Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. \&l 



under the name of L, carnosum^ is probably of African origin. 

 From M. DunaFs description I hftMeiplaqedai inj this section. 



47. Lycium prunus spinosi, D{in$)^f^iiJ)Qu Fx'odr. Jfi)H.ji5il«5ii:-1.> 

 C.B.S. (Drec/e, n. 7871). ,; -nr V j-^t ; ^hhnyid 

 I have not seen a specimen of this species, but from M. Buiial^^- 



account of it 1 have stationed it here. --- ^..^...^.i. ^^: . — ,^oai! 



■ noi'i ai vrx^da^l i^Qnd ^l' 



**** Filainenta basi glondida Ihwki^^mbi'idtatlotudai ' 



Sp. 48 ad 49. io >.i\i\- 



48. Lycium Tataricum, Pallas, Flor. Russ. i. 78. tab. 49. L. 

 Ruthenicum, Dunal {non Murr.) in Prodr. DC. xiii. 514; — 

 fruticosum, glaberrimum, intricato-spinosuni, ramulis pallidis, 

 flexuosis, nodis spinescentibus, approximatis ; foliis plurimis 

 (6-8) fasciculatis, linearibus, spathulatis, obtusis, carnosuhs; 

 iloribus e fasciculis solitariis, rarius geminis, calyce pedunculo 

 breviori, poculiformi, subscarioso, insequaUter 3-4-fisso, laci- 

 niis rotundatis, corolla imo coarctata, superne infundibuliforme, 

 limbi laciniis oblongis, tubo 2-3tio brevioribus, staminibus 

 exsertis, filamentis imo in glandulam linearem niargine ciliatam 

 expansis. — Rossica austrahs. — v. s. in kerb. Hook, ex ,fieirbJ' 

 Pallas. u^uvvAj^r^ 



This is certainly very distinct in the structure of its flowers 

 from L. Ruthenicum : the nodes are about ^ inch apart, the spines 

 of the same length, the leaves 3 to 5 lines long, and barely a line 

 broad : the pedicels are 3 lines, the calyx 1^ line, the tube of the 

 corolla 3 lines, the segments of the border 2 lines long ; the sta- 

 mens, inserted in the lower portion of the tube, have a long basal 

 expansion which is ciliated on the margin; the stamens are ^ 

 equal, and nearly attain the length of the segments*! ''^."5'' ^T 



49. Lycium ferocissimum (n. sp.) ; — fruticosum, ramosissimum, 

 glaberrimum, ramis griseo-pruinosis, ramulis horizontaliter 

 divaricatis, validis, apice spinosis, spinis giganteis eiForman- 

 tibus, axillis globoso-nodosis ; foliis e nodis fasciculatis, ob- 

 ovato- vel oblongo-spathulatis, obtusis, carnosulis ; floribus e 

 fasciculis solitariis vel binis, longe pedunculatis, calyce tubu- 8\ 

 loso, majusculo, carnoso, breviter 5-dentato, dentibus margine f 

 ciliatis, imo longiusculo, corollse tubo infundibuliformi, imo 

 angustato, calyce vix longiori, limbi laciniis 5, oblongis, reti- 

 culato-venosis, tubo fere sequahbus; staminibus in constric- 

 tion em tubi insertis, filamentis imo geniculatis et in glandulam 

 linearem margine densissime tomentosam expansis, superne 



* A representation of this plant with floral sections is shown {he. cit.) 

 in plate 70 C ^iiiijiii i&noiVi-jA liTiv/ g3i9bq8:«itT " 



