Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 15 



and is remarkable for the cupular nodes that project from the 

 axils^ and that are decurrent on each side with the angles of the 

 stem : five to ten leaves grow out of each node, and are 5 to 7 

 lines long, \ line broad : the peduncle is barely longer than half 

 a line, the calyx 1 line, the teeth of the corolla 2^ lines, the seg- 

 ments of the border J line long*. 



12. Ijycium oocycladum (n. sp.) ; — ramosissimum, glaberrimum, 

 ramis patentibus, ramulisque angulatis, longiusculis, apice 

 spinosis, nodis approximatis, osseis, cupulatis ; foliis parvulis, 

 4-7 hinc creberrime fasciculatis, spathulato-linearibus, carno- 

 sulis; floribus e fasciculis solitariis, breviter pedunculatis, 

 calyce glabro, poculiformi, subeequaliter 5-dentato, dentibus 

 acutis subciliatis, corollse tubo infundibuliformi glabro, imo 

 intra calycem piloso, limbi laciniis ovatis, tubo 4-5to brevi- 

 oribus, margine baud ciliatis, staminibus non longe a basi in- 

 sertis, filamentis imo glabriusculis, dein longiuscule hirsu- 

 tulis, superne glabris, 2 longioribus exsertis, 2 medianis fau- 

 cem attingentibus, quinto breviori incluso. — C. B. S. — v. s. in 

 herb. Hook. Uitenhage [Harvey j 81). South Africa [Burke). 



A plant with much the habit of L. tetrandrum, but with more 

 fleshy and broader leaves : the leaves are 3 or 4 lines long, \ line 

 broad; the pedicel is 1^ line, the calyx 1 line in length, the tube 

 of the corolla 3 or 4 lines, the segments of the border roundish 

 or oval, I line longf. 



13. Lycium roridum (n. sp.) ; — viscoso-roridum, spinosissimum, 

 intricato-ramosum, ramis fuscis, glaucis, striatulis, nodosis, 

 flexuosis, ramulis spinosis ; foliis parvulis, 2-10 creberrime 

 fasciculatis, spathulato-oblongis, vel ovatis, carnosis, pallide 

 glaucis, glandulis minutissimis viscosis utrinque punctatis, 

 pilisque brevissimis sparse scabridis vel interdum glabriusculis ; 

 floribus in medio fasciculorum solitariis, pedunculatis, calyce 

 subtubuloso, sequaliter profunde et acute dentato, carnoso, 

 punctis glandulosis pilisque brevissimis munito, coroUse tubo 

 infundibuliformi glabro, limbi laciniis ovatis, tubo 4to bre- 

 vioribus ; staminibus infra medium insertis, imo pilis articu- 

 latis longiuscuUs dense lanatis, hinc superne glabris, insequa- 

 libus, omnibus exsertis, bacca globosa, parva, pallida, mucro- 

 nulata, calyce cupulato, dentibus recurvis suffulta. — In Africa 

 Australi. — v. s. in herb. Hook. (Burke). 



This plant, from its close external resemblance, would readily 



* A drawing of this species with analytical details is shown (loc. cit.), 

 plate 65 E. 



t An outline of this species with floral details is seen (loc. dt.), plate 65 F. 



