ARBORETUM AND FKUT1CETUM. 



PART III. 



.' t.u.iririmi Foil. FL Ross., i. p. 78. t40. ; Lyclen de la Russie 

 Murr. Coinm, Goett, 177;'. p. 8, t. 52. ; and our Jig. ill-. 



v J .,\r. Branches dependent. Bnds.spineseent. 

 Loaves linear-lanceolate, fleshy, obtuse, attenuated 

 at the base, solitary, or sub-taseiculate. Peduncles 

 longer than the calyx. Calyx with 5 unequal teeth. 

 Stamens exserted, equal to the limb. Calyx usually 

 irregularly 5-toothed, rarely -i — 3-lobed, as in L. 

 barbarum. Corolla with a white tube and purplish 

 limb. Leaves grey, like those of L. ai'rnm. (JDon's 

 MUL,vr, p. 458.) A climbing shrub, a native of 

 Siberia, in nitrons places j on the Wolga, and in 

 llyreania ; flowering from June till August. It was 

 introduced in 1804; and, judging from the plants 

 in Messrs. Loddiges*s collection, is scarcely, if at 

 all, different from L. europa^um. 



Variety. 



± L. r. 2 caspicum Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 49. f. a. — 



Leaves shorter. Buds more spinose. Flow- 

 ers smaller. Native about the Caspian Sea. 

 (Don's Mill., iv. p. 458.) 



1 6. L. (e.) lanceola'tum Pair. The lanceolate-/mm/ Box Thorn. 



Identification. Poir. SuppL, 3. p. 429. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 468. 



Synonyme. L. europse'um J3 Dec. Fi. Fr., No. 2699., Pcrs. Ench., 1. p. 231. No. 8., N. Du Ham., 

 ' 1. p. : . I ud. Hart. Brit, ed. 1829. 



Engraving. N. Du Ham., t. 32. 



Spec. Char., tjc. Branches dependent, reflexed. Buds spinescent. Leaves lanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 acute at both vi^\<. Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, pedicellate. Corolla funnel-shaped. Sta- 

 mens exserted. Calyx unequally 5-toothed. Corolla i>urple, with a white bottom. Kerry oblong, 

 red. [Don's Mill., iv p. 4.">8.) A climbing shrub, a native of the south of Europe, particularly of 

 Naples, Greece, ftc ; where it flowers from May till August. When it was introduced is uncer- 

 tain, and we have never seen the plant. 



The turbinate/n«fefl? Box Thorn. 



231., exclusive I i i 



J, 7. //. (? B.) TURBiNA X TUM Du I lam. 



aUon. N. Du Ham., 1. p. 119. t. 31. ; Pers. Ench., 1. p. 

 ot the lynonvme of Lam., No. 3. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 4:*J8. 

 Sunonpmes. /'. Aalimifolium Mill. Did., No. (i. ? ; /,. barbarum j3 Dec. Fl. 

 ' Fr. t No. 2700. 



N. Du Ham., t. 31.; and our Jiff. 1113. 



Char.,8[C. Stems erect, fascicled. Eranch lets dependent, terete. Puds 

 ipini ■ - ile, lanceolate, acuminated. Flowers aggregate, pe- 



dicellate, extra-axillary. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted. Calyx 

 tritid. Berry red, and turbinate. Corolla violaceous, with a white bottom. 

 Mill'., iv. p. 4580 It is a climbing shrub, a native of China, where 

 it Sowers from May till August. It was introduced in 170;); but we have 

 en the plant.' rhough we consider many of the sorts of this genus, 

 which are described as species, as only different varieties, it does not follow 

 Irom that circumstance that each sort may not be tolerably distinct. 

 \S In nvcr plants are raised in great numbers from seed, it is easy to pick 



im among the seedlings many different varieties, which, if propa- 



by extension, will remain distinct till the end of time. We must 



route I, however, that we know of very few genera of ligneous plants, 



i. where k> many of the different alleged species so very closely 



■i otli<r, as in Lyeium. We have no doubt that by taking 



■ dozen plants ol any one of the kinds, from numbers 1 to 9 inclusive, and 



m in a dozen different climates, soils, and situations, we should 



entitled to he considered as species, as most 



described as such. 

 -. /.. (? i ..) ) i.i i' l'ndri u Thunb. The tetrandrons : //o7eVTtY/ Box Thorn. 



/,/, ntfflcatiem. 1 bunb. Pfod., p. 37. ; Lin. Suppl., 150. ; Thunb. in Lin. Trans., 9. p. 1.04. t. 15. ; Don's 

 I .,,,. Tram, Q. t 15 



iy, erect Brant he angular, straight. Leaves fascicled, ovate, obtuse. Flowers 



I drifld, tetrandroUS. Stem twisted, glabrous, angular, grey, still'. 



line long. Mowers solitary, rising from the fascicles of 



Very like A. afnim, hut is distinguished Irom that species in the leaves 



bring tetramerous and tetrandrous. It is also, perhaps, the 



/ • , ///,.,,'.) *hlch the following description is given :—" Leaves oblong. 



ed. Spines) strong, leafy. Leavi cattered, iclitary, or fascicled, thick, 



WU i. p 460 I A In nit, a native of the ('ape of (food Hope, 



o thi in r hi om.ii or 7 ft., flowering in June and July, it 

 Dtrodw ed in 1810 , not seen the plant 



