108 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



B. NEOGEiE. 



* Filamenta IcBvia. Sp, 23. 



23. Lycium pallidum (n. sp.); — ramosum, ramulis tortuosis, sub- 

 nitidis, fusco-rufescentibus, grosse nodosis, breviter spinosis, 

 creberrime foliosis, foliis e nodis fasciculatis, glaberrimis, spa- 

 thulato-oblongis, obtusis, imo in petiolum tenuem angustatis, 

 utrinque alutaceo-glaucis, carnosulisj eveniis ; floribus majus- 

 culis, in fasciculis binis, folio seqttilongis, calyce pedicello 

 pauUo breviorij poculiformi, carnosulo, glabro, lacinulis 5 

 lineari-acutis, tubo sequilongis, patentibus; corolla pallide 

 ocliroleuca, tubo cylindrico, supra medium infundibuliformi^ 

 limbi laciuiis 5, rhomboideo-ovatis, tubo 4to brevioribus : 

 staminibus o, subsequilongis, longe exsertis, filamentis glaber- 

 rimis, medio tubi insertis, hinc geniculatis, et in nervis tot- 

 idem pilosis ad imum decurrentibus, antheris ovatis, profunda 

 cordatis, connectivo apice in mucrone excurrentibus : stylo 

 filiformi, longe exserto, stigmate clavato, sub-2-labiato. — In 

 Nova Mexico. — v. s. in herb. Hook. {Fendler, n. 670). 



Tbis species bears greatly the habit of L. Austrinum, but has 

 a far more pallid aspect : the spines are barely more than 2 inches 

 long ; the nodes are large and prominent, and from each of them 

 arises a fascicle of three to ten leaves, 1| inch long, | inch broad r 

 the pedicels are 3 lines long; the calyx 2^ lines, fleshy, some- 

 what bell-shaped, and divided half-way into five equal, pointed 

 divisions, which are considerably spreading: the tube of the 

 corolla is 8 lines long, is contracted to a diameter of J- a line in its 

 lower moiety, while the upper half expands gradually to a dia- 

 meter of 3 hues in the mouth : the segments of the border are 

 short, broad, obtuse, somewhat rhomboidal, 2 hues long and 

 2^ lines broad, and as well as the tube are marked with branching 

 nervures ; it is quite glabrous, except in the prominent ribs that 

 extend from the base to the point of insertion of the glabrous 

 filaments in its middle : the stamens reach nearly to the extremity 

 of the segments, one however is a little shorter than the others ; 

 the anthers, of a deep red colour, are cordate at the base, attached 

 along their upper moiety to an intervening connective, which is 

 excurrcntly and curyedly mucronate at the apex, as in L. orien- 

 tale ; the style is filiform, of a reddish colour, curved above, and 

 extends \ inch beyond the stamens; the stigma is deeply 2-lobed*. 



** Filamenta pilosa. Sp. 24 ad 35. 



24. Lycium fragosum (n. sp.) ;— fruticosum, ramosum, ramulis 

 cortice fiasco rimoso, axillis grosse nodosis, nodis breviter spi- 



An outline of this plant, with floral analysis, is given in plate 67 C. 



