SOLANACEJ;E. XIII. Lycium. 
solitary, extra-axillary, 1-flowered, drooping ; corolla tubular : 
limb hairy, erect; calyx villous, 5-cleft. h. G. Native of 
Peru, in hedges at Tarma. Stem cinereous, much-branched. 
Calycine segments reflexed. Corolla purplish violet. Berry 
small, globose, orange-coloured. Old spines naked. 
Obovate-leaved Boxthorn. Shrub. 
11 L. sa‘rsum (Ruiz. et Pav. l. c. t. 183. f. b.) branches 
long, pendulous ; spines leafy ; leaves obovate-oblong, sessile ; 
flowers extra-axillary, drooping, solitary, on short pedicels; 
corolla funnel-shaped ; stamens exserted. 5. G. Native of 
Peru, in hedges near Lurin. Leaves small, fascicled. Calyx 5- 
toothed. Corolla small, whitish purple ; segments oblong, 
clammy, obtuse, spreading. Berry small, ovate-oblong, acute, 
2-celled, hardly pulpy. Seeds small yellow. 
Salt Boxthorn. Shrub. 
12 L. Tuunse’rai; leaves lanceolate-elliptic ; branches 
loose, sub-spinose. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, in Carro, between Roggefelt and Bokefelt. L.bárbarum, 
Thunb. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 152. Stem terete, grey, erect. 
Branches more or less spiny, elongated, usually simple. Leaves 
usually solitary beneath the spines, glabrous, 13 inches long, 
and more. 
Thunberg’s Boxthorn. Shrub. 
Szcr. II. Isopont1a (from coc, isos, equal; and odove odor- 
roc, odous odontos, a tooth; in reference to the calyx being 
regularly 5-toothed.) Calyx urceolately campanulate, regularly 
5-toothed. Corolla tubularly campanulate ; limb 5-cleft, erect. 
Genitals inclosed.—Spiny shrubs. Leaves in fascicles. Pe- 
duncles almost axillary, solitary. Flowers drooping. 
13 L. parviroxrom (Willd. rel. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 698.) very spiny; leaves in fascicles, obovate, obtuse, gla- 
brous; flowers almost axillary, solitary, pendulous; corollas 
tubular; stamens almost inclosed. h.F. Native of the Andes 
of Peru, between Caxamarca and Magdalena, at the altitude of 
800 hexapods. L. microphyllum, Humb. et Bonpl. mss. but 
not of Duh. L. hórridum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 52. but not of Thunb. Leaves small. Calyx obsoletely 5- 
toothed, or nearly entire. Corolla tubular, a little curved, 6-7 
times longer than the calyx. Filaments capillary, glabrous. 
Stigma thickened.  Pedicels longer than the calyxes. 
Small-leaved Boxthorn. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
14 L. A‘rrum (Lin. spec. 277.) erect, spiny ; leaves fasci- 
cled, linear, canescent, attenuated at the base, obtuse, fleshy ; 
flowers almost axillary, solitary, drooping; corolla tubular, 3 
times longer than the calyx ; stamens inclosed. h. H. Native 
of the North of Africa, as of Palestine; and of Spain. Mill. 
icon. t. 171. f. 1. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 324. Ker. bot. reg. 
t. 354. Lam. ill. 112. f. 1.—Duh. arb. ed. nov. p. 107.-110. 
—Trew. ehret. 4. t. 24. f. 2.—Plenck. icon. t. 127.— Mich. 
gen. p. 224. t. 105. f. 2.—Nis. act. par. 1711. p. 420. t. 12. 
Bark grey coloured ; the smaller branches frequently spiny. 
Leaves glaucous. Filaments bearded near the base, as in all 
the true species. Stigma slightly 2-lobed. Corolla violaceous, 
rich purple above. Berry globose, violaceous, Calyx 5- 
toothed. 
African Boxthorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1712. .Shrub 6 
to 10 feet. 
15 L. rE'NvE (Willd. enum. 1. p. 242.) erect, spiny; leaves 
linear, rather fleshy, in fascicles; flowers almost axillary, pedi- 
cellate, solitary, drooping; corolla tubular; stamens equal in 
length to the limb of corolla. h. F. Native country un- 
known, but probably of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves nar- 
rower and shorter than in L. Æfrum. Pedicels a little longer 
than the calyx. Calyx 5-toothed; teeth adpressed. The 
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corolla is said by Willd. to be nearly like that of Z. Bárbarum, 
and the stamens a little longer than the linib, and, therefore, 
probably belongs to the last section. 
Slender Boxthorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. 
6 feet. 
16 L. prorinauum; leaves linear-elliptic; branches strict ; 
peduncles longer than the leaves. p. H. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. L. A'frum, Thunb. prod. 37. and in Lin. trans. 9. 
p. 158. but not of Lin. Stem stiff, erect ; branches spinescent, 
somewhat verticillate, short, strict. Leaves fascicled, glabrous, 
a nail in length. Peduncles capillary, 1-flowered, about equal 
in length to the flowers. Corolla short, campanulate. 
Allied Boxthorn. Shrub. 
17 L. Rícinuw (Thunb. prod. 37. Lin. trans. 9. p. 153. t. 
14.) erect, spiny ; leaves linear, obtuse, in fascicles ; peduncles 
shorter than the leaves and flowers ; corolla tubular; stamens 
inclosed ; calyx 5-toothed ; teeth ciliated. h.F. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope, about Cape Town. Willd. enum. 1. 
p. 245. L. carnósum, Duh. arb. ed. nov. p. 111. Pers. ench. 
l. p. 231. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 427. L: A'frum, P, Lam. dict. 
3. p. 509. L. Itálicum, Mill. dict. no. 2. ?— Trew. ehret. t. 24. 
f. 1. Stem flexuous, glabrous, grey; branches rugosely angu- 
lar, cinereous, spiny at top. Leaves glabrous, curved, a nail in 
length. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, drooping. This species 
hardly differs from L. A‘frum, unless in the pedicels being very 
short, the much dwarfer habit of the shrub, in the fewer 
spines, and in the leaves being paler. Pedicels solitary, or by 
threes. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth acute. Corolla 
tubular, violaceous. Berry globose, size of a pea, and 2-celled. 
Stiff Boxthorn. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1795. Shrub 3 to 4 
feet. 
18 L.? micropuy’ttum (Duh. arb. nov. ed. p. 112. Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 231.) erect, spiny, stiff, quite smooth ; branches re- 
flexed; leaves solitary, or in fascicles, parabolic; flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, pedicellate, drooping? ; corolla funnel-shaped ? ; 
stamens inclosed ?, 5. F. Native of the East of Africa, and 
in India. Branches cinereous, terminated each by a strong 
spine. Leaves glaucous, small, linear?. Berry globose, dark 
blue. Perhaps not belonging to the present section. 
Small-leaved Boxthorn. | Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. Shrub. 
19 L.cixE'REuM (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 37. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 
154. t. 16. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1059. enum. 1. p. 245.) branches 
terete, spreading, filiform; branchlets spiny, short; leaves lan- 
ceolate, obtuse, glaucous, glabrous, in fascicles; flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, drooping; corolla tubular; stamens inclosed. 
h. F. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.  Pedicels shorter 
than the calyx, and twice as short as the leaves. Corolla purple ? 
Cinereous Boxthorn. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1818. Shrub. 
20 L. nóngipuM (Thunb. prod. 37. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 154. 
t. 17. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2d. vol. 2. p. 4.) branches strict ; 
leaves obovate, fleshy, glabrous ; flowers nearly sessile. k. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Saldanha Bay. Stem 
stiff, much branched, 3 feet high; branches nodulose, grey, 
spinescent. Leaves fascicled, 3-7 in each fascicle, flat above, 
and convex beneath, white, small. Flowers solitary, pedicellate. 
Pedicels terete, glabrous, a line long. 
Horrid Boxthorn. FI. July, Aug. 
4 feet. 
21 L. retra’nprum (Thunb. prod. p. 37. Lin. suppl. 150. 
Thunb. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 154. t. 15.) spiny, erect; branches 
angular, strict ; leaves fascicled, ovate, obtuse ; flowers nearly 
sessile ; corollas quadrifid, tetrandrous. h.F. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, about Cape Town. Stem twisted, gla- 
brous, angular, grey, stiff; branches horizontal, spiny. Leaves 
aline long. Flowers solitary, rising from the fascicles of leaves 
on short pedicels. Very like L. A'frum, but is distinguished 
3N2 
Shrub 5 to 
Clt. 1791. Shrub 8 to 
