 



Var. y, xanthocdrpum. The yellow-berried Privet. 



Var. , sempervirens. L, Italicum, Mill. The Italian or 

 Evergreen Privet. 



Var. f, variegatum. The variegated leaved Privet. The 

 leaves are edged with white or yellow. 



Var. (, anguslifdlium. The narrow-leaved Privet. 



Common Privet. Fl. June, July. Britain. Shrub 6-10 

 feet. 



2 L. SINB'NSE (Lour. coch. 19.) leaves lanceolate, tomentose ; 

 racemes coarctate. Jj . H. Native of China, near Canton. 

 Vahl, enum. 1. p. 35. Branches diffuse. Flowers white. 

 Calyx cup- shaped. Berries very small, brown. 



Chinese Privet. Shrub 6-8 feet. 



3 L. JAPONICUM (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 17. t. 1.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, somewhat acuminated, glabrous ; racemes compound ; 

 peduncles and pedicels spreading, fj . H. Native of Japan. 

 Vahl, enum. 1. p. 35. L. latifblium, Vitm. summ. 1. p. 21. 

 Lin. syst. 56. Branches wrinkled, glabrous. Calyx tubular, 

 truncate. Flowers white. Leaves grooved along the middle 

 above, with a corresponding raised line beneath. 



Japan Privet. Shrub 6-8 feet. 



4 L. SPICA'TUM (Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 107.) 

 leaves elliptic, acute, hairy beneath, as well as the branchlets ; 

 flowers crowded, almost sessile, spicate, disposed in a thyrse, 

 having the axis very hairy ; bracteas minute. J; . H. Native 

 of Nipaul, on the mountains. Hook. bot. mag. 2921. L. 

 Nepalense, Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 151. pi. rar. asiat. 3. p. 

 17. t. 231. L. lanceolatum, herb. Lamb. Flowers white. L. 

 vesiitum, Wall, appears to be nothing but a variety of this 

 species ; the thyrse is more crowded, more densely hairy, as 

 well as the young leaves, branchlets, &c. 



tyicate-flowered Privet. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 6-8 feet. 



5 L. PUBE'SCEXS (Wall. cat. no. 1742. pi. rar. asiat. 3. p. 44.) 

 leaves lanceolate, acutish, rather glabrous ; branches without 

 dots, downy at tops ; berries oblong, pruinose, panicled. Tj . 

 H. Native of the Burmese Empire, on Mount Taong Dong. 



Downy Privet. Shrub. 



6 L. BRACTEOLA'TUM (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 107.) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous as well as the branches ; 

 flowers disposed in bracteate panicles ; peduncles very hairy ; 



bracteoles linear lanceolate, fj . H. Native of Nipaul. L. 

 Japonicum, Hamilt. mss. Phillyrea bracteolata, Herb. Lamb. 

 The L. Japonicum, Thunb. differs from this, in the leaves being 

 ovate and bluntish, in the flowers being pedicellate, and in the 

 peduncles and pedicels being glabrous. 



Bracleolate-fiowered Privet. Shrub. 



7 L. LU'CIDUM (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 19.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, shining above ; panicles thyrsoid, spreading much, 

 f? . H. Native of China. Sims, bot. mag. 2565. Leaves broad. 

 Flowers white. This tree affords a kind of waxy matter. 



Shining Privet, or Wax Tree. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1794. 

 Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



Cult. All species of Privet are of easy culture, and will grow 

 in any kind of soil. Cuttings root without difficulty. L. 

 lucidum requires some protection in severe weather. 



II. PHILLY'REA (from fvXXov, phyllon, a leaf; shrubs 

 leafy.) Dioscor. Tourn. inst. 367. Lin. gen. no. 19. Vaill. 

 acad. sc. p. 197. t. 13. f. 35-37. Juss. gen. 106. Gaertn. fr. 

 2. p. 11. t. 92. Vent. tabl. 2. p. 313. Lam. ill. 1. t. 8. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx small, tubular, 

 4-toothed, permanent. Corolla short, campanulate, rotate, 4-cleft, 

 deciduous. Stamens a little exserted ; with short filaments. 

 Style simple ; stigma thickish. Drupe globose, containing a 2- 

 celled nut ; one of the cells usually abortive. Seed solitary 

 in each cell. Albumen rather farinaceous or fleshy. Evergreen 

 shrubs and trees. Leaves opposite. Racemes axillary. Flowers 

 greenish-white. Drupes black, globose. 



1 P. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1. p. 10. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 

 36.) leaves linear-lanceolate, quite entire, fj . H. Native of 

 Italy and Spain. Lam. ill. t. 8. f. 3. P. obliqua, Tenore, syll. 

 p. 9. P. media, Tenore. fl. nap. 3. p. 6. Branches beset 

 with elevated dots. Leaves obsoletely veined. 



Var. a, lanceolata (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves lanceolate; 

 branches erect. T? . H. P. no. iv. Clus. hist. 1. p. 52. 



Var. /3. rosmarinifblia (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, elongated ; branches straight, f? . H. P. no. 

 v. Clus. hist. 1. p. 52. Rosemary-leaved Phillyrea. 



Var. y, brachiata (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, shorter than in the other varieties ; branches divari- 

 cate, fj . H. Dwarf Phillyrea. 



Narrow-leaved Phillyrea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1597. 

 Shrub 8-10 feet. 



2 P. ME'DIA (Lin. spec. p. 10.) leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 or a little serrated in the middle, triple-nerved, veiny. ^ . H. 

 Native of the south of Europe. Kerner, t. 774. P. latifdlia, 

 var. , media, Lapeyr. pi. pyr. p. 4. P. ligustrifolia, Mill. diet, 

 no. 4. P. lse v vis, Tenore, syll. p. 9. P. latif olia, var. a, ligustri- 

 folia, Poll. pi. ver. 1. p. 7. 



Var /3, virgata (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves lanceolate, 

 brandies erect. Ij . H. 



Var. y, buxifolia (Ait. hort. kew. 1 . p. 11.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 bluntish. ^ . H. 



Intermediate or Lance-leaved Phillyrea. Fl. May, June. 

 Clt. 1597. Shrub 10-15 feet. 



3 P. LIGUSTRIFOLIA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, sub - serrated in the middle, obsoletely -veined ; 

 branches erect, f? . H. Native of the south of Europe, as of 

 Spain and the south of France. P. virgata, Willd. enum. 1. p. 

 12. P. media var. a, Willd. spec. 1. p. 42. Phillyrea, iii. Clus. 

 hist. p. 52. Lob. icon. 2. p. 131. Very like P.pendula, Ait. 



Privet-leaved Phillyrea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1596. Shrub 

 10-15 feet. 



4 P. PE'NDULA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 11.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, obsoletely serrated at the apex, veiny ; branches 



