Description of Foreign Shrubs 



wheel-shaped, 5-lobed, stamens 5, 3-5 stigmas without styles) in 

 compound clusters ; June ; fruit black. Var. aurea has yellow- 

 variegated foliage. 



60. Lycium. (L. chinensis.) 



Leaf: i}i,'—2%', simple, alternate, entire, oval, base tapering; 

 branches drooping, seldom thorny, whole plant smooth. Flower : 

 blue-violet (corolla short-funnel-shaped with 5 spreading lobes, 5 

 stamens projecting from corolla-tube, bearded at base). China. 

 (PI. IV.) 



6x. Rhododendron. (R. ponticum.) 



Leaf : 4'-6', simple, alternate, entire, obovate-lance-shaped, 

 base tapering, evergreen, thick, smooth. Flower : m. purple, 

 very open-bell-shaped (corolla 5-lobed, stamens 10, style i), in 

 terminal clusters, late spring ; low shrub. Pontus, etc. 



62. Rhododendron. (R. hybridum.) 



Leaf essentially as in last ; flower variable in color by grafting 

 foreign upon native stock. 



63. Syringa. Lilac. (Syringa.) 



In all lilacs the leaf (3-4') is simple, opposite, entire ; flower is 

 m. tubular, vrith 4-lobed and more or less spreading border, in 

 large clusters ; details as follows : 



(a) S. Jonkaia : leaf elliptical, base tapering, glossy, lighter 

 beneath, somewhat fleshy, not hairy. Flower deep violet-blue, 

 odorless, lobes not spreading ; June ; 8°-i2°. Hungary. 



(b) S. Persica : leaf lance-ovate. Flower white, corolla-lobes 

 w>V^-spreading or flat when fully open, rather loosely clustered ; 

 2 varieties, alba and rubra (reddish flowers), in Park. 



(c) S. vulgaris alba : leaf ovate, base somewhat cordate. 

 Flower fragrant, lobes somewhat spreading, in crowded compound 

 panicles ; spring ; color white and red in varieties alba and rubra. 

 Eastern Europe. 



(d) S. villosa : flower light purple in bud, then white ; two 

 weeks later than other lilacs. 



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