16 ' Mr. J. Miers on the germs Lycium. 



be confouuded with L. oxycladum^ but on careful examination 

 it will be found extremely different. The fleshy leaves are 1 or 2 

 lines long, ^ line broad, cuneate below, with numerous yellowish 

 immersed shining glands on both surfaces; the peduncle is IJ 

 line long ; the tube of the calyx is equal in length to the five equal 

 erect divisions, which are | line long ; the tube of the corolla is 2\ 

 lines j the segments of its border \ line long ; the berry is nearly 

 2 lines in diameter, 2-celled, containing eight glaucous-brown, 

 oval, compressed, and somewhat cochleate seeds ; these are affixed 

 to the lower portion of the dissepiment, which is membranaceous, 

 and slit in the middle of the upper portion, as in the Duboisiece^. 



14. Lycium acutifoUum, E. Meyer; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 

 519. — Pro char, floral, a cl. Dunalio donato, substit. : ca- 

 lycis dentibus sequalibus, brevibus, acutis, ciliatis, coroUse 

 glabrae laciniis 5 ovatis, tubo superne valde ampliato, basi an- 

 gustissimo, 4to brevioribus, glabris, staminibus insequalibus 

 baud procul basin insertis, imo longiuscule hirsutis, superne 

 glabris, 2 longe, 2 paullo exsertis, quinto multo breviori in- 

 cluso ; stylo exserto. — C. B. S. — v. s. in herb. Hook. {Drege 

 sub nomine L, acutifoUum b. E. M.) 



A very distinct species, remarkable for its thin, membra- 

 naceous, spathulate, oval, fasciculated leaves, and its very long 

 peduncle. The leaves are 3 or 4 lines long, 1|: to 2 lines broad, 

 attenuated at base into a slender petiole ; the very smooth pe- 

 duncle is 6 lines long ; the calyx is 1 line ; the tube of the corolla, 

 contracted below, is in its upper portion subcampanulate, 3 lines 

 in length ; the segments of the border being 1 line longf. 



*** Filamenta paullo supra basin glabra, mox globula pilorum 

 donata. Sp. 15 ad 22. 



15. Lycium Afrum, Linn. ; Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 521, cum 

 aliis synonymis et citationibus auctorum. — Pro char. flor. cl. 

 Dunalii substitut. sequent. ; — calyce ^labro, ssepe margine 

 flosculoso-puberulo, majusculo, campanulato, sequaliter ac bre- 

 viter 5-dentato, demum 2-3-fido ; corolla conspicua, infundi- 

 buliformi-campanulata, imo breviter coarctata, glabra, limbi 

 laciniis 5, subrotundis, tubo 5to brevioribus, reflexis ; stami- 

 nibus subsequalibus, inclusis, faucem non attingentibus, fila- 

 mentis imo geniculatis, nudis, mox fasciculo pilorum donatis, 

 dein superne glaberrimis. — Africa, prsesertim in C. B. S. ; an 

 in Africam Borealem, Hispaniam, et Lusitaniam introductum ? 



* This species with full details is shown {loc. cit.), plate 66 A. 

 . t A draAving of this species with details is seen {loc. cit.), plate 66 B. 



