CHAP. LXXXIV 



■S'OL AN A CE^S. LYCIUM. 



1271 



Buds often without spines. Calyx 2— 3-lobed. Corolla with a purple 

 limb, and yellowish base. Stigma -2-lobed. Berry ovate, yellow. Stamens 

 bearded near the base. There is a variety of this, having livid or pale 

 corollas, and reddish yellow berries. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 458.) A climb- 

 ing shrub, a native of the north of Asia, Africa, and south of Europe ; 

 where it flowers from May till August. It was introduced in 1696; and 

 what has been said respecting L. europaeVnn is equally applicable to this 

 sort, which, we think, may, without any hesitation, be pronounced only 

 a variety of it. 



•* 1 3. L. (e.) chine'nse Mill. The Chinese Box Thorn. 



Identification. Mill. Diet., No. 5. ; Bunge in Mem. Acad. Petersb., 2. p. 123. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 458. 



Synonymes. L. barbarum /3 chinense Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 257. j L. barbarum Lour. Coch., 1. 

 p. 165. ? ; L. ovatum N. Du Ham., 1. p. 107. 



Engravings. Lam. 111., 1. 112. f. 2. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 8. ; and our 

 jig. 1110. from the N. Du Ham., and fig. 1111. from, we think, a spe- 

 cimen in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., eye. Branches pendulous, prostrate, stri- 

 ated. Buds spinescent. Leaves by threes, ovate, 

 acute, attenuated at the base. Peduncles much 

 longer than the calyx, which is entire. Stamens 



exserted. Said by Bunge 



to be nearly allied to L. 



ruthenicum ; but differs in 



the leaves being broad- 

 ovate. Corollas purple. Ber- 

 ries orange-coloured. Shoots 



very long (ex Mill.). We 



know not whether the plants 



described by Miller and by 



Bunge are the same: the 



plant here meant is that of 



Bunge. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 



458.) A climbing shrub, a 



native of China, about Pekin 



and Canton; and of Cochin- 



China; where it flowers from 



May till August. It is un- 

 certain when it was introduced; but there are plants 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the 

 arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges; and the chief dif- 

 ference between it and L. europae x um is, that it is a 

 smaller, weaker plant. 



1 4. L. (e.) Trbwia^num G. Don. Trew's Box Thorn. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 4. p. 458. ; Lodri. Cat, ed. 1836. 



Synonyme. L. barbarum Lam. Diet., 3. p. 509., ex Poir. Suppl., 3. p. 427., Trew Ehret., t. 68., ex- 

 clusive of the synonymes'; L. chinense N. Du Ham., 1. p. 116., Pers. Ench., 1. p. 231. No. 9. 

 Engraving. N. Du Ham., t. 30. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches diffuse, angular. Buds spinose. Leaves petiolate, 

 lanceolate, acute. Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary, or twin, extra-axillary. 

 Calyx 2 — 3-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted. This 

 species differs from L. chinense 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., iv. p. 458.) A shrub, a native of China, where it grows 6 ft. 

 high, flowering from May till August. It was introduced in 1818; and, 

 judging from the plants in the Hackney arboretum, is scarcely, if at all, 

 different from L. europae N um. 



The Russian Box Thorn. 



Identification. Murr. Comm. Goett., 1779, p. 2. t. 2. ; Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc, 1. p. 166. ; Don's Mill., 4. 

 p. 458. ; Lodd. Cat., cd. 1836. 



J, 5. L. (e.) ruthe'nicum Murr 



