8 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 



longioribus ; foliis crebre fasciculatis, spathulato-oblongis, 

 apice rotundatis, a medio in petiolum angustatis, pallidis, cras- 

 siusculis, eveniis, utrinque obsolete puberulis ; iloribus e fasci- 

 culis solitariis aut bims, pedunculatis, calyce brevi, tubuloso, 

 submembranaceo, subaequaliter 5-dentato, dentibus pubescen- 

 tibus, corolla subcylindrica, tubo superne paullo ampliato, 

 utrinque glaberrimo, limbi laciniis 5, rotundato-ovatis, mar- 

 gine subciliatis, staminibus 5 inclusis, 2 faucem attingentibus, 

 reliquis multo brevioribus, filamentis omnino glabris, paullo 

 infra medium tubi insertis ; stylo filiformi, tubo sequilongo. — 

 Arabia. — [v. s. in herb. Hook. " ad Cisternas Geddse," Fischer, 

 no. 98.) 



This plant appears to be identical with that described by 

 M. Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 524. as " L. Meditcrranewn, sectio 

 longiflorum, an species diversa ? var. 8. cinereum," and found in 

 the same place by Schimper. Its leaves are 6 to 9 lines long, 

 1^ or 2, rarely 3 lines broad ; the peduncle is lg- line, and the 

 calyx barely 1 line long; the tube of the corolla 5 lines in 

 length, ]i line diameter; segments 1^ line long, ] line broad, 

 the margins being slightly ciliated, while all the rest of the 

 corolla is smooth : the stamens are perfectly glabrous, as well 

 as the tube beneath their insertion, one of the stamens being 

 only two-thirds the length of the two that reach the mouth of 

 the tube*. 



2. Lycium Europccum, Linn. Syst. i. 228 ; Mant. 97 ; Sibthorp, 

 Fl. Grsec. i. 155. tab. 236. L. salicifolium, Mill. Diet. no. 3. 

 tab. 171. fig. 2. L. Mediterraneum (§ breviflorum), Dun. in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. 524, cum aliis variis synonymis et citatio- 

 nibus auctorum ; — ramulis erectis, subteretibus, glabris, vel 

 albido-pruinosis, spinosis, junioribus angulatis, albescentibus, 

 et glanduloso-pilosulis, spinis nudis, vel longioribus et gem- 

 miferis, gemmis ssepe tuberculatis ; foliis fasciculatis, spa- 

 thulato-oblongis, apice acutis vel obtusiusculis, imo in petio- 

 lum elongatulum cuneatis, subglabris vel sub lente parce glan- 

 duloso-pilosis ; floribus e fasciculis solitariis vel binis, pedun- 

 culo longiusculo, calyce subpoculiformi, membranaceo, pri- 

 mum sequaliter 5-dentato, demum sub-bilabiato, dentibus 

 obtusiusculis sphacelato-puberulis ; corolla tubuloso-infundi- 

 buliformi, glabra, tubo intus infra insertionem staminum 

 piloso, limbi laciniis 5, rotundis, glabris, tubo 4to brevioribus, 

 staminibus 5 inclusis, faucem attingentibus, 3 paullulo bre- 

 vioribus, filamentis medio tubi insertis, et in nervis tot- 



* A drawing with analytical details of this species is given in the ' Illustr. 

 South Amer. Plants.' vol. ii. plate 64 A. 



