188 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 



glabris, inaequalibus, 2 versus apicem, 3 ad medium limbi 

 attingentibus ; stylo staminibus majoribus sequante : bacca 

 pisi magnitudine, calyce fisso suffulta. — C.B.S. — v. s. in hei'b. 

 Hook. Uitenbag {Harvey, n. 105).; odiniiipoO i 



This is a species evidently allied to L. rigidum, Thunb., dif- 

 fering in its thick gigantic spines, its broader leaves, its much 

 bigger calyx and larger flowers. The spines are from 2 to 2^ 

 inches long ; the leaves are 6-10 lines long, 2|^-4 lines broad ; 

 the peduncle 4 lines long, the calyx 3 lines long and 2| lines ia 

 diameter ; the tube of the corolla is a trifle longer than the calyx, 

 and the segments of the border about the same length ; the berr^ 

 is globular^ 3 lines in diameter*. . jjt*iiLtom 



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^''"" -' ^- 'f -* Stamina IdBvia. ^^^^ '"'- 



50. Lycium capillar e (n. sp.) ; — fruticulosum, inerme, ramulis' 

 virgatis, valde gracilibus, horizontaliter divaricatis, albo-pu- 

 bescentibus, lineis helvolis e nodis utrinque decurrentibus 



'■'" angulato-striatis : foliis fasciculatis (5-8), e nodis cupularibus 

 '\ capillari-linearibus, minutissime pubescentibus, carnosulis; 

 floribus solitariis, parvulis, pedunculo gracili, calyceque parvo, 

 poculiformi, 5-striato, 5-dentato, subpubescente, dentibus 

 glabris, acutis : corolla tubulosa, glabra, tubo profunde 5-sul- 

 cato, limbi laciniis 5 oblongis, margine ciliolatis tubo paullo 

 brevioribus : staminibus sequalibus, exsertis, filamentis media 

 tubi insertis, glabris, ad medium limbi attingentibus : bacca 

 pisi minoris magnitudine, rubra, calyce fisso sufi'ulta. — In 

 prov. Mendozse Argentinorum, in desertis salitrosis. — v, v. 



,'] I found this plant in the Travesia of Mendoza, a desert plaiii 

 near the foot of the Andes, and at La Dormida, in the sarae^ 

 province. It is a very distinct species, not only on account oi^ 

 its extremely capillary leaves, but of its perfectly glabrous sta- 

 mens. The leaves are about 4 lines long and ^th of a line broad :e 

 the capillary peduncle is 2 lines long, the calyx | line, with 

 teeth one-third of its whole length ; the tube of the corolla is 

 rather broad, is deeply sulcated opposite the stamens, and is 

 3 lines long, the lobes of the border being 2 lines in length ; 

 the thick, fleshy, smooth filaments are 2^ lines long ; the berry 

 is somewhat ovate and apiculate, 2 lines longf. > «: 



** Stamina imo hirsuta. Sp. 50 ad 54. 



51. Lycium floribundum, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 513. -^In 



* This species with analytical details is given {loc. cit.) in plate 70 D. 

 t This species with sectional details is drawn {loc. cit.) in plate 70 E. 



