LF>YCESTE'RIA FORMO'SA. 
HANDSOME LEYCESTERIA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAPRIFOLIACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introdueed 
Nepal. 
6 feet. 
Aug. & Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1824. 
No. 721. 
The generic name Leycesteria was adopted by 
Dr. Wallich, in honour of William Leycester, Esq. 
a supporter of horticulture, and one of the judges 
under the Bengal Presidency. Where the plant is 
indigenous it is called by the Indians Nulkuroo. 
It is mentioned by Dr. Wallich as growing wild 
on the highest mountains of Nepal, and in situations 
north of that country, at an elevation of from six 
to eight thousand feet above the plains, where it 
attains the height of ten or twelve feet, with a stem 
of somewhat more than an inch in diameter. 
It was introduced into this country by Dr. Royle, 
who obtained its seeds from India, and young plants 
were raised from them in the London Horticultural 
Society’s Garden. It proves to be, even in our cli- 
mate, completely hardy, and evergreen. 
From its evergreen habit and ornamental flow- 
ers, this new accession to our shrubberies is likely 
to become a general favourite. It is impatient of 
drought; therefore a shaded and somewhat cool 
situation should be chosen for it. It may be raised 
from seeds, cuttings, or layers, and will grow in 
any common soil. 
181 Don’s Syst, Bot. .3, 451. 
