682 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
lanceolate, veiny. (Willd.) An evergreen low tree or large shrub. Italy, 
Greece, and North of Africa. Height 30 ft. to 60 ft. Introduced in 1562, or 
before. Flowers white‘or yellow ; April and May. Berry very dark purple ; 
ripe in October. 
Varieties. 
a L. 2. 2 undulata Mill.—A low shrub, seldom growing higher than 4 or 
6 feet, with leaves waved on the edges, which is stated in the Nouveau 
Du Hamel to be hardier than the species. 
a L.n. 3 salicifolia Swt. DL. n. angustifolia Lodd. Cat——A shrub, rather 
higher than the preceding variety, with long narrow leaves, not so 
thick as those of the species, and of a lighter green. 
wo L.n. 4 variegata Swt. LD. n. fol. var. Lodd. Cat. — Leaves variegated. 
a L. x. 5 latifolia Mill, — Leaves much broader and smoother than 
those of the species. This is the broad-leaved bay of Asia, Spain, 
and Italy, and it is generally considered as too tender for the open 
air in England. 
a L. 2. 6 crispa Lodd. Cat. — Leaves somewhat curled. 
w L.n. 7 flore pléeno N. Du Ham. — Flowers double. 
An evergreen tree, or rather enormous shrub, sometimes growing to the 
height of 60 ft., but always displaying a tendency to throw up suckers ; and 
rarely assuming a tree-like character. The leaves are evergreen, and of a firm 
texture ; they have an agreeable smell, and an aromatic, subacrid, slightly bit- 
1329. Lagrus nobilis. 
terish taste. The plant requires a good free soil, and it will not thrive in the 
open air, in a climate much colder than that of the environs af London. It 
is generally propagated by layers ; but, as the berries are ripened in the South 
of England, and can be had in abundance from France, the species is very 
