MATRIMONY VINE 



The plant was named by Linnsus in honor of Dr. John Browall. 

 While the two were friends it was Browallia elata, but after they 

 quarrelled, Linnaeus changed it to Browallia demissa, the name it 

 still bears in the books. 



MATRIMONY VINE 



Lycium vulgare. 

 Lycium, from Lycia, the home of the type. 



A somewhat spiny shrub, with long, slender, climbing or trailing 

 branches, often trained upon a wall or upon the side of the house. 

 Western Asia. Summer and autumn. 



Stem. — Spiny; branches weak, long, slen- 

 der, recurved or climbing. 



Leaves. — Small, alternate, oblong or obo- 

 vate, entire, commonly with smaller ones clus- 

 tered in their axils. 



Flowers. — Pale-purple, solitary or clustered 

 in the axils, fading to dull yellow. 



Calyx. — Bell-shaped, three to five-lobed, 

 persistent. 



Corolla. — Funnel-form, spreading, pale 

 purple aging to yellow, four or five-lobed. 



Stamens. — Five, exserted. 



Ovary. — ^Two-celled; style thread-like; stig- 

 ma capitate. 



Fruit. — Oval berry, orange-red. 



The Matrimony Vine has neither ten- 

 drils nor twining habit, but when trained 

 to supports on a veranda or house wall, 

 the effect is good. The common name is suggested by the flowers 

 in the axils of the leaves growing side by side. The fruit is very 

 decorative in autumn. 



Lycium chinense, a recent acquisition of our gardens, is desira- 

 ble because of its larger scarlet berries. 



Matrimony Vine. 

 mtlgare 



Lycium 



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