142 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE SULPHUR. 
Caulis in speciminibus scandens videtur, lignosus. Ramuli teretes, flexuosi, undique pilis stellatis rigidulis 
ferrugineis tecti et aculeis sparsis brevibus recurvis armati. Folia gemina, alterum 2-3 poll. longum, 6-9 lin. 
latum, apice et basi angustatum, alterum seepius brevius, obtusius at non angustius, omnia crassiuscula, margine 
nunc integerrima nunc seepius leviter et obtusissime sinuata; pagina superior pilis densis stellatis rigidulis 
scabro-hirta, inferior pilis pariter stellatis sed longioribus mollioribus tomentosa ; venz subtus prominentes ; 
costa media subtus aculeis numerosis parvis recurvis, supra aculeis rarioribus acicularibus armata. Racemi 
laterales pollicares, a medio floriferi. Pedunculi ferrugineo-hispidi; pedicelli vix 2 lin. longi, pariter hispidi 
et interdum aculeis paucis acicularibus armati. Calycis tubus per anthesin brevis, aculeis rectis parvis mox 
increscentibus, lobi 1-14 lin. longi, lanceolati, dense ferrugineo-hispidi. Corolla profunde 5-partita, lobis 
lanceolato-linearibus, extus stellato-tomentosis, 5-6 lin. longis. Anthere corollam subzequantes, superne 
attenuate. Ovarium hirsutum, biloculare. Baccamnon vidi. Species affinis videtur S. atwrensi et S. volubilt. 
624. Sotanum scabrum, Vahl.—Walp. Rep. 3. p. 72.—Variat foliis omnibus integris vel ple- 
risque profunde sinuato-lobatis.—Panama, gathered also by Cuming, n. 1134. 
625. So.anum torvum, Sw.— Walp. Rep. 3. p. 78.—Mexico to Guayaquil. 
626-629.—So.anum, four species; two from Panama, and two from Columbia, all belonging 
apparently to the ¢orvum section, but in too imperfect a state to be determined accurately in this 
overgrown genus. 
630. LycopErsicum peruvianum, Mill.—Walp. Rep. 3. p. 100.—Guayaquil. 
631. Lycorerstcum esculentum, Mill.—Walp. Rep. 3. p. 101.—Tepic. 
632. THINoGETON ‘maritimum, gen. nov.  Solanacearum baccatarum. — Sandy _ beech, 
Columbia. 
Cuar. Gen. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformi-campanulata, limbo vix patente, 
plicato, 5-angulato. Stamina 5 inaequalia, inclusa, infra medium corolle inserta; anthere erecte, 
oblong, biloculares, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium biloculare. Stylus apice 
spathulato-dilatatus, margine crassiuscule stigmatosus. Bacca calyce aucto membranaceo inclusa, 
bilocularis, cortice membranaceo, pulpa tenui. Semina plurima, suborbiculata, compressa, rugosa. 
Embryo valde curvatus. 
YL. maritimum.  Herba in arena prostrata, pedalis vel longior, ramosa, viscoso-pubescens, carnosula. 
Folia alterna, longiuscule petiolata, lanceolata vel oblonga $-1-pollicaria, sinuato-lobata vel grosse dentata, basi 
angustata, crassiuscula, Pedicelli solitarii vel gemini, laterales vel ad apices ramorum unilateraliter racemosi, 
2-4 lin. longi, ebracteati. Calyx 3 lin. longus, viscoso-pubescens, dentibus angustis acuminatis tubo suo 
brevioribus ; fructifer 5 lin. longus, subinflatus, Corolla 15-16 lin. longa, tubus intra calycem tenuis, dein 
gradatim ampliatus more Convolvuli vel Ipomew in faucem campanulatam. Bacca 4 lin. longa, obtusa. 
— z pecimens of this plant are covered with particles of sand adhering to 
them as in Abronie, Nolane, and other maritime plants from the same coast. 
The genus approaches, in some respects, to Jaborosa, but is readily distinguished 
both by the calyx and corolla. 
633. Lycium salsum, Ruiz et Pav.— Walp. Rep. 3. p. 108.—Guayaquil. 
634. Acnistus arborescens, Schlecht — Walp. Rep. 3. p. 112.—Columbia. 
