SOLANACEA, 425 
1. Dunalia ramifiora, Miers in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 340; Ill. 8. 
Am. Pl. i. p. 139. 
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, Willd.?, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xii. 2 (reprint, p. 1). 
Sour Mexico, near Vera Cruz, at 500 feet; Guadalajara, at 3000 to 5000 feet; and 
near Juquila, on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, at 3000 to 5000 feet (Galeotti, 1145). 
Hb. Kew. 
14. NICANDRA. 
Nicandra, Adans. Fam. Nat. 11. p. 219; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 897. 
Calydermos, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. ii. p. 43. 
An herbaceous monotype. 
1. Nicandra physaloides, Gertn. Fruct. ii. p. 237, t. 181; Bot. Mag. t. 2458. 
- Sourn Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 979); GuateMaLa, Volcan de Fuego 
(Salvin).—A native of Perv, now generally dispersed in warm countries. Hb. Kew. 
15. JABOROSA. 
Jaborosa, Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 125; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 898. 
About six or seven herbaceous species, whereof one is Mexican and the rest South- 
American, extending through the Andes to the extratropical region. 
1. Jaborosa longiflora, Mog. et Sessé in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 481; Calques 
des Dess. Fl. Mex. 9056. . 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
16. NECTOUXIA. 
Nectouxia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 10; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 899. 
An herbaceous monotype. 
1. Nectouxia formosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 11, t. 193; DC. 
Prodr. xii. 1, p. 480. 
Nectouxia bella, Miers, Ill. S. Am. Pl. ii. p. 32, t. 40. 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 652) ; 
SoutH Mexico, Real del Monte, at about 8500 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland ; Coulter, 
1270), around Toluca (Andrieux, 180). Hb. Kew. 
| 17. LYCIUM. 
Lycium, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 262; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. p. 900. 
Shrubs and small trees. Miers (Ill. S. Am. Pl. ii. pp. 94-140, tt. 64-74) describes 
seventy species; but many of them cannot be considered more than slight varieties. 
They are widely dispersed in temperate and subtropical regions of the northern hemi- 
sphere, and they are also numerous in extratropical South America and South Africa. 
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