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, 'which includes thofe plants whole flowers have five I 
iburunn and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1- Lycium ( Afrmn ) foliis 1 i n e ar ; -1 on gior i b ns , tubo 
florujn longiori, fegmentis obtufis. Boxthorn with 
longer linear leaves, "a longer tube to the flower , and ob- 
tufle fegments. Lycium foliis linearibus: Hart. Cliff. 
5 7. Boxthorn with linear leaves. 
2. Lycium ( Italkwm ) foliis lineari-brevioribus, tubo 
florum b'reviori, fegmentis oval; bus patentiffirnis. Box- 
thorn with J barter linear leaves , a jherter tube to the 
fie wc.i\ and oval fegments fpreading open. 
3. Lycium {Salic if olium) foliis cuneiformibus. Vir. Cliff. 
14. Boxthorn with wedge-floaped leaves, Jafminoides 
aculeatum, falicis folio, flore parvo ex albo purpura- 
feente. Mitchel. Gen. 224. Prickly B aftar djaflmine with 
a Willow leaf and a flmall purplijh white flower. 
4. Lycium ( Barb arum ) foliis lanceolatis craffiufculis, ca- 
lycibus trifid is. Lin. Sp. Plant. 192. Boxthorn with 
fpear-Jhaped thick leaves , and trifid empalements. Jaf- 
fninoides aculeatum, polygoni folio, floribus parvis 
albidis. Shaw. Afr. 349. f. 349. Prickly Baftardjaf- 
mine, with a Knot-grafs leaf, and flmall whitifh flowers. 
5. Lycium ( Chinenfe ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, ramis dif- 
fufis, floribus folitariis patentibus alaribus, feylo lon- 
giori. Boxthorn with oval fpear-floaped leaves , diffufed 
branches , and Jingle fpreading flowers proceeding from 
the fides of the branches , with a longer ftyle. 
6. Lycium ( Halimifolium ) foliis lanceolatis acutis. Box- 
thorn with fpear-Jhaped acute leaves. Jafminoides Si- 
rtenfe halimi folio longiore & anguftiore. Du Ham. 
306. China Baftard Jafmine zvith a narrower and longer 
leaf. 
7. Lycium ( Capenfe ) foliis oblongo-ovatis, craffiufculis, 
confertis, fpinis robuftioribus. Boxthorn zvith oblong , 
oval , thick leaves growing in cluflers , and ftronger fpines. 
8. Lycium (-. AnguftifoUum ) foliis lineari-lanceolatis con- 
fertis, calycibus brevibus acutis. Boxthorn with linear 
fpear-Jhaped leches growing in cluflers , and floor t acute em- 
palements. 
o. Lycium ( Inerme ) inermis, foliis lanceolatis, alternis, 
perennantibus, Smooth Boxthorn , with fpear-Jhaped ever- 
green leaves placed alternate. 
10. Lycium {Cor datum") foliis cordato-ovatis, feffilibus, 
oppofitis perennantibus, fpinis craffis bigeminis, flo- 
ribus confertis. Lycium zvith oval heart-Jhaped leaves 
placed oppofite , which are ever -green, and Jit clofle to the 
jialks, zvith thick double fpines, and flowers growing in 
cluflers. Arbor Africana fpinofa, foliis craffis corda- 
tis & conjugatis, fpinis craffis' bigeminis. Herm. Cat. 4. 
Prickly African- tree zvith thick hear t-floaped leaves grow- 
ing by pairs , and thick double fpines. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Spain, Portugal, and 
at the Cape of Good Hope. This riles with irregular 
fhrubby ftalksten or twelve feet high, fending out fe- 
veral crooked knotty branches, covered with a whitifh 
bark, and armed with long fharp fpines, upon which 
grow many cluflers of narrow leaves ; thefe thorns 
often put out one or two fmaller on their fides, which 
have fame cluflers of fmaller leaves upon them ; the 
branches are gamifhed with very narrow leaves an inch 
and a half long, and at the bale of thefe come out 
cluflers of fhorter and narrower leaves. The flowers 
come out from the fide of the branches, Handing upon 
fnort foot-ftalks - 5 they have a fhort permanentempale- 
ment of one leaf, which is tubulous, and cut into 
five fegments at the brim ■ iris fu nn el'- fh aped, of one 
petal, with a long incurved tube, cut into five ob- 
tufe fegments at the brim •, they are of a dull pur- 
ple colour, and have five Lamina aTmoft as long as 
the tube, with ereeft fumrffits. In the center is firu- 
ated a roundifh germen, fupporting a ftyle which is 
longer than the flam in a, crowned by a bifid ftigma. 
The germen afterward turns to a roundifh ftefhy ber- 
ry, of a yellowifh colour when ripe, inclofmg feve- 
ral hard feeds. This ufually flowers in June and July, 
and the feeds ripen in the autumn •, but there is fre- 
quently a few flowers come out in all the fummer 
months. 
It may be propagated either by feeds, cuttings, or 
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layers. If by feeds, they fhould be fown in the au- 
tumn foon after they are ripe ; for if they are kept 
out of the ground till fpring, they fcldom come up the 
firft year. It the feeds are iov. n in pots, the pots 
fhould be plunged into fertile old tan in the winter, 
and in very fevere frofl covered with Peas-haujm or 
ftraw, bpt in mild weather fhould he open to receive 
the wet 7 in the fpring the pots fhould be plunged 
into a moderate hot-bed, which will foon .bring up 
the plants *, thefe muft be inured to bear the open 
air as foon as, the danger of froit is over, and when, 
they are three inches high, they may be fhaken out of 
the pots, and each planted in a fmall feparate pot, 
filled with loamy earth, and placed in the fhade till 
they have taken new root, when they may be removed 
to a flickered fituation, where they may remain till the 
autumn ; then they fhould be either removed into the 
green-houfe, or placed under a hot-bed frame to iliel- 
ter them from hard froft •, for thefe plants are too 
tender to live in the open air in England, fo they mull 
be kept in pots and treated in the fame way as Myr- 
tles, and other hardy green-houfe plants *, but when 
the plants are grown ftrong, there may be a few of 
them planted in the full ground in a warm fitua- 
tion, where they will live in moderate winters, but in 
hard frofts they are commonly deftroyed. If the cut- 
tings of thefe plants are planted in a fhady border in 
July, and duly watered, they will take root, and 
may then be treated in the fame way as the feedling 
plants. 
The fecond fort was railed in the Chelfea garden 
from feeds which came from the Cape of Good Hope. 
This hath an irregular fhrubby ftalk like the former, 
but feldom rife more than four or five feet high 
the large leaves are fhorter and a little broader than, 
thofe of the firft, but the tufts of fmall leaves are 
narrower ; the tube of the flower is fhorter, the brim 
is deeper cut into oval fegments which fpread open ; 
the empalement is fhorter, and cut into acute feg- 
ments ; the flowers and fruit are alfo fmaller. Thefe 
differences are permanent, in ail the plants which I 
have two or three times raifed from feeds. It flowers 
about the fame time as the firft, and may be propa- 
gated in the fame way •, the plants alfo require the 
fame culture. 
The third fort grows naturally in the hedges in the 
fouth of France, in Spain and Italy. This hath many 
irregular fhrubby flalks, which rile eight or nine feet 
high, fending out feveral irregular branches, covered 
with a white bark, and armed with pretty ftrong thorns ; 
the leaves are narrow at bottom, growing broader 
upward, and are of a pale green colour. The flowers 
come out from the fide of the branches ; they are of 
a purplifh white colour and fmall, fo make no great 
appearance. This fort flowers in June and July, but 
rarely produces any feeds in this country. The 
leaves of this remain till winter, when they fall off. 
It may be propagated by cuttings or layers, in the 
fame manner as the firft fort. The plants will live 
abroad in a fheltered warm fituation, but in very hard 
froft they fhould be covered with ftraw or litter, 
otherwiie the branches will be killed, and fometimes 
the roots are deftroyed where they have not feme 
cover. ' 
The fourth fort was brought from Africa by the late 
Dr. Shaw, where it grows naturally. This hath a 
fhrubby ftalk which rifes feven or eight feet high, 
fending out feveral irregular branches, which are arm- 
ed with ftrong fpines, and garnifhed with fhort, thick, 
fpear-fhaped, oval leaves, which Itand without or- 
der. The flowers come out from the fide of the 
branches ; they are fmall and white, fo make little 
appearance. This flowers in July and Auguft, but 
does not produce feeds in England. It may be pro- 
pagated by cuttings in the fame way, as the, firft fort, 
but is too tender to live in the open air in winter in 
this country, fo the plants muft be kept in pots, and 
removed into the green-houfe in autumn, and treated 
in the fame way as other hardy kinds of green-houfe 
plants. 
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