LYCIUM 



often slender and sarmeutose stems and with alternate 

 or fascicled, short-petioled, entire Ivs. ; the whitish violet 

 or purple lis. are funnelform and appear in axillary clus- 

 ters or solitary, and are followed by usually very decora- 

 tive berries of scarlet or red, rarely yellow or black. 

 Most of the species are tender, but L. halimifolhim, L. 

 Chinense,a.n<ia.isoL.Tiirifimanicnm!mdIj.Jiuthenieiim. 

 are hardy North. The two first named are especially 

 attractive in fall, when the long and slender branches 

 are loaded with scarlet or bright red f rs., which contrast 

 well with the green foliage. The leaves remain fresh 

 and unchanged in color until they drop, after severe 

 frost. The species are well adapted for covering walls, 

 fences, arbors and other trellis work, but are, perhaps, 

 most beautiful when the branches are pendent from 

 rocks or from the top of walls. They are also used some- 

 times for hedges, and for warmer regions especially 

 L. Afrutn may be recommended. It is much used in 

 S. Africa for this purpose under th3 name of CafRr 

 Thorn. The Bos Thorns grow in almost any soil that is 

 not too moist. They should not be planted near flower 

 beds or similar places, where the suckers are apt to be- 

 come troublesome. Prop, readily by hardwood cuttings 

 or suckers; also by layers and seeds. About 70 species 

 distributed through the temperate and subtropical re- 

 gions of both hemispheres. Lvs. mostly rather small, 

 often fleshy: fls. axillary, solitary or clustered; calyx 

 campanulate, 3-5-toothed ; corolla funnelform, with usu- 

 ally 5-lobed limb; stamens mostly 5: fr. a berry, with 

 few to many seeds. 



A. Lvs. rather large : corolla 5-lobed, dull purplish. 



halimifdlium, Mill. (£. vulgetre, Dun. L. fldccidum, 

 Koch ) . Shrub, with long and slender, spiny or unarmed 

 branches, recurving or sarmentose, glabrous : lvs. cune- 

 ate, narrow, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, grayish 

 green, lJ^-2 in. long: fls. 1-1, long-pedicelled; corolla 

 % in. across, limb about as long as tube; filaments hir- 

 sute at the base: fr. oval, orange-red or sometimes yel- 

 low, to K in. long. May-Sept. China to S. E. Eu. Gn.31, 

 p. 334 and 34, p. 63. B.B. 3:138.— This species and also 

 the following are often confounded with L. Huropwiim 

 and L. Barbanim^ which are chiefly distinguished by 

 the filaments being glabrous at the base, by the longer 

 tube and by the narrower and smaller lvs. They are not 



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957 



hardy North and are r vie in cultnation nhilei hultmi- 

 folium and the following aie hardy 



Chin^nse, Mill. Similartotheformei of more vigorous 

 growth: branches to IJ ft lou„ hs o% ite to lanceolate, 

 bright green, lJ^-3 in fls somenliit 1 iiger fr scarlet 

 or bright orange-red ovite to oblon„' sometimes almost 

 1 in. long. June-Sept China b F 4 102 -The larger 

 fruited form is some 

 times distinguishet 

 as var. megistocAr- 

 pum, Hort. (var. via 

 crocdrpum, Hort). 



AA. Li'S. small, ?4 

 in. long or shorter. 

 ChiUnse, Bert 

 Shrub, with slender, 

 often procumbent 

 and mostly spineless 

 branches: lvs. cune 

 ate at base, oblong, 

 glandular - pubescent 

 on both sides, grayish 



H--^Minlong ^^^ 

 ually sohtarj <g£>-^^ • 



Is Inno-Bi- t),n,i ^ 



pedicels longer th 

 the 5-lobed, whitish 

 pubescent calyx; co 

 rolla about Jain, long 

 pubescent and ye! 

 lowish outside, limb 

 5-lobed, purplish 

 within, about as long 

 as tube: fr. orange 

 red. July-Oot. Chile 

 — The grayish color 

 and glandular pubes- 

 cence gives the foli- 

 age a frosted appear- 

 ance. Int. lyoo by 

 Franceschi, Santa 

 Barbara, Calif. 



Bichii, Gray. Shrub, with slender spiny branches: 

 lvs. short-petioled, cuneate, obovate, obtuse, glabrous 

 or minutely puberulous when young, about ^ in. long: 

 fls. usually 2-3; calyx as long as pedicels, with elongated 

 teeth; corolla J4 in. long, tube longer than 4-lobed limb: 

 fr. globular, bright red, Jiin. across. May-Sept. S.Calif. 



hdrridum, Thunb. Erect, spiny, much-branched shrub, 

 to 3 ft., glabrous ; lvs. sessile, spatulate, glabrous, 

 about ii in. long : fls. short-pedicelled, small, whitish, 

 with rather slender tube and 3-1-lobed limb. S. Afr.— 

 As I have seen no specimens of the plant in trade under 

 this name, I am not sure whether it is the true i>. horri- 

 (litm of Thunberg described above, or perhaps i. Afrttm, 

 which is much used in S. Africa for hedges; the latter 

 is easily distinguished by its large purple fls. 



spatulate, thickish: lis, ^1 ; u irli the slender tube 



much longerthan limb. Ml . i i. /. ftichsiotdfs, KBK, 



= Iochroma fiichsioidcs.— / ,/,,,, 1 (L. rhombifolitim, 



Dipp.). Allied to L.CliiiiLii.-L. 1,-. ^. i i.u!iibi<.-ov.ite; fr. oblong, 

 large, with concave apex.— L.palliihi m , Miers. Spiny spreading 

 shi-ub, to 3 ft.: lvs. sp.itulate, glaucous, 1-2 in. long: fis. pedi- 

 celled, pale greenish purple, funnelform. almost 1 in. long: 

 globular, hr" " " - — . ... 



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1335. Upright Tomato, Lycope 



LYCOP£ESICUM(ito;/'peac;i; probably an allusion to 

 its inferiority as compared with the peach). Solandcea. 

 Tomato. Perhaps nearly a dozen herbs of the western 

 side of S. America, two of which are in common cultiva- 



