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decurrentibus; umbellis subaxillaribus sessilibus; corolle 
lobis acutis, pubescentibus.—Huanuco Peruviæ. v. s. in 
Herb. Hooker. (Mathews, n. 849). 
This is described as a shrub, 8 to 10 feet high; the leaves, 
including the decurrent petiole, are 5 in. long and 14 in. broad, 
the pedicels are thicker above; the flowers are of a violet hue, 
and the filaments pubescent at base. 
8. Acnistus sideroæyloides, G. Don. Atropa sideroxyloides, 
Wild. in R. et Sch. 4. 686:—folis oblongo-ovatis, utrin- 
que acutis, infra pubescentibus; umbellis lateralibus, ses- 
silibus.—Peruvia ad ripas fluv. Magdalene. 
9. Acnistus ramiflorus, (sp. nov.); ramulis pallidis, glabris, 
verruculosis; foliis oblongis, utrinque attenuatis; nodis 
annotinis floriferis, valde approximatis; floribus plurimis, 
umbellato-fasciculatis ; pedicellis gracilibus ; corolla glabra, 
lobis margine tomentosis; staminibus styloque 2-lobo ex- 
sertis.—In Insula San Vincenti. v. s. in Herb. Hooker. 
This is a very distinct species, remarkable for its proximate 
floriferous internodes, which are not more than half an inch 
apart. The leaves are 81 in. long, and 3$ in. broad, on a pe- 
tiole 14 in. long; the flowers are numerous in each fascicle, 
the pedicels being 6 to 9 lin. long: the corolla is smooth. 
10. Acnistus Benthami. Lycium macrophyllum, Benth.—Caule 
argenteo, foliis subfasciculatis, oblongis, utrinque cuneatis, 
supra glabris, subtus incano-puberulis ; floribus in axillis 
annotinis fasciculatis; corolle lobis ciliatis; stamini- 
bus exsertis.— Mexico. v. s. im herb. Hooker (Hartweg, 
n. 368). 
A species nearly approaching A. spathulatus in the size of 
its leaves, which are 4 in. long, and 14 in. broad, on a pote 
1 in. long :—the pedicels measure 1 inch. 
11. Acnistus wmbellatus. Lycium umbellatum. R. & P. 2,45, 
tab. 182, 6: foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, longe petiolatis, - 
subglabris, subtus pulverulentis; floribus umbellato-fasci- 
culatis, pedicellis flori æqualibus, corolla violacea, lobis — 
acutis, filamentis glabris, inclusis.— Canta Peruvie. v. $. 
