18 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 



nodosis; foliis e nodis 5-10, fasciculatis, angustissime linea- 

 ribus, carnosulis, glauco-pallidis ; floribus in fasciculis soli- 

 tariis, folio paullo longioribus ■ pedunculo calyce tubuloso 

 glabro membranaceo breviter et insequaliter 5-dentato demum 

 fisso subduplo longiore ; corolla glabra, infundibuliformi, pal- 

 lide flava, imo coarctata, limbi laciniis oblongis,.obtusis, reti- 

 culato-pictis, tubo tertio brevioribus ; staminibus 5, subsequa- 

 libus, exsertis, filamentis gracilibus, imo breviter pilosis, 2 

 paullulo longioribus, tubo fasciculis totidem pilorum cum 

 insertione istorum alternis intus donato ; stylo capillari, 

 apice inflexo, exserto. — In Persia boreali. — v. s. in herb. Hook. 

 (Aucher Eloy, n. 5035). 



This is a plant of very gnarled aspect, with prominent warty 

 nodes, of a pale glaucous hue, and with pale flowers half the size 

 of those of L. Afrum. It is very distinct from L. Barbarum, with 

 which it has probably been confounded. Its leaves are from 5 

 to 7 lines long, \ or \ line broad ; the peduncle is 3 lines in 

 length; the narrow tubular calyx is L^ or 2 lines long, 1 line in 

 diameter ; the tube of the corolla measures 4 lines, and the seg- 

 ments of its border 1^ line, and, excepting the five tufts of hair 

 placed alternately with the stamens, between their insertion, it is 

 quite glabrous*. 



18. Lycium echinatum, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 513. — Ad char, 

 cl. Dunalii post descr. calycis, adde ; — corolla infundibuliformi, 

 pallida, 4-mera, imo coarctata, limbi laciniis rotundis, margine 

 ciliatis, tubo 4to brevioribus ; staminibus 4, quorum 2 alter- 

 natim longioribus, exsertis, alteris faucem attingentibus, fila- 

 mentis supra coarctationem tubi glabri insertis, hinc nudis et 

 geniculatis, mox fasciculo pilorum donatis. — C.B. S. — v. s. in 

 herb. Hook. [Drege, 7870). 



The specimen above cited is quite fragmentary, and is remark- 

 able for the extreme smallness of its fasciculate leaves : the 

 branchlets appear angular and glaucous, with a few short spines, 

 and out of each nodose axil arises a fascicle of small narrow 

 linear leaves, 1 line, rarely 2 lines long, and \ line broad : out of 

 the midst of these a single flower is seen, the peduncle being 1 line 

 in length ; the calyx with four small equal teeth is 1 line long ; 

 the tube of the corolla is 2 lines, with four orbicular segments 

 ^ to f line long : the insertion of the stamens is at a point one- 

 fourth from the bottom of the tube, which is quite glabrous, ex- 

 cepting a few ciliate hairs on the margin of the segmentsf. 



* This species with analytical details is seen {loc. cit.), plate 66 D. 

 f A representation of this plant with its floral analysis is given (loc. cit.), 

 plate 66 E. 



