88 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



altema 



nunc 



quinto summo duobusque anticis brevibus, vel his tantum 

 (summo dcficiente) anantheris sterilibusvej nunc 4 fertilia, 

 suramo quinto ananthero : antherce conniventes, ovatse, cordatse, 

 2-lobsej lobis ad connectivum tenuem dorso adnatis, rima 

 longitudinali antice dehiscentibus. Ovarium oblongum, disco 

 hypogyno cupuliformi suffultum, rarius disco obsoleto stipi- 

 tatum^ et hinc casu corollse circumscissse cyatho membranaceo 

 imo cinctum, 2-loculare, placentis crassis^ carnosis, dissepi- 

 mento utrinque adnatis ; ovula plurima, in lineas longitudi- 

 naliter digesta : stylus filiformis, inclusus ; stigma claviforme, 

 pulvinatum, obsolete 2-lobum, apice umbilicatum. Capsula 

 septicide 2-yalvis, valvulis integris, dissepimento demum libero 

 medio seminifero parallelis. Semina plurima, tetragono-ob- 

 longa, paullo curvata, testa scrobiculata : embryo intra albumen 

 carnosum subincurvus, cotyledonibus oblongis, compressis, 

 radicula infera tereti hilo umbilicato ventrali distante^ vix 

 latioribus et subsequalibus. — Herbse suffruticesve Americani 

 [una specie etiam in Africa tropicali a-escente) : folia ovata, aut 

 Ittnceolata, integra, floralia decrescentia vel minuta ; pedunculi 

 1 -flori, aut simpliciter paucijlori, breves, in paniculam foliosam 

 vel subnudam dispositi. 



I have nothing to add to the excellent description and arrange- 



Prodr. X. 193. 



Mr 



Lycium. 



This genus is truly cosmopolitan, being found abundantly in 

 Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, in the former more rarely in 

 regard to the number of species, in the latter most abundantly. 

 The species are mostly low straggling shrubs, or bushes of 

 crooked and stunted growth, generally with thorny branches, 

 often barren and knotty, the younger branches bearing usually 

 fasciculated leaves: these branchlets commonly dwindle into 

 short acute spines, which are both leafy and floriferous. Thev 



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where the sod is more or less impregnated with sahne matter. 

 Contrary to general rule, the leaves and the habit of the plants 

 afford uncertam specific characters; for the leaves are often so 

 polymorphous, that specimens of the same plant are sometimes 

 mistaken for different species, and on the other hand, many 

 species so closely resemble each other, in habit and form of their 



.. * Analytical details of the aestivation and structure of the five different 

 sections of this genus are given m plate 63 of this volume. 



