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LYCIUM afhrai; 



Jlfrican Bow- thorn. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNfA. 



Nat. ord. Solane^. Jussieu gen. 124. Broxvn prod. 443. Div. It. 

 Fructus baccatus. 



LYCIUM. Cal urceolatus brcvis, 5-fidus aut S-dentatus. Cor. 

 longior tubulosa, limbo erecto quinquelobo aut piano quinquepartito, Fil. 

 basi tumida et villosa, mediae corollse infixa, intra limbum erectum latentia, 

 supra planum exserta; anth. ochroleucse, Stig. bisulcum. Bacca subro- 

 tunda; sem. reniformia. Frutices plerique spinosi, ramtdis apice pungentU 

 lussfol. interdiity Jasciculata ; Jlores axillares solitarii aut geminati. Juss, 

 loc. cit, 126* 



L. qfrum, fbliis linearibus subcarnosis basi attenuatis fasciculatis, ramis 



laxis spinescentibus, pedunculis calyce longioribus, staminibus corolte 



tubo inclusis. Willd, enum. 1. 245. 

 Lycium afrum. Lin. sp. pi ed. % % 277- Mitt* diet. ed, 8. n. 1. ic. t. 171. 

 Jig. 1. Hort. Kev>. L 256. ed. 2. 2. 3. Zorn ic. 159- Mutt, in commentdr. 



gotting. 1779. 12. Willd. sp.pl 1. 1057; (excluso Mich. gen. 224. t. 105. 

 f : 2.). 

 X-ycium fbliis linearibus flore fructuque majori. Trexv ehret. tab. 2k.Jig. 2. 

 Jasminoides africanum, jasraini aculeati foliis et facie. Nissol in act.paris. 



S20. t. 12. 



Frutex rigidus, tortuosus, nodosus, orgyalis vel duplus y robuste longeque 

 spinosvs; cortice pallido* Fasciculi foliorum undique sparsi numerosi. 

 Flores inodori f solitarii, penduliy e centro Jasciculortcm foliorum ; pedunculi 

 unifloriy jtliformes, glabri, deftexi, longiores calyce, duplo breviores Jbliis 

 atque corolla. CaL S-plo fere brevior corolld, virens 9 cupulato-tubulosus, 

 glaber, 5'dentalus, dentibus aourninatis ciliatis tomento minuto* Cor. tubata, 

 i partes uncite longa v. circiter, lurido-purpurascens > virore varie tincta, dia* 

 metro pennm scriptoria minorts, recta: tubus parum superne ampliatus 9 4>*plo 

 Jerme longior limbo , uti et calyx IQ-nervis, intus Jhuci saturate violaceat 

 lirabus campanulatO'rotatuS) laciniis ohlato~subrotundi$ v. subreniformibus, 

 basi imbricato-contiguis, margine depnssis. Fil. albicantia, inclusa, erecia, in- 

 $erta tubo in piano calychy pedem limbi aitwgentia, inferne Jusco-barbata 9 

 deindh glabra setaceo-Jtliformia : anth. sagittate- oblonga, breves^ erectte, » 

 basi hifixa, polline ockroleuco, farinaceo* Germ, breve, oblato-subconicurn, 

 glabrum, disco obsolete 10'dentato insidens: stylus subclavato-jiliformis* 

 .erectuS) 'viridis, agualis staminibus: stig. $ubpileato<apitatum > saturate 

 y%Hde > transverse pblon^urn et SMbrentforrne f 



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Certainly native of the Cape of Good Hope; but not of 

 Spain and Portugal, as most books have it. Comes very 

 near to rigidum, also a Cape species, where the spines are 



however more numerous and robust, and the flowers much 



shorter. 



voi,. v. c 



