Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 15 



and is remarkable for the cupular nodes that project from the 

 axils, and that are decurrent on each side with the angles of the 

 stem : five to ten leaves grow out of each node, and are 5 to 7 

 lines long, i line broad : the peduncle is barely longer than half 

 a line, the calyx 1 line, the teeth of the corolla 1\ lines, the seg- 

 ments of the border \ line long*. 



12. Lycium oxycladum (n. sp.) ; — ramosissimum, glaberrimum, 

 ramis patentibus, ramulisque angulatis, longiusculis, apice 

 spinosis, nodis approximatis, osseis, cupulatis ; foliis parvulis, 

 4-7 hinc creberrime fasciculatis, spathulato-linearibus, carno- 

 sulis ; floribus e fasciculis solitariis, breviter pedunculatis, 

 calyce glabro, poculiformi, subsequaliter 5-dentato, dentibus 

 acutis subciliatis, corollse tubo infundibuliformi glabro, imo 

 intra calycem piloso, limbi'laciniis ovatis, tubo 4-5to brevi- 

 oribus, margine haud ciliatis, staminibus non longe a basi in- 

 sertis, filamentis imo glabriusculis, dein longiuscule hirsu- 

 tulis, superne glabris, 2 longioribus exsertis, 2 medianis fau- 

 cem attingentibus, quinto breviori incluso. — C. B. S. — v. s. in 

 herb. Hook. Uitenhage (Harvey, 81). South Africa (Burke). 



A plant with much the habit of L. tetrandrum, but with more 

 fleshy and broader leaves : the leaves are 3 or 4 lines long, \ line 

 broad; the pedicel is 1^ line, the calyx 1 line in length, the tube 

 of the corolla 3 or 4 lines, the segments of the border roundish 

 or oval, | line longf. 



13. Lycium roridum (n. sp.) ; — viscoso-roridum, spiuosissimum, 

 intricato-ramosum, ramis fuscis, glaucis, striatulis, nodosis, 

 fiexuosis, ramulis spinosis ; foliis parvulis, 2-10 creberrime 

 fasciculatis, spathulato-oblongis, vel ovatis, carnosis, pallide 

 glaucis, glandulis minutissimis viscosis utrinque punctatis, 

 pilisque brevissimis sparse scabridis vel interdum glabriusculis ; 

 floribus in medio fasciculorum solitariis, pedunculatis, calyce 

 subtubuloso, aequaliter profunde et acute dentate, carnoso, 

 punctis glandulosis pilisque brevissimis munito, corolla? tubo 

 infundibuliformi glabro, limbi laciniis ovatis, tubo 4to bre- 

 vioribus ; staminibus infra medium insertis, imo pilis articu- 

 latis longiusculis dense lanatis, hinc superne glabris, insequa- 

 libus, omnibus exsertis, bacca globosa, parva, pallida, mucro- 

 nulata, calyce cupulato, dentibus recurvis suffulta. — In Africa 

 Australi. — v. s. in herb. Hook. (Burke). 



This plant, from its close external resemblance, would readily 



* A drawing of this species with analytical details is shown (loc. cit.), 

 plate 65 E. 



t An outline of this species with floral details is seen (loc. cit.), plate 65 F. 



