LIII. 5'OI.ANA CE^ . LY CIUM. 



667 





1294. X. (e.) chinense. 



attenuated at the base. Pe- 

 duncles much longer than 

 the calyx, which is entire. 

 Stamens exserted. Nearly 

 allied to L. rutlienicum ; but 

 differs in the leaves being 

 broad-ovate. Shoots very 

 lov.g. (^Doji's Mi/l.) 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. europas'um, 

 but is a smaller weaker plant. 







1295 L. (e.) chininse. 



1 4. L. (e.) Trewia'num G. Don. Trew's Box 

 Thorn. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 4. p. 4."i8. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synouymcs. L. barbarum L(t7n. Diet. 3. p. 509., ex Poir. Suppl. 3. 



p 4'J7. ; L. chinense N. Du Ham. 1. p. 116. 

 Engraving. O\xxfig.i\02,m\i. 1110. 



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

 spinose. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, acute. Pe- 

 tluncles 1-flowered, soHtary or twin, extra-axillary. 

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

 exserted. This species differs from L. chinense 

 Mill, 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. {Bon's 

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

 in 1818. Flowers purple j May to August. 



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

 at all, different from L. europsE'um. 



1 5. L. (e.) ruthe'nicum Murr. The Russian Box Thorn. 



Identification. Murr. Comm. Goett., 1779, p. 2. t. 2. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 4r.8. 

 Synonymes. L. tatkricum Fall. Fl. Boss. 1. p. 78. t. 49. ; Lycien de la 



Russie, Fr. 

 Engraving!. Murr. Comm. Goett. 1779, p. 2. t.2. ; and our fg. 1296. 



Spec. Char., <$-c. Branches dependent. Buds spines- "il 

 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 hmb. Calyx usually 

 irregularly 5-toothed, raj'ely 2 3-lobed, as in L. 

 barbarum. Corolla with a white tube and purplish 

 limb. Leaves grey, like those of L. afrum. (JDon's 

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

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

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

 August. 



Varieft/. 



-i. L, r. 2 caspicum Pall. Fl. Ross, t, 49. f. a. 

 Leaves shorter. Buds more spinose. Flowers 

 smaller. Native about the Caspian Sea. u^s l, le.i ruu.en.cuiu. 



