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nosis, valde foliosis ; foliis minimis, fasciculatis, anguste line- 

 aribus, imo spathulatis, utrinque pubescentibus, pilis mol- 

 libus articulatis glutinosis fere tomentosis ; floribus paucis e 

 fasciciilis solitariis, brevissime pedunculatis ; calyce urceolato, 

 5-fido^ dentibus linearibus, acutis^ coroUse tubo glabro, calyce 

 2-plo longiore, intus paullo sub faucem fasciculis 5 pilorum 

 staminibus alternantibus donato^ limbi laciniis 5^ oblongis, 

 margine vix ciliatis, tubo longioribus, staminibus 5, insequa- 

 libus, exsertisj filamentis sub medium tubi insertis, hinc 

 glabris et geniculatis, mox usque ad medium glandula lineari 

 marine hirsuta donatis^ superne glabris, 2 longioribus apieem 

 . laciniarum attingentibus ; bacca parva, coccinea, calyce (laci- 

 niis summo conniventibus) cincta. — In Bonaria australi. — v. s. 

 in her-b. Hook. Tweedie (Patagonia). 



This plant was collected by Tweedie in the southern portion 

 of the province of Buenos Ayres, towards the Rio Colorado and 

 Bahia Blanca — a country always denominated by him ^* Pata- 

 gonia." It is wholly covered with a dense yellowish pubescence ; 

 the leaves are about 1^ line long, \ line broad, the peduncle 

 1 line long, the calyx 1 line, the tube of the corolla If line, the 

 segments of the border a trifle longer; the berry is l^ line in 

 diameter, enclosed by the embracing lobes of the calyx*. 



64. Lycium Paiagonicum (n. sp.); , ^ 



mosum, ramulis glabris, angulato-costatis, costis helvolis e 

 cupula conspicua axillari utrinque decurrentibus ;^ foliis al- 

 ternis, rarius fasciculatis, parvis et ovatis, aut longiuscuhs et 

 spathulato-linearibus, carnosulis, margine incrassatis, inter- 

 dum glabriuscuhs et glanduloso-punctulatis, vel sparse pubes- 

 centibus, pilis brevissimis rigidis articulatis aut brachiatis, 

 brevissime petiolatis j floribus solitariis, calyce 5-dentato, pe- 

 dunculoque pubescente ; coroUse tubo infundibuliformi, calyce 

 fere duplo longiore, inierne e medio cylindrico, et hinc annulo 

 carnoso crebre piloso extus donato, limbi laciniis 5, oblougis, 

 margine ciliatis, tubo sublongioribus ; staminibus incontrac- 

 tionem tubi insertis, filamentis imo geniculatis, et hinc glan- 

 dula lineari plana glabra margine fimbriata signatis, subsequa- 

 libus, exsertis ; bacca ovata, coccinea, calyce suffulta.— Pata- 

 gonia, — V. s. in herb. Hook. (St. Elena) CapL King. 



A plant much resembling in appearance L. infaustum, but de- 

 cidedly different in its floral structure. The leaves are from 2 to 

 5 lines long, 1 line broad ; the pedicel is 2^ lines, the cal}^ 2 

 lines, and the corolla 31 hnes in length ; the tube of the latter 



A representation of this plant with analysis of its flower is shown 

 in plate 72 E. 



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