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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



L. tatAricum Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. p. 78. t. 4<l. ; Lycien de la Russie, />. 

 l-'.ii^nii'ings. Murr. Coinm. Goett., 1779, p. 2. t. 2. ; and our./tij. 1112. 



Spec. C/utr.,$c. Branches dependent. Buds spinescent. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, fleshy, obtuse, attenuated 

 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 

 JW/l/., iv. p. 458.) A climbing shrub, a native of 

 Siberia, in nitrous places j on the Wolga, and in 

 Hyrcania ; flowering from June till August. It was 

 introduced in 1804; and, judging from the plants 

 in Messrs. Loddiges's collection, is scarcely, if at 

 all, different from L. europium. 



Variety. 



1 L. r. 2 caspicum Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 49. f. A. 

 Leaves shorter. Buds more spinose. Flow- 

 ers smaller. Native about the Caspian Sea. 

 (Don's Mi/I., iv. p. 458.) 



1 6. L. (E.) LANCEOLA'TUM Poir. The lanceolate-leaved Box Thorn. 



Identification. Poir. Suppl, 3. p. 429. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 458. 



Synonyme. L. europium Dec. Fl. Fr., No. 2699., Pers. Ench., 1. p. 231. No. 8., N. Du Ham 

 1. p. 123. t. 32., Loud. Hort. Brit., ed. 1829. 



Engraving. N. Du Ham., t. 32. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches dependent, reflexed. Buds spinescent. Leaves lanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 acute at both ends. Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, pedicellate. Corolla funnel-shaped. Sta' 

 incus exserted. Calyx unequally 5-tobthed. Corolla purple, with a white bottom. Berry oblong, 

 red. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 458.) A climbing shrub, a native of the south of Europe, particularly of 

 Naples, Greece, &c. ; where it flowers from May till August. When it was introduced is uncer- 

 tain, and we have never seen the plant. 



1 7. L. (? E.) TURB;NA X TUM D,i Ham. The turbinsste-fruited Box Thorn. 



Identification. N. Du Ham., 1. p. 119. t. 31. ; Pers. Ench., 1. p. 231., exclusive 



of the synonyme of Larn., No. 3. ; Don's Mill. ,4. p. 458. 

 Synonymes. I,, /jalimifolium Mill. Diet., No. 6. ? ; I,, barbarum j3 Dec. Fl. 



Fr., No, 2700. 



Engraving*. N. Du Ham., t. 31. ; tad oar Jig. 111J. 

 Spec. Char., &c. Stems erect, fascicled. Branchlets dependent, terete. Buds 



spiny. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, acuminated. Flowers aggregate, pe- 



dicellate, extra-axillary. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted. Calyx 



trifid. Berry red, and turbinate. Corolla violaceous, with a white bottom. 



(Don's Mill., iv. p. 458.) It is a climbing shrub, a native of China, where 



it flowers from May till August. It was introduced in 1709 ; but we have o A 



not seen the plant. 1'hough we consider many of the sorts of this gcnu.-. 



which are described as species, as only different varieties, it does not follow 



from that circumstance that each sort may not be tolerably distinct. 



Wherever plants are raised in great numbers" from seed, it is easy to pick 



out from among the seedlings many different varieties, which, if propa- 

 gated by extension, will remain distinct till the end of time. We must 



confess, however, that we know of very few genera of ligneous plants, 



indeed, where so many of the different alleged species so very closely 



resemble each other, as in 7,citim. We have no doubt that by taking 



a dozen plants of any one of the kinds, from numbers 1 to 9 inclusive, and 



placing them in a dozen different climates, soils, and situations, we should 



have a dozen sorts, as well entitled to be considered as species, as most 



of those which arc here described as such. 



1 8. L. (?E.) TETRA'MHUM Thunb. The tetrandrous^owcm/ Box Thorn. 



Identification. Thunb. Prod., p. 37- ; Lin. Suppl., 150. ; Thunb. in Lin. Trans., 9. p. 154. t. 15. ; Don's 

 Mill., 4. p.4fit). 



Engraving. Lin. Trans., 9. t. 15. 



Spec. Char., &c. Spiny, erect. Branches angular, straight. Leaves fascicled, ovate, obtuse. Flowers 

 nearly sessile. Corollas quadririd, tetrandrous. Stem twisted, glabrous, angular, grey, stiff. 

 Branches horizontal, spiny. Leaves a line long. Flowers solitary, rising from the fascicles of 

 leaves on short pedicels. Very like Z/.&frum, but is distinguished from that species in the leaves 

 being more fleshy, and in the flowers bring tetramevous and tetrandrous. It is also, perhaps, the 

 L. capense of Mill. Diet., No. 7., of which the following description is given : " Leaves oblong. 

 ovate, thickish, crowded. Spines strong, leafy. Leaves scattered, solitary, or fascicled, thick, 

 pale green, permanent. ** (Don's Mill., iv. p. 4(10. 1 A shrub, a native of the Cape of (iood Hope, 

 about Cape Town ; where it grows to the height of fi ft. or 7 ft., flowering in June and July. It 

 was introduced iri 1810; but we have not seen the plant. 



