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112 soLANACE.E (Wrigbt). [Lydum, 



203 ; Miersin Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xiv. (1834) 17, 186 ; I>unal 

 in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 522 (ivcl. var. an gust i folium). L. caniosum, 

 Fair. Encyel. Suppl iii. 427 ; Dunal in DC Prod. xiii. i. 522 ; 

 Miers in Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xiv. (1854) 17. L. propinquum, 

 G. Bon, Geji. Syst. iv. 459 ; Dunal, I.e. 526. L. ep., Drhje, Ic. HI. 

 Lycium foliis linearibus. etc., Trew, PI. Select. 4, t. 24, Jigs. 1-2 ; 

 Millie. lU,t. in,fg.'l. 



South Africa : without locality, Stuart .' 



Coast REGioy -. Clanwilliam Div. ; Piquiniers Kloof, 700 ft., Schlechter, 

 10754! Cape Div.; near Cape Town, Thunherg ! Bolus, 3743 ! Drege, 7867! 

 Hooker, 431 ! by Kaapenberg Farm, Wolley Dod, 2562 ! Vau Camps Bay, 200 ft., 

 MacOwan, 2521 ! and in Herh. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 237! Simons Bay, Wright! 

 Kirk ! MacGillivray, 579 ! Caledon Div. ; near the Eiver Zonder Einde, 500 ft., 

 Gal-pin, 4354 ! Uitenhage Div., Zeyher. 



Centrai. Region : Ceres Div. ; at Ynb River or near Yuk River Hoogte, 

 JBurcheU, 1279 ! Cradock Div. ; Cradock, Kuntze. 



Western Region : Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; nei\r the Oliphants River, umler 

 lOOO ft., Brige ! 



L. carnosum, Poir., is said to have originated in South Africa, but it is only 

 known as a cultivated plant in Europe. It differs from typical L. afrum, I-., 

 in its smaller size only. L. rigidum, var. latifoUuni parvifiorum, Dunal in 

 DC. Prod. xiii. i. 523, from Ebenezer in Vanrhynsdorp Div., is a doubtful 

 plant. 



4. L. austriniiin (Miers in Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist. xiv. (1854) 

 13); a much -branched shrub, unarnied, rarely with short spines; 

 branches curved, somewhat shining, swollen at the nodes ; leaves in 

 fascicles of 5-20 at the nodes, quite glabrous, lanceolate, obtuse or 

 subacute, 9 lin. long, l|^-2 lin. broad, tapering into a short petiole ; 

 flowers in fascicles of 2-5 ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; calyx 

 2 lin. long, tubular, 4-o-toothed ; corolla about 10 lin. long, 4 lin. 

 in diam. at the mouth, tubular or slightly tapering downwards ; tube 

 slightly curved, glabrous outside, pubescent inside just below the 

 insertion of the stamens ; lobes 5, rounded, glabrous, 6-8 times 

 shorter than the tube ; stamens very unequal, 2 exgerted, the rest 

 included ; filaments hirsute towards the base, glabrous above, filiform ; 

 style filiform ; stigma thickened, exserted. 111. S. Amer. PI. t- Q^j 

 fig. C. L. oxycarpum, var. grandiflorum, Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. 

 i. 518. L. harharum, Thunb. Prodr. 37, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 

 192, not of Linn. 



Coast Region : Knysna Div. ; Goukamma River, Pappe ! Queenstown Div. ; 

 banks of Klass Smits River, 3450 ft. , Galpin, 2517 ! 



Central Region : Sutherland Div. ; Karoo between tbe Roggeveld and 

 Bokkeveld, Thunb erg ! Prince Albert Div.; Gamka River, Burlce ! near Welte- 

 vrede (near Wolve Kraal, ex Dunal), Drege ! Somerset Div. ; near Somerset 

 East, SOOO ft., MacOwan, 941 ! Cradock Div. ; near the Fish River, Cooper, 

 489! Graaff Reinet Div.; by the Sunday River near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft, 

 Bolus, 45! and in MacOwan ^ Bolns Herb. Norm. Aust.-ASr., 1327! descent 

 of the Voor Sneeuw Berg, Bwchell, 2840! Murraysburg Div.; banks of rivers 

 near Murraysburg, Tyson, 109 ! Colesberg Div. ; Colesberg, Knohel ' 



■■ 5. L. acutifolium (E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflinzengeogr. Docu- 

 tDente, 145, 148) ; a quite glabrous shrub ; branches divaricate, some 



