134 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 



four linear, obtuse, erect teeth : the corolla is 5 or 6 lines long, 

 ^ line broad towards the base, but swelling to \ line in diameter 

 at its mouth, the four smooth, almost orbicular lobes of the 

 border being about f line diameter ; the capillary filaments are 

 inserted into the tube at a distance of one-third of its length from 

 the base ; they are 4 lines long, and are pubescent for two-thirds 

 of their length, the inner surrounding portion of the tube being 

 also pubescent for about the same distance. This species, although 

 with acicular spines, will be seen to be extremely different from 

 L. rachidocladum, described by M. Dunal from tbe same locality*. 



26. Lycium minutifolium, Remy in Gay Hist. Chile, v. 93 ; 

 Walp. Ann. iii. 173 ; — ramosissimum, ramulis spinescentibus ; 

 foliis fasciculatis, minutissimis, ovatis, obtusis, hirsutis, pedun- 

 culis axillaribus, solitariis, calyce 4-dentato, vix puberulo, 

 corolla anguste tubulosa, longiuscula, apice vix dilatata, limbo 

 4-fido, staminibus vix exsertis. — Chile. 



From the above description we may infer that this plant bears 

 much analogy with the preceding, apparently differing in its 

 ovate leaves aud scarcely exserted stamens. 



27. Lycium stenophyllum, Remy, he. cit. p. 94; — spinescens, 

 ramosum ; foliis fasciculatis, insequalibus, linearibus, crassius- 

 culis, obtusis, pubescentibus, 3 lin. longis ; floribus solitariis, 

 axillaribus, calyce 4-fido, pubescente, segmentis oblongis, ob- 

 tusis; corolla tubulosa. — Chile. 



From the above description it is not clear to which section 

 this species belongs ; but from its 4-merous flowers and its habit, 

 it is probably nearly allied to the two preceding species. 



28. Lycium cestroides, Schl. Linn. vii. 70. Acnistus cestroides, 

 nob. III. So. Am. PI. i. 23; Dun. in Prodr. DC. xiii. 500; 

 — breviter spinosum, ramis subfiexuosis, albescentibus, juniori- 

 bus pubescentibus, ramulis brevibus, fioriferis, apice spinosis ; 

 foliis alternis, ellipticis, oblongis, apice acuminatis, imo cunea- 

 tis, margine subreflexo obsolete crenulato puberulo, nervosis, 

 utrinque subglabris et minutissime rugulosis, sub lente 

 glanduloso-scabridis, subtus pallidis, petiolo tenui, longiusculo, 

 canaliculato, puberulo : floribus pedunculatis, calyce tubuloso 

 pallide membranaceo, lineis 5 viridibus late costatis signato, 

 pubescente, 5-dentato, dentibus acutis, erectis, intus margine- 

 que albido-lanatis ; corolla longe tubulosa, imo angustiore, 

 calyce 5plo longiore, glabra, limbi laciniis 5, rotundis, mar- 

 gine densissime albo-fimbriatis, erectis, valde imbricatis ; sta- 



* A representation of this plant with details is given (toe. cit.) plate 6"J E. 



