i.m. 



.LY'CIUM. 



667 



L. (e.) chinense. 



1 4. L. (E.) 



1295 L. (e.) chinfose. 



attenuated at the base. Pe- 

 duncles much longer than 

 the calyx, which is entire. 

 Stamens exserted. Nearly 

 allied to L. ruthenicum ; but 

 differs in the leaves being 

 broad-ovate. Shoots very 

 long. (Don's Mill.) A climb- 

 ing deciduous shrub. China, 

 about Pekin and Canton ; 

 and of Cochin-China. Stem 

 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced ?. 

 Flowers purple ; May to Au- 

 gust. Fruit orange-coloured ; 

 ripe in August. 



Resembles L. europae'um, 

 but is a smaller weaker plant. 



G. Don. Trew's Box 

 Thorn. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 4. p. 458. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. L. barbarum Lam. Diet. 3. p. 509., ex Pair. Suppl. 3. 



p 427. ; L. chinense N. Du Ham. 1. p. 116. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 21 02. in p. 11 10. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches diffuse, angular. Buds 

 spinose. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, acute. Pe- 

 cuncles 1-fiowered, solitary or twin, extra-axillary . 

 Calyx 2 3-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens 

 exserted. This species differs from L. chinense 

 MM. in the spines, and from L. barbarum in the 

 leaves. Branches rufescent. Spines few. Corolla fine purple, with a white 

 star in the centre. Filaments pilose at the base. Berry ovate. (Dons 

 Mill.) A climbing deciduous shrub. China. Stem 6 ft. to 10ft. Introduced 

 in 1818. Flowers purple ; May to August. 



Judging from the plants in the Hackney arboretum, this kind is scarcely, if 

 at all, different from L. europae\im. 



J. 5. L. (E.) RUTHE'NICUM Murr. The Russian Box Thorn. 



Identification. Murr. Comm. Goett., 1779, p. 2. t. 2. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 458. 

 Synonymes. L. tat&ricum Pall. Fl. Ross. \. p. 78. t. 49. ; Lycien de Ja 



Kussie, Fr. 

 Engravings. Murr. Comm. Goett. 1779, p. 2. t.2. ; and our fig. 1296. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches dependent. Buds spines- 

 cent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, fleshy, obtuse, attenu- 

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

 longer than the calyx. Calyx with 5 unequal teeth. 

 Stamens exserted, equal 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. (Don's 

 Mill.) A climbing deciduous shrub. Siberia, in nitrous 

 places ; on the Wolga, and in Hvrcania. Stem 6 ft. to 

 10ft. Introduced in 1804. Flowers white ; June to 

 August. 



Variety. 



-I L. r. 2 caspicum Pall. Fl. Ross. t.49. f. A. 

 Leaves shorter. Buds more spinose. Flowers 

 smaller. Native about the Caspian Sea. 1SW6 L . le . )n 



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