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61. Lydum saJsum, R. & P. Fl. Per. ii. 46. tab. 183 a • Diinal in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. 519. L. gracile^, Meyen'i Nov. Ad. Ac. Cas. 

 Leop. xix. Sup. i. 389 ;— biorgyale, subscandens, omnino gla- 

 berrimumj ramulis gracillime virgatis, angulato-costatis, spinis 

 acicularibus ssepe mtinitis: foliis subfasciculatis, spathulato- 

 liuearibus, glaberrimis : floribus solitariis pcndulis, pedunculo 

 capillari folio longiore, calyce parvo, poculiformi, 5-costato, 

 in^qualiter 5-dentato, dentibus apicc ciliatis; corollas albo- 

 purpure^e tubo bre\d calyce longiore, extus glabro, infra me- 

 dium coarctato, fauce ampliato, limbi laciniis tubo sublongio- 

 ribus, oblongis, margine ciliatis ; staminibus 5 sequalibus, longe 

 exsertis, filamentis in coarctationem tubi sistentibus, circa 

 basin geniculatam fascicula densa oblouga pilorum donatis, 

 istis cum fasciculis totidem tubo adnatis alternantibus. — In 

 Peruvise litoribus. — r. s. in herb. Hook. Luriu ct Pachacamac 



(Mathew. 



shrub 



growing in saline places near the sea, and having much the habit 

 of L. pendulinum. The leaves have a saline taste, whence its 

 specific name; they are about 4 lines long, 1 line broad, and 

 veinless ; the peduncle is slender, filiform, 3i to 3 Imes long ; 

 the tubular calyx is 1 hne long, smooth, with five unequal, short, 

 pubescent teeth ; the tube of the corolla is If line in length, the 

 segments of the border are somewhat longer, narrow, oblong 

 and subcihated on the margins : the filaments are inserted at a 

 quarter the length of the tube from the bottom, and a little 

 above their smooth geniculated base are furnished with a dense 

 oblong brush of hairs ; they reach the extremity of the segments 

 of the border, and are therefore much exserted when the flower 



is expanded *. 



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L. nu- 



Mss. m 



tans. Pop. L. canum, GiU. 

 subinerme, rarissime spinescens, ramuhs inermibus pubescen- 

 tibus, angulato-costatis, lineis helvolis e nodis cupularibus 

 utrinque decurrentibus, foliis alterms, raro subfasciculatis, 

 ovatis vel oblongis, sa^pe angustis, subacutis, aut mterdum 

 obtusiusculis, imo in petiolum brevissimum attenuatis, mtegris, 

 utrinque breviter pubescentibus, pilis brachiato-articulatis ; 

 floribus solitariis, pedunculo piloso, calyce ad medium squa- 

 liter 5-fido, utrinque glauco-piloso, dentibus acutis "hatis ; 

 corolla extus valde griseo-pubescente, tubo submfundibuli- 

 formi, 5-sulcato, flavido, paullo supra basin constricto, annu- 



A drawing of this plant with analytical details is given in plate 72 C. 



