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ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



Stirp 



■frutex orgy- 



alisj elegans, diffusus^ ramis teretibus, tenuibus, longissimis, 

 leucopliaeis^ spiiiis axillaribusj validis et foliiferis; foliis in 

 axillis fasciculatis (3-7)^ cuneato-oblongis^ sessilibus^ crassi- 

 nsculis ; floribus solitariis, rarius binisj pedunculatis ; calyce 

 campanulato, sequaliter 5-dentato, corolla pollicari^ purpureo- 

 albida^ tubo infundibuliformi calyce duplo longiore^ limbi laci- 

 niis 5^ rotundato-ovatis^ patentissimis_, tubo duplo brevioribusj 

 staminibus infra fauceni insertis, paullo exsertis^ filamentis 

 imo hirsutisj stylo longitudine staminum ; bacca pisello minore^ 

 obcordato-turbinata, nigra, nitidissima, calyce dimidio bre- 

 viore suffulta. — San Domingo, in arenosis maritimis. 



This species seems to have escaped the notice of botanists, 

 although published ninety years ago, as I do not find it included 

 in the lists of any of the earlier authors, nor in Steudel, Walpers, 

 or yet more modern arrangements. The characters given by 

 Jacquin appear to conform with those of Lycktm : the only 

 genus with which it is likely to be confounded is Dunalia. It is 



with 



and its 



flowers must be the largest in the genus. From 5 to 7 leaves 

 are fasciculated in each axil j they are sessile, tapering from the 

 summit to the base, quite smooth, fleshy, nearly an inch long ; 

 the calyx is 3 lines long, the corolla is slender and an inch in 



length. 



Ly 



L. aggregatum, E. 8f P. 

 L. angustifolium, Mill, 

 L. apiculatum. Dim. 

 L. arborescens. Hook, 

 L. Barbarum, Lour. 

 L. Larbatum, Thunb. 

 L. Boerhaavifolium, L. 

 L. campamxlatum, E, Mey, 

 L. canum, GilL 

 L. Capeiise, Mill, 

 L. capsulai'e, L. 



L. Chinense, L, 

 L, ciliatum, SchL 

 L, Cochinchinense 

 L. corJatum, MilL 



L. comifolium, H, B, K, 

 L. distichum, Mey. 



AcnistU3 aggregatus, Miers. 

 Lycium tenue^ Willd. 

 Lycium cinereum, Thunb. 

 Acnistus aggregatus, Miers. 

 Lycium vulgare, Dun. 

 Piectromaventosa, L\ 



Grabowskya Boerhaavifolia. 

 Lycium Afrum, L. 



Lycium ChilensCj Miers, 



Lycium tetrandrum, Thunb, 



a genere et ab ordine certe ex- 



pellendum. 

 Lycium vulgare. Dun, 

 Salpichroma ciliatum, Miers, 

 Lycium vulgare. Dun. 

 certe non Lycium ob foliis oppo- 



sitis cordatisque. 

 Chsenestlies cornifolia, Miers, 

 e genere et forsan ab ordine re- 



pellendum *. 



* This plant, found by Meyen in the Cordillera of Southern Peru, has 

 been referred to Ijycium and Grabowskya^ but it appears to me that it 

 cannot belong to either : its long simple distichous patent branches, termi- 



