Mr. J. Miers on the genus Xiycmm. 183 ' 



a little longer and somewhat cxserted; the immature berries are 

 slightly obovate, apiculated at the summit, and barely 2 lines in 

 diameter. No. 670, from Afghanistan, has a much paler and 

 smoother bark. The specimen from Kurdigass appears to have 

 grown luxuriantly in a moist situation, for the leaves are much 

 larger, and frequently solitary in each axil, being IJ inch long, 

 and 3 to 5 lines bi-oad*. 



40. Lycium Tur'comanicum, Turczan. MSS. sp. adhuc indescripta ; 

 — ramis virgatis, ramulis apice in spinis abcuntibus, axillis 

 ssepe nodosis et ramulis spinescentibus aphyllis; foliis soli- 

 tariis 2— 3nisve, oblongis vel lanceolato-oblongis, glaberrimis, 

 eveniis, imo cuneatis : iloribus parvis, solitariis, interdum binis 

 ternisve, brevissime pedunculatis, calyce late cupuliforme in- 

 sequaliter 5-dentato, dentibus acutis, sparse ciliatis, corolla? 

 tubo striato imo valde contracto, superne late infundibuliformi, 

 glabro, limbi laciniis 5, ovatis, tubo tertio brevioribus, margiue 

 subciliatis, staminibus 5, insequalibus, exsertis, lilamentis om- 

 nino glabris, medio tubi insertis, 3 paullo longioribus, laciniis 

 limbi sequautibus. — Turcomania. — v. s. in hei^b. Hook. [Turc- 

 jsaninow). 



A plant bearing greatly the aspect of the specimens of L. Bar- 

 barunif from Scinde and Afghanistan ; differing in its more an- 

 gular branches, the shorter peduncles of its flowers, and the 

 proportions of its floral parts. The larger leaves measure 1 J 

 inch in length, 5 lines in breadth; the peduncle is 1^ line long, 

 the calyx 1 line long and broad, the tube of the corolla 2|^ lines 



long, and the segments of its border 1 line in length f. 



b'jbiiooi 



41. Lycium Edgeworthiij Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 525 ,^ — ibtHn- 

 catissimo-ramosum, spinosum, cortice cretaceo rimoso : caet. 

 ut in char, citat. except, in sequentibus; corolla estus glabra, 

 sed intus circa insertionem staminum ssepe pilosiuscula, fila- 

 mentis omnino glabris, circa medium tubi insertis, 2 minori- 

 bus faucem attingentibus, 3 longioribus exsertis. — Beloo-,: 

 chistan. — v. s. in herb. Hook, (in montibus sursum Kd^t^it 

 versus Johan.) Dr. Stocks, n. 1117. //oh 



This species is probably widely distributed through Scinde/" 

 Cabul, and Upper India : the habit of Dr. Stocks^ plant is dif- 

 ferent from the specimen from the Punjaub, collected by Mr. 

 Edgeworth, according to the description above quoted of M. Du- 

 nal : the former is very thorny, of bare and stunted growth, with 



* Sectional details of this species are shown in the ' lUustr. South Ameh' 

 Plants,' vol. ii. plate (>9 D. iinf 



t This plant with an aii^ly^iji^^^ofjitp,.fqyv^fr..^ift.Jf presented (^fnf^iJo 

 plate 69 E. . » , i ..i ^ i. 



