SOLANACEi^ 



Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, lanceolate or elliptical lanceolate, acute, at- 

 tenuated both ends, entire, flat, glabrous, 2-4^ ins. long, 1-1 i in. wide. 

 Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous climbing shrub, 6-12 ft. ; Branches angular, long, slender, 

 arched, sometimes axillary thorns ; 2\mgs grey ; Buds naked. 



Sometimes called Barbary Box Thorn. Generic name from Gr. Lukion, 

 name given to the Rhamnus by Dioscorides, as coming from Lycia, in Asia 

 Minor. Syns. L. barbarum (Alton), L. europceiim (Gouan). 



CHINESE BOX THORN, Lydum chinense. 



Gardens. May — July. A hardy, straggling climber, good for the wild parts 

 of the garden or old walls. Pruning may be done, October — February, remov- 

 ing weak shoots, and shortening vigorous ones. Propagated by cuttings of firm 

 shoots 6-8 ins. long in shady position, September or October ; layering of shoots, 

 September — November; suckers, October — February. 



Flowers purple, sohtary or twin ; Corolla tube short, constricted in middle ; 

 Stamens with filaments fringed at base, closing tube ; Fruit a berry, orange- 

 scarlet. 



Leaves alternate or in threes, 1 large and 2 much smaller, ovate, acute, 

 attenuated at base, entire, glabrous, paler green beneath. 



A deciduous climbing shrub, 6-8 ft. ; Branches pendulous, prostrate, striated, 

 grey. 



Native of China. 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division III. . . . GamopetalcB 

 Natural Order . . . Scrophularinece 



Herbs, shrubs, or small trees, with various exstipulate leaves, and usually 



irregular flowers ; Calyx 4-5-toothed or lobed, inferior, persistent ; Coi'olla 



usually 4-5-lobed, often bilabiate, sometimes personate, saccate and spurred ; 



Staviens often 4, didynamons, rarely 5, or 2 alternating with corolla lobes, 



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