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divaricatis, validis, apice spinosis, spinis giganteis efforman- 

 tibusj axillis globoso-nodosis ; foliis e nodis fasciculatis, ob- 

 ovato- vel oblongo-spathulatis, obtusis, carnosulis ; floribtis e 

 fasciculis solltariis vel binis, longe pedunculatia, calyce tubu- 

 loso, majusculo, carnoso, breviter S-dentato^ dentibus margine 

 ciliatis, imo longiusculo, corollae tubo iufundibuliforiuf, imo 

 angustato, calyce vix longiori, limbi laciniis 5, oblongis, reti- 

 culato-venosis, tubo fere sequalibus ; staminibus in constric- 

 tionem tubi insertis^ filamentis imo geniculatis ct in glandulam 

 linearem margine densissime tomentosam expansis, supemc 

 glabris, insequalibus, 3 versus apiccm, 3 ad medium limbi 

 attingentibus ; stylo staminibus majoribus aequantc: bacca 

 pisi magnitudme, calyce fisso suffulta. — U.B.S. — v. s. in herb. 

 Hook. Uitenhag {Harvey, n. 105). 



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 3 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 21 Imes m 

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

 and the segments of the border about the same length ; the berry 

 is globular, 3 lines in diameter*. 



B. f^EOGEJE. 



Rt.nmina lavia 



Lye 



fruticulosum, inerme, raraulis 



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



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 subpubcscente, dentibus 

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

 cato, limbi laciniis 5 oblongis, margme ciliolatis tubo paullo 

 brevioribus : staminibus sequalibus, exsertis, filamentis medio 

 tubi insertis, glabris, ad medium limbi attingentibus : bacca 



rubra 



Arerentinoram 



t?. V. 



I found this plant in the Travesia of Mendoza, a desert plam 



-^ - *^ - * T J „4. T « Ti r^-.«^-. 1 /I o TTi fhp same 



t)orrQi 



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

 Fts Sremely capUlary leaves, but of its perfectly glabrous sta- 

 mens The leaves are about 4 lines long and |th of a hue broad 



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