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Buds often without spines. Calyx 2—3-lobed. Corolla with a purplelimb, and yellowish base. Stigma 2-lobed. Berry ovate, yellow.. Stamens bearded near the base. There is a variety of this, having livid or palecorollas, 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; andwhat has been said respecting L. europae'um is equally applicable to thissort, which, we think, may, without any hesitation, be pronounced onlya variety of it.

-*13 . L. (e.) chine'nse Mill. The Chinese Box Thorn.

Identification. Mill. Diet. , No. 5.; Bunge in Mem. Acad. Petersb., 2. p. 123.i Don’s Mill., 4. p. 458.Synonymcs. L. barbarum /3 chin6nse Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 257. i L. barbarum Lour. Cock., 1.

p 165. ? ; L. ov&tum N. Du Ham., 1. p. 107.

Engravings. Lam. Ill., 1.112. f. 2.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 8. ; and ourfig. 1110. from the N. Du Ham., and fig. 1111. from, we think, a spe-cimen in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.

Spec. Char., $c. Branches pendulous, prostrate, stri-ated. Buds spinescent. Leaves by threes, ovate,acute, attenuated at the base. Peduncles muchlonger than the calyx, which is entire. Stamensexserted. Said by Bungeto be nearly allied to L.ruthenicum; but differs inthe leaves being broad-ovate. Corollas purple. Ber-ries orange-coloured. Shootsvery long (ex Mill.). Weknow not whether the plantsdescribed by Miller and byBunge are the same: theplant here meant is that ofBunge. (Don’s Mill., vi. p.

458.) A climbing shrub, anative of China , about Pekinand Canton; and of Cochin- China ; where it flowers fromMay till August. It is un-certain when it was introduced; but there are plantsin the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in thearboretum of Messrs. Loddiges; and the chief dif-ference between it and L. europae'um is, that it is asmaller, weaker plant.

2 4. L. (e.) Trewia’num G. Don. Trew’s Box Thorn.Identification. Don’s Mill., 4. p. 458.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Synonymc. L. barbarum Lam. Diet. , 3. p. 509., ex Poir. Suppl., 3. p. 427., Trew Ekret., t. 68., ex-clusive of the svnonymes’; L. chinense N. Du Ham., 1. p. 116., Pers. Ench., 1. p. 231. No. 9.Engraving. N. Du Ham., t. 30.

Spec. Char., fyc. 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, witha 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 D. europas'um.

1 5. L. (e.) rutiie'nicum Murr. The Russian Box Thorn.

Identification. Murr. Comm. Goett., 1779, p. 2. t. 2.: Bieb. FI. Taur. Cauc., 1. p. 166.: Don’s Mill., 4.p. 458.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

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