Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 183 



a little longer and somewhat exserted j the immature berries are 

 slightly obovate, apiculated at the summit, and barely 2 lines in 

 diameter. No. 670, from Afghanistan, has a much paler and 

 smoother bark. The specimen from Kurdigass appears to have 

 grown luxuriantly in a moist situation, for the leaves are much 

 larger, and frequently solitary in each axil, being 1^ inch long, 

 and 3 to 5 lines broad*. 



40. Lycium Turcomanicum, Turczan. MSS. sj). adhuc indescripta ; 

 — ramis virgatis, raniulis apice in spinis abeuntibus, axillis 

 saspe nodosis et ramulis spinescentibus aphyllis ; foliis soli- 

 tariis 2— 3nisve, oblongis vel lanceolato-oblongis, glabei*rimis, 

 eveniis, imo cuneatis : floribus parvis, solitariis, interdum binis 

 ternisve, brevissime pedunculatis, calyce late cupuliforme in- 

 sequaliter 5-dentato, dentibus acutis, sparse ciliatis, corollas 

 tubo striato imo valde contracto, superne late infundibuliformi, 

 glabro, limbi laciniis 5, ovatis, tubo tertio brevioribus, margine 

 subciliatis, staminibus 5, inasqualibus, exsertis, filamentis om- 

 nino glabris, medio tubi insertis, 3 paullo longioribus, laciniis 

 limbi aequantibus. — Turcomania. — v. s. in herb. Hook. (Turc- 

 zaninow) . 



A plant bearing greatly the aspect of the specimens of L. Bar- 

 barum, from Scinde and Afghanistan ; differing in its more an- 

 gular branches, the shorter peduncles of its flowers, and the 

 proportions of its floral parts. The larger leaves measure 1^ 

 inch in length, 5 lines in breadth; the peduncle is 1^ line long, 

 the calyx 1 line long and broad, the tube of the corolla 2^ lines 

 long, and the segments of its border 1 line in length f. 



41. Lycium Edgeworthii, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 525 ; — intri- 

 catissimo-ramosum, spinosum, cortice cretaceo rimoso : cast, 

 ut in char, citat. except, in sequentibus ; corolla extus glabra, 

 sed intus circa insertionem staminum saspe pilosiuscula, fila- 

 mentis omnino glabris, circa medium tubi insertis, 2 minori- 

 bus faucem attingentibus, 3 longioribus exsertis. — Beloo- 

 chistan. — v. s. in herb. Hook, (in montibus sursum Kelat, 

 versus Johan.) Dr. Stocks, u. 1117. 



This species is probably widely distributed through Scinde, 

 Cabul, and Upper India : the habit of Dr. Stocks' plant is dif- 

 ferent from the specimen from the Punjaub, collected by Mr. 

 Edgeworth, according to the description above quoted of M. Du- 

 nal : the former is very thorny, of bare and stunted growth, with 



* Sectional details of this species are shown in the ' Illustr. South Ainer. 

 Plants,' vol. ii. plate 69 D. 



t This plant with an analysis of its flower is represented (loc. cit.) 

 plate 69 E. 



