Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 11 



of which the spines grow ; the leaves are 9 to 14 lines long, 2 to 

 2^- lines broad ; the pedicels are 5 lines long, the smooth cup- 

 shaped calyx is 1^ line long, the points of the angular teeth being 

 tomentose ; the corolla is tubular and smooth, the tube being- 

 s' lines long, 1^ line diameter, with small round segments f line 

 diameter: the stamens are included, the filaments being dilated at 

 the base, and inserted near the bottom of the tube, and are almost 

 its length, subequal, slender and smooth : the style is exserted*. 

 The variety a. grandiflorum of M. Dunal appears to he Lycium 

 austrinum, nob. ; var. /3. parviflorum and <y. angustifolium may 

 probably be small-leaved varieties of L. oxycarpum, but it is im- 

 possible to judge of this without examination. 



5. Lycium intricatum, Boiss. Elench. PI. Nov. Hisp. 143; Voy. 

 Bot. Esp. n. 1215 ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 525. — Hispania 

 et Africa Boreali. — v. s. in herb. Hook. Oran. Balansa, n. 659. 



In this specimen the spines are approximate, thick, horizontally 

 spreading, 1 to 1| inch long, bearing numerous fascicles of 

 leaves larger than those described by M. Dunal; they are from 

 4 to 6 lines long, 1 line broad : the peduncles are 2 lines long ; 

 the calyx, slightly pubescent, is 1 line ; the tube of the corolla, 

 quite glabrous, is 6 or 7 lines long ; the lobes of the border are 

 nearly orbicular, smooth, and 1 line long; the filaments are quite 

 smooth, and fixed in the middle of the tube ; two of the anthers 

 reach the mouth, one is shorter, and the two others are a little 

 exserted : the style attains the length of the lower anther f. 



6. Lycium halophyllum, Welw. MSS. n. sp. ; — fruticosum, nunc 

 2-pedale, nunc vix 2-unciale, glaberrimum, ramulis virgatis, 

 costato-angulatis, inermibus vel spinosis : foliis subfasciculatis, 

 valde polymorphis, oblongis, utrinque acutiusculis, vel obtusis 

 et spathulatis, crassissimis, glabris, vix petiolatis; floribus 

 solitariis, calyce tubulari, 5-dentato, pedicello subsequilongo, 

 corolla? glabra? laciniis rotundatis, tubo infundibuliformi 6to 

 brevioribus. — Lusitania. — v. s. in herb. Hook. ; ad rupes mari- 

 timas prope Lagos et Cabo S. Vicente {Welwich. herb. Algarv. 

 n. 717). 



A very distinct species, varying greatly in its height, form, 

 and aspect, and in the size and shape of its fleshy leaves : those 

 of the shorter plants are more fleshy and spathulate, 3 or 4 lines 

 long and 1 line broad ; the larger plants have straight branches, 

 with spines f to \^ inch long, with leaves 5 or 6 lines in length 

 and 2 or 3 lines in breadth ; the peduncles are 1 line long ; the 



* For a drawing and detail of this species see (loc. cit.) plate 64 D. 

 t A drawing with details of this species is shown (loc. cit.), plate 64 E. 



