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bus exsertis—Mexico. v. s. in herb. Hooker (Hariweg, 
n. 368). 
A species nearly approaching A. spathulatus in the size of 
its leaves, which are 4 in. long, and 14 in. broad, on a petiole 
1 in. long :—the pedicels measure 1 inch. 
11. Acnistus ambellatus. Lycium umbellatum. R. & P. 2,45, 
tab. 182, 4: foliis. oblongo-lanceolatis, longe petiolatis, 
subglabris, subtus pulverulentis; floribus umbellato-fasci- 
culatis, pedicellis flori aqualibus, corolla violacea, lobis 
acutis, filamentis glabris, inclusis.—Canta Peruvie. v. 8. 
in herb. Hooker (Mathews, 1836. Provincia Chachapoyas ; 
1840. Caxamarca, n. 3244). 
The leaves are 33 in. long, and 1} in. broad, on a petiole of 
9 lin.; the pedicels are 14 in. long; the corolla has.a tube 
7 lin. and a border 4 lin.in length. 
12. Acnistus cestroides. Lycium cestroides. Schlecht. Linn. 
7, 70: ramulis pubescentibus, interdum spinescentibus ; 
foliis late lanceolatis, utrinque acutis, glabris; floribus um- 
bellato-fasciculatis; pedunculis apice incrassatis ; corolla 
glabra, lobis brevibus, obtusis, margine tomentosis ; stami- 
nibus ineequalibus, inclusis.—Banda Oriental, in San José 
ide Uruguay. (Sedlow). 
“This is said to’be'a bushy shrub, with flexuose branches, 
the younger ones downy, short (some of them almost spiny 
at the apex), bearing fascicles of young leaves, and almost 
umbellate clusters of ‘flowers; the leaves have short petioles, 
measuring altogether 2 to 2} in. long, and 8 to 10 lin. broad, 
the petiole being semiterete and pulvinate at base, out of a 
short tubercle; when’in flower the peduncles are 3 lines, in 
fruit 5 lines long ; the calyx is 13 jin. long, having’ short lobes 
with a-subulate tooth at the apex ; the corolla is 8 lin. long; 
the berry is globose, red, 3 lin. diameter; the seed with its 
embryo agrees with the character of that given in the typical 
species. 
13. Acnistus “ellipticus, Hook. ‘fil. ined.—Fruticosus ; foliis 
ellipticis, utrinque attenuatis et glabris, floribus paucis, fas- 
- ciculatis, pedicellis longis ; corolla extus ‘cano-pubescenti, 
