Lil. SOLANA‘CE®. LY’CIUM. 667 
attenuated at the base. Pe- 
duncles much longer than 
the calyx, which is entire. 
Stamens exserted. Nearly 
allied to Z. ruthénicum ; but 
differs in the leaves being 
broad-ovate. Shoots very 
long. (Don’s Mill.) A climb- 
ing deciduous shrub. China, 
about Pekin and Canton ; 
and of Cochin-China. Stem 
8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced ?. 
Flowers purple; May to Au- 
gust. Fruit orange-coloured ; 
ripe in August. 
Resembles Z. europz‘um, 
but is a smaller weaker plant. 
A 4, L. (&.) Trewrtnum G. Don. Trew’s Box 
Thorn, 
Identification. Don's Mill., 4. p. 458. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. L.barbarum Lam. Dict. 3. p. 509. ex Poir, Suppl. 3. 
p 427.; L. chinénse N. Du Ham. 1, p. 116. 
Engraving. Our fig.2102.in p. 1110. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches diffuse, angular. Buds 
spinose. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, acute. Pe- 
auncles 1-flowered, solitary or twin, extra-axillary. 
Calyx 2—3-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens 
exserted. This species differs from L. chinénse 
Mill. in the spines, and from L. barbarum in the 
leaves. Branches rufescent. Spines few. Corolla fine purple, with a white 
star in the centre. Filaments pilose at the base. Berry ovate. (Don's 
Mill.) A climbing deciduous shrub. China. Stem 6 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced 
in 1818. Flowers purple ; May to August. 
Judging from the plants in the Hackney arboretum, this kind is scarcely, if 
at all, different from L. europz‘um. 
1295 LL. (e.) chinénse, 
A 5. DL. (E.) RuTHE’NIcuM Murr. The Russian Box Thorn, 
Identification. Murr. Comm. Goett., 1779, p. 2. t. 2.3 Don’s Mill., 4. p. 458. 
Synonymes. iL. tataricum Pall. Fl. Ross. 1. p. 78. t.49.; Lyciende la x, 
Russie, Fr. 
Engravings. Murr. Comm. Goett. 1779, p. 2. t.2.; and our fig. 1296. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches dependent. Buds spines- 
cent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, fleshy, obtuse, attenu- 
ated 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 DL. afrum. (Don’s 
Mill.) A climbing deciduous shrub. Siberia, in nitrous 
places ; on the Wolga, and in Hyrcania. Stem 6ft.to \ 
10 ft. Introduced in 1804. Flowers white ; June to ' 
August. 
Variety. 
AL. 7. 2 cdspicum Pall. Fl. Ross. t.49. f. a. — 
Leaves shorter. Buds more spinose. Flowers 
smaller. Native about the Caspian Sea. 
1296 L.(e.)ruthén.cuns, , 
