Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lyciuni. 133 



staminibus 4 inclusis, 1 paullo longiori, filamentis infra medium 

 tubi insertis, hinc longiuscule pilosis, superne glabris, tenui- 

 bus ; stylo longitudine staminum, stigmate clavato, 2-lobo. — 

 Peru. — v. s. in herb. Hook. {Cuming, 948). 



This forms a very distinct species, with rugous knotty branches 

 and naked spines, 2 lines in length, springing out of the nodes : 

 there are five to ten leaves in each fascicle, 4 or 5 lines long, and 

 \ line broad : the slender peduncle measures 4 lines ; the some- 

 what tubular calyx is 1£ line long, half cleft into four narrow, 

 acute, equal segments, each separated by a rounded sinus ; the 

 tube of the corolla is 5 lines long, 1| line in diameter at its 

 broadest part, the lobes of the border being only | line ; the 

 filaments are inserted into the tube at a distance of a quarter of 

 its length from the bottom, and are pilose at base for one-fourth 

 of their length*. 



25. Lycium implexum (n. sp.) ; — fruticosum, intricato-ramosum, 

 ramis ramulisque rimoso-rugosis, ochraceis, glabris, ramulis 

 nodosis, apice spinescentibus, spinisque axillaribus brevibus 

 aciculatis armatis ; foliis e nodis fasciculatis, minimis, cuneato- 

 oblongis, carnosis, utrinque aspero-pilosis, floribus e fasciculis 

 approximatis, solitariis, pendulis, pedunculo folio calyceque 

 sequante ; calyce parvo, pubescente, sequaliter 4-dentato, co- 

 rolla pallida, elongata, anguste cylindrica, superne infundibu- 

 liformi, extus glabra, intus ad medium pubescente, limbi 

 laciniis 4, brevibus, rotundis, Isevibus, tubo 5to brevioribus, 

 staminibus 4 capillaribus, subsequalibus, longe exsertis, infra 

 medium tubi insertis, pro dimidio inferiori molliter pubescen- 

 tibus, superne lsevibus, pro tertia parte exsertis, stylo longitu- 

 dine staminum. — Chile, ad Coquimbo. — v. s. in herb. Hook, 

 et Lindley {Bridges, n. 1334). 



This very distinct plant bears greatly the aspect of several 

 species of the genus Alona, and of Phrodus, which I have before 

 described (huj. op. iv. 33), all collected in the same neighbour- 

 hood, and at the same time, by Mr. Bridges, as their respective 

 numbers will show. The branches and branchlets are very knotty 

 and intricately crossed; the prominent, nodose axils, scarcely 

 3 lines apart, have a fascicle of four to eight leaves springing 

 from them, and many are furnished with a short needle-formed 

 spine. The leaves are spathulately oblong, obtuse, fleshy, glau- 

 cously pubescent on both sides, with short, rigid, erect hairs • 

 they are 1 or Ik line long, and scarcely more than ^ line broad : 

 the peduncle, often deflexed, is 1 line long, and about the same 

 length as the pubescent calyx, which is divided half-way into 



* This species with sectional details is represented (foe. cit.) plate GJ D 



