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ARBORETUM AND FKUT1CETUM. 



TART 111. 



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1 1. G. BOERHAAV/^FO^I,/^ Sclileclit. The Boerhaavia-leaved Grabowskia. 



Identification. Schlccht. in Linnara, 7. p. 72. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 



Synoni/mcs. Ly^cium boerhaavid/o/m/n Lin. Suppl., p. 150., N. Du Ham., 1. p. 128., Lam. Diet., 3. 



p. 510. ; EhrLt/a Aalimifolia L'Herit. Stirp., 1. p. 45. t. 83. ; Lycium heterophy'llum Murr. Comm. 



Giitt., 178;>, p. 6. t. '21. ; Jasminoldes spinosum Du Ham. Arb. t 1. p. 306. No. 5. : Crabowskia boer- 



\rdSivi<?folium Don's Mill., 4. p. 480. ; Lycium panicule, Fr. 

 Engravings. L'Herit. Stirp., 1. 1 83.; Bot. Reg.,.t 1985.; and our fig. 1116. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves coriaceous, glaucescent, with a saltish, bitterish 

 taste. Corolla white, having the throat veined with green. Stamens white. 

 Stigma green. Nuts the form of those of Coffca 

 arabica, convex on one side, marked by a slender 

 furrow in the middle, obtuse at top, and perforated 

 by two roundish holes at the base : hence it is tri- 

 dentate, the first tooth from the middle of the back, 

 the other two from the sides : sometimes, but only 

 by abortion, 1-celled. Albumen copious, fleshy. 

 (Don's Mill., iv. p. 480.) A shrub, a native of the 

 south of Brazil, in woods, where it has been col- 

 lected by Sello ; but which was introduced from 

 Peru by Joseph Jussieu into France, whence it was 

 sent to this country in 1780. It grows to the height 

 of 6 ft., and flowers in April and May. There are 

 fine specimens of it in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, against a wall ; and in the Epsom Nursery, as a bush in the open 

 garden ; from which it appears to be as hardy as Z/ycium europa^um. The 

 whole plant has a mealy white appearance ; by which, and by the singular 

 form of its leaves, it may be known at first sight from any species of Z/ycium. 

 Though it has been introduced into British gardens so many years since, 

 and was known in France in the time of Du Hamel, it is rarely met with 

 in collections ; and, though so easily propagated by suckers, it is not to be 

 found for sale in the nurseries. 



App. I. Half-hardy ligneous Plants belonging to the Order 

 Solandcete. 



Nicot\&na. glaiica Grab., Bot Mag., t. 

 287. ;andour/?fir. 1118. ; is a splendid suftru- 

 ticose plant, which will grow to 10 ft. or 

 12ft., or probably to 20ft or upwards, 

 against a wall, making a fine appearance 

 in the summer season, with its large glau- 

 cous leaves, and yellowish green flowers. 

 A plant in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden has stood out since 1832 ; arid, 

 though its stems are occasionally cut down 

 by the frost, yet the stool always pushes 

 out vigorously in the spring. A plant of 

 this species in the Chelsea Botanic Garden 

 attained the height of 14ft, in 1835, in 

 the open border. 



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iks 



. . . . . ., 



fig. 1117.; has an arboreous stem, which rises to the height of from 10ft. to 20ft. 



.; an 

 The fl 



are produced from the forks of the branches. Corolla funnel-shaped, 7 in. long, green towards 

 the base 1 , orango yellow farther along its length. The limb 5-Iobed, of a duop orange scarlet ; 

 this colour, lessened in intensity, seems to extend down the tube, until it blends with the orange 



