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erroneouny, whicli Willdenow, not turning to the book, has 

 omitted to correft. 



2. L. rtgidum. Rigid Box-thorH. Tliunb. Prodr. 37. 

 Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 9. 153. t. 14. — Leaves cluflered, li- 

 near. Branches flraight, ending in a fpine. Flowers nearly 

 fcffile. — Gathered by Thunberg near Cape Town, flowering 

 in July and Augult. It differs from the former chiefly in 

 having the Jtoivers nearly feffile, with a much fhorter and 

 broader corolla. The leaves alfo are narrower. 



5. L. rutheii'uum. Tartarian Box-thorn. Murr. Comm. 

 Gott. for 1779, p. 2. t. 2. Ehrh. Exiicc. n. 4. (L. tata- 

 ricum; Pall. RolT. v. i. fafc. i. 78. t.49.) — Leaves linear, 

 clufteredj from fpinous buds. Branches elongated, pen- 

 dulous. — Native of Siberia and Tartary. The braiich'ts are 

 long, (lender, pendulous, compound, with a pale fmooth 

 bark, and a folitary prominent fpine from each bud. Leaves 

 linear, bluntifh, tapering at the bafe, fcarcely more than three 

 or four in each duller. Flo'wers drooping. Corolla funnel- 

 fliaped, about half an inch long, pale purple. Calyx fome- 

 -what two-lipped. This is fmaller hi all its parts than the 

 following. 



4. L. barbarvm. Willow-leaved Box-thorn, or Blue 

 Jafmine. Linn. Sp. PI. 277. Schkuhr. Handb. v. i. 147. 

 t. 46 Leaves lanceolate, folitary or cluttered, very un- 

 equal. Spines axillary. Branches elongated, pendulous. — 

 Native of Europe, Alia, and Africa, very hardy with us, 

 and long cultivated for bowers and trelhfes, being a rambling 

 fhrub of very luxuriant growth, though no great beauty. Its 

 /?OTUf« are purple. JSfrnVj of an orange-red. The Chincfe 

 variety, diftinguilhed by gardeners, and figured by Duhamel, 

 differs fcarcely in any thing. The calyx is occafionally three 

 or five-cleft, and fomewhat two-lipped, in that as well as the 

 ordinary kind. This plant blofFoms from May to the very 

 end of autumn, bearing flowers and fruit together in abun- 

 dance. 



5. L. tetratuhum. Four-cleft Box-thoni. Thunb. 

 Prodr. 37. Tr; of Linn. Soc. v. 9. 154. t. I J. Linn. 

 Suppl. I5O. — Leaves obovate, cluflered. Branches flraight, 

 angular, ending in a fpine. Flowers four-cleft. — Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, towards the fea, flowering in 

 June. Thunb. A rigid, branched, fmooth^iru^, with the 

 habit of the firll two fpecies, but very fmall, flefhy, obovate 

 leaves, and fmall, funnel-fhaped, fliort, white Jlotuers, whofe 

 corella is four-cleft, andjlamens four only. 



6. L. ctnereum. Grey-barked Box-thorn. Thunb. 

 Prodr. 37. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 9. 1J4. t. 16. — Leaves 

 lanceolate, cluflered, nearly equal. Branches ending in a 

 fpine. Flowers on very fliort flalks. — Found at the Cape 

 of Good Hope by Thunberg. He defcribcs t\\e Jlem as 

 round, llriated, fmooth, grey, much branched, zigzag, and 

 ereft ; the branches alternate, flender, elongated, each ter- 

 minating in a fliarp fpine. Leaves fmooth, acute. Flonuers 

 axillary, folitary, on flalks fcarcely longer than the calyx, 

 and not half the length of any of the leaves. 



7. L. horrldum. Succulent-leaved Box-thorn. Thunb. 

 Prodr. 37. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 9. 154. t. 17. — Leaves 

 obovate, flefhy, fmooth. Branches numerous, ending in a 

 fpine. Flowers on very fhort ftalks. — Grows in maritime 

 fituations at the Cape, flowering from September to No- 

 vember. Thunb. The Jlem is three feet high, rigid, aboimd- 

 ing with fhort fpinous branches in every direftion. Leaves 

 from threfe to feven in a duller, not half an inch long, 

 feflile, thick, fmooth ; flattifli and green above ; convex, 

 white, and marked with a green line, benc'uth. Flowers 

 folitary, fmall, on fliort flalks. They are rcprefcnted in 

 the figure with four fegmcnts only, though of this nothing 



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is faid in the charafter or defcription. If it be correft, 

 the prefent fpecies comes very near the fifth. 



8. L. europxum. European Box-thorn. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 ed. I. 192. Mant. 47. (Jafminoides aculeatum, falicis folio, 

 florc parvo, ex albo purpurafcente ; Mich. Gen. 224. t. lOJ. 

 f. I.) — Leaves obovate, oblique, cluflered. Spines lateral 

 and terminal. Stem ereft. — Native of the fouth of Europe ; 

 hardy in our gardens, flowering all fummer long. Linnaeul 

 confounded this, in the fecond edition of Sp. PL, with hi» 

 barbarum, from which it is very diflinft. The Jlem and 

 branches are firm and upright. Leaves obovate, oblique or 

 twilled, femetimes minutely downy. Corolla paler, longer, 

 and more flender. There is no prominent green hne, run- 

 ning down the branches from each bud, as in the barbarum, 

 — The prefent is Rhamnus primus of Clufius and Dodonxus ; 

 fee Ger. em. 1334. fig. i. 



9. L. boerhaavtfoUum. Glancous-leaved Box -thorn. Linn. 

 Suppl. 150. (L. heterophyllum ; Murr. Comm. Gott. for 

 1783. p. 6.t. 2. Ehretia halimifolia ; I'Herit. Stirp. fafc. I. 

 45. t. 23.) — Leaves ovate, oblique, acute, glaucous. Spinet 

 lateral. Flowers in terminal chillers. — Native of Peru. 

 This is a very pretty Jl:rub, with fpines accompanying the 

 buds on the ftem and older branches ; the young fhoots are 

 unarmed, flender, fpreading horizontally. Leaves fcattered, 

 flalked, about an inch long, ovate, entire, glaucous, fmooth. 

 Flowers feveral together, in a cltifter, or fliort panicle, at 

 the end of each branch, purplifli, very fragrant. Caly» 

 hemifpherical, with five fliarp equal teeth. Corolla rather 

 fliort and funnel-fhaped, with long proiofting ftamens and 

 ftyle ; the former hairy at the bafe. The Jligma, according 

 to I'Heritier, is fometimes capitate, fometimes cloven, or 

 of two valves, which rnuft furely be owing to the different 

 periods of its age. 



10. L. barbatum. Fringed Box-thorn. Murr. in Syft. 

 Veg. cd. 14. 228. Thunb. Prodt. 37. Tr. of Linn. Soc. 

 v. g. 15^;. (L.inerme; Linn, Suppl. 150.) — Leavesovate, 

 fmooth. Branches zigzag, without fpines. Panicles axil- 

 lary. — Gathered by Thunberg at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 on little hills about Cape-town and elfewhere, flowering in 

 Augufl and the following months. " The Jlem is flirubby, 

 quite fmooth, two feet high or more, with alternate, fpread- 

 ing, zigzag, rugged, grey branches. Leaves oppofite, 

 ftalked, ovale, pointed or bluntifli, entire, fmooth, green 

 above, pale beneath, an inch or more in length. Foot- 



Jlalls three quarters of an inch long. Flowers axillaiT, pa- 

 nicled, on capillary flalks. Stipulas or bra3eas fringed with 

 white. Berry two-lobcd, comprelTed, abrupt, with two fur- 

 rows and two cells." Thunb. — Of this we have jieither feen 

 a fpecimen nor figure, nor has it yet appeared in any Enghfh 

 garden. 



11. L. carolinlanum. CaroHna Box-thorn. Mich. Bo- 

 real-Amer. v. 1. 9J. Donn Cant. cd. 5. 47. — Leaves fpa- 

 tulate-oblong. Branches without fpines. Flowers four-deft. 

 — Native of the rufhy falt-marfhes of Carohna, Georgia, 

 and Florida. Said to have been brought to England in 

 1806. The Jlim is flirubby. Leaves narrow. Flowers 

 blueifli, four-cleft, with four ilamens. 



Lycium, in Gardening, contains plants of the (hrubby 

 exotic kind, of which the fpecies cultivated are the African 

 boxthorn (L. afrum) ; the willow-leaved boxthorn (L. 

 barbarum); the European boxthorn (L. curopa:um) ; and 

 the Tartarian boxthorn (L. tartaricum). 



The fecond fort affords feveral varieties. The firft has a. 

 flirubby flalk feven or eight feet high, fending out feveral 

 irregular branches, armed with ilrong fpines, and furnifhed 

 with fhort thick leaves : the flowers which come out from 

 the fide of the branches are fmall and purple. They appear 

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