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- nodosis; foliis e nodis 5-10, fasciculatis, angnstissime linea- 

 ribus, carnosulis^ glauco-pallidis ; floribus in fasciculis soli- 

 tariis, folio paullo longioribus; pedunculo calycc tubuloso 

 glabro membranaceo breviter ct insequaliter S-dentato dcmum 

 fisso subduplo longiore ; corolla glabra, infundibuliformi^ pal- 

 lide flavaj imo coarctata^ lirabi laciniis oblongis, obtusis, reti- 

 culato-pictis, tube tertio brevioribus ; staminibus 5^ subaequa- 

 libus, exsertisj filamentis gracilibus, imo breviter pilosis, 2 

 pauUulo longioribus, tubo fasciculis totidem pilorum cum 

 insertione istorum alternis intus donato ; stylo capillari, 

 apice inflexo, exserto. — In Persia boreali. — v. s. in herb. Hook. 

 [Aucher Eloy^ n. 5035). 



This is a plant of very gnarled aspect, witli prominent warty 

 nodes, of a pale glaucous hue, and with pale flow^ers half the size 

 of those of L. Afrum. It is very distinct from L. Barharum, with 

 which it has probably been confounded. Its leaves are from 5 

 to 7 lines long, \ ox \ line broad ; the peduncle is 3 lines in 

 length; the narrow tubular calyx is l^ or 2 lines long, 1 line in 

 diameter 3 the tube of the corolla measures 4 lines, and the seg- 

 ments of its border 1^ line, and, excepting the five tufts of hair 

 placed alternately with the stamens, between their insertion^ it is 

 quite glabrous*. 



18. Lycium echinatum, Dun. in DC- Prodr. xiii. 513.— Ad char, 

 cl. Dunalii post descr. calycis, adde ;— corolla infuadibuliformi, 

 palHda, 4-niera, imo coarctata, limbi laciniis rotundis, marpjine 

 ciliatis, tubo 4to brevioribus ; staminibus 4, quorum 2 alter- 

 natim longioribus, exsertis, alteris faucem attingentibus, fila- 

 mentis supra coarctatiouem tubi glabri insertis, hinc nudis et 

 geniculatis, mox fasciculo pilorum donatis. — C.B, S.— t?. s. in 

 herb. Hooh {Drege, 7870). 



The specimen above cited is quite fragmentary, and is remark- 

 able for the extreme smallness of its fasciculate leaves : the 

 branchlcts appear angular and glaucous, with a few short spines, 

 and out of each nodose axil arises a fascicle of small narrow 

 linear leaves, 1 line, rarely 2 hues long, and \ Une broad : out of 

 the midst of these a single flower is seen, the peduncle bemg 1 Ime 

 in length ; the calyx with four small equal teeth is 1 line long ; 

 the tube of the corolla is 2 lines, with four orbicular segments 

 ^ to f line long : the insertion of the stamens is at a pomt one- 

 fourth from the bottom of the tube, which is quite glabrous, ex- 

 cepting a few ciliate hairs on the margin of the segmentsf. 



* This species with analytical details is seen in plate 66 D- ^ 



t A representation of this plant with its floral analysis is given m 



plate 66 E. 



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