126 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



medium 5-fidO; segmentis lanceolatis^ subreflexis^ pedunculo 

 Sjracili sequilongo ; corolla tubulosa^ tubo calyce sequante, parte 

 infimo cylindrico, attenuate, pilosulo, superiori inflato, glabro, 

 limbi laciniis tubo brevioribus, oblongis, staminibus exsertis, 

 filamentis supra medium insertis, bine geniculatis et hirsutis, 

 2 ultra faucem prolatis^ 3 fere ad apicem laciniarum extensis. 



Mendozam 



V. 



Mendoza 



fiorihundum 



rachidocladum, but is widelj' distinct. It is remarkable for its 

 almost denuded, slender, spreading brancblets, armed witb short, 

 closely-set, needle-like spines ; they are generally 2 or 3 lines 

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

 cicle of four to six minute linear subulate leaves, barely | line 

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

 which is 1^ line long; the calyx is S^- hnes long; the tube of the 

 corolla measures 2^ lines, and the segments of the border 1^ 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 are dense and articulated \ the stjde exceeds 

 the length of the stamens*. 



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

 flexuosis, ramulis intricato-divaricatis, spinescentibus, cortice 

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

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

 carnosulis, pallidis ; floribus e fascicuhs binis, parvulis, pedun- 

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

 Isevi, pallida, textura tenui, tubo imo coarctato, superne 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 

 piloso ; Dacca globosa, piso minori, apiculata, calyce sujQfulta. 

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



. 542). 



A plant not unlike L. Barbamm in habit. Owing to the close 

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

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

 broad ; the slender peduncle measures 2| Hnes, and the narrow 

 calyx 1 hne; the tube of the corolla is 2| lines long, and the 



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

 in plate 71 B^ 



