Mr, J. Miers on the yerms Lyciuni. 191 



long and 1 or 2 lines apart, furnished at their base with a fas- 

 ciele of four to six minute hnear subulate leaves, barely | line 

 long ; a few of the fascicles bear a single flower, the peduncle of 

 which is li line long ; the calyx is 2\ lines long ; the tube of the 

 corolla measures 2\ lines, and the segments of the border \\ line 

 in length ; the stamens are inserted above the middle of the 

 tube, where it is pubescent, they are considerably hirsute at 

 their lower part, and smooth above ; the hairs that clothe the 

 pedicel and calyx arc dense and articulated ;. the style exceeds 

 the length of the stamens*. ^^!^ -^inrd^m ^aiiif^/iirl ^;£/to1 



54. Lycium stolidum (n. sp.) ; — fruticosum, glaberrimum, ramis 



flexuosis, ramulis intricato-divaricatis, spinescentibus, cortice 



rimoso, striato, griseo, nodis approximatis, spinis brevibus imo 



' foliosis; foliis (2-5) fasciculatis, spathulato-linearibus, obtusis, 



1 carnosulis, pallidis ; floribus e fasciculis binis, parvulis, pedun- 



« culo tenui, calyce parvo sequaliter ac breviter 4-dentato, corolla 



?' Isevi, pallida, textura tenui, tubo imo coarctato, snperne sub- 



campanulato, limbi laciniis 4, tubo vix dimidio longitudine, 



: oblongis, acutiusculis, reflexis ; staminibus 4, sequalibus, longe 



exsertis, filamentis in contractionem basalem insertis, hinc 



. geniculatis et hirsutis, superne glabris, apice limbi attingen- 



! tibus, stylo sequilongis, tubo circa insertionem filamentorum 



V piloso ; bacca globosa, piso minori, apiculata, calyce suffulta. — 



I Texas. — v. s. in herb. Hook. Paso del Norte {Wright, no. 540. 



cA 542). '^^^'^ ^*-' i^>^'^=*'^^'^"-^ 



"A plant not unlike L. Barbarum in habit. Owing to tne close 

 approximation of the nodes, which are only \ inch apart, the 

 leaves are somewhat crowded ; they are 5 to 7 lines long, 1 line 

 broad ; the slender peduncle measures 2| lines, and the narrow- 

 calyx 1 line ; the tube of the corolla is 2^ lines long, and the 

 reflexed broad segments of the border are 1 line in length ; it is 

 thin in texture and pale when dried ; the filaments are inserted 

 above the basal contraction of the tube, are hirsute below, slender 

 and smooth above, and attain the length of the segments of the 

 border : the berries are small, apparently red, 2 lines in diameter, 

 and contain eight seeds, which are flattened; these^ have -a heli- 

 cally spiral embryof- )j)>i ^ijaoraulil 



*** Filamenta paullo supra basin fasciculo pilorum donata, 

 Sp. 55 ad 58. 



h^, Lycium spinulosum (n. sp.);— virgato-ramosum, ramulis hel- 

 volis, striatis, pilosis, patentibus, tenuiter spinosis, inferioribus 



* A representation of this plant, with analysis of its flowers, is giVeh 



(/oc. c«7.) in plate 71 B. ,; .- 'j-;;, 



t This species with floral sections is drawn {loc. cit.) in plate 71 C. 



