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ARliORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III, 



GENUS VI. 



LEYCESTE'R/J Wall. 



THE LEYCESTERIA. 

 Monogynia. 



Lin. Syst. Pentandria 



Identification. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 181. ; Plant. Rar. Asiat, 2. p. 21. t 120. ; Dec. Prod., 4. 



p. 338. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 451. 

 Derivation. Named by Dr. Wallich after his friend William Leyccster, formerly chief judge of the 



principal native court under the Bengal Presidency ; " who, during a long series of years, and in 



various parts of Hindoostan, has pursued every branch of horticulture with a munificence, zeal, 



and success, which abundantly entitle him to that distinction." 



Description, $c. This genus appears to be intermediate between Caprifo- 

 liacea?, and J?ubiaceae ; but from the last it is distinguished by the want of 

 stipules. (Don's MUl., iii. p. 451.) The only species known is a shrub, a na- 

 tive of the Himalayas. 



sfe 1. L. FORMO'SA Wall. The beautiful Leycestcria. 



Identification. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 182. ; Deo. Prod., 4. p. 338. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 451. 

 Synonyme. HamelzYz connuta Pucrari MSS. 

 Engravings. Plant As. Rar., 2. 1. 120. ; and our fig. 827. 



Description, fyc. A large, ram- I ^ 827 



bling, deciduous shrub, a native 

 of the highest mountains which 

 surround the valley of Nepal; 

 and of much more northerly 

 situations, towards Gossainthan, 

 at elevations of between 6000 ft. 

 and 7000 ft., and even as high as 

 8000 ft., among forests of pine 

 and oak. It is a most beautiful 

 shrub when in a flowering state, 

 from the contrast of the deep 

 green hue of its stem and leaves, 

 with the purple colour of its 

 large bracteas and its berries. It 

 was introduced into British gar- 

 dens in 1824, and it flowered soon 

 afterwards in the nursery of 

 Messrs. Allen and Rogers, at 

 Battersea, whence specimens 

 were sent to the late Mr. Sweet, 

 and to Mr. G. Don. It is a 

 rambling shrub, with the general 

 appearance of a honeysuckle ; 

 and it will probably prove some- 

 what tender in this country ; but, 

 as it is easily propagated by 

 cuttings, or by seeds, which it 

 produces in abundance, a stock 

 of plants might easily be kept in 

 readiness to provide for acci- 

 dental losses. Trained against 

 a conservative wall, it would 

 have a splendid effect in autumn . 

 There are young plants, raised in 1836, from Nepal seeds, in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 



