Mr. J. Miers on the yenus Lyciuin. 187 



under the name of L. carnosum, is probably of African origin. 

 From M. DunaFs description I have placed it in this section. 



47. Lycium prunus spinosi, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 515. — 

 C.B.S. (Drege, n. 7871). 



I have not seen a specimen of this species, but from M. Dunal's 

 account of it 1 have stationed it here. 



**** Filament a basi glandula lineari fimbriata donata. 

 Sp. 48 ad 49. 



48. Lycium Tataricum, Pallas, Flor. Russ. i. 78. tab. 49. L. 

 Ruthenicum, Dunal (non Murr.) in Prodr. DC. xiii. 514; — 

 fruticosum, glaberrimum, intricato-spinosum, ramulis pallidis, 

 flexuosis, nodis spinescentibus, approximatis ; foliis plurimis 

 (6-8) fasciculatis, linearibus, spathulatis, obtusis, carnosulis; 

 floribus e fasciculis solitariis, rarius geminis, calyce pedunculo 

 breviori, poculiformi, subscarioso, insequaliter 3-4-fisso, laci- 

 niis rotundatis, corolla imo coarctata, superne infundibuliforme, 

 limbi laciniis oblongis, tubo 2-3tio brevioribus, staminibus 

 exsertis, filamentis imo in glandulam linearem margine ciliatam 

 expansis. — Rossica australis. — v. s. in herb. Hook, ex herb. 

 Pallas. 



This is certainly very distinct in the structure of its flowers 

 from L. Ruthenicum : the nodes are about ^ inch apart, the spines 

 of the same length, the leaves 3 to 5 lines long, and barely a line 

 broad : the pedicels are 3 lines, the calyx 1~ line, the tube of the 

 corolla 3 lines, the segments of the border 2 lines long ; the sta- 

 mens, inserted in the lower portion of the tube, have a long basal 

 expansion which is ciliated on the margin ; the stamens are 

 equal, and nearly attain the length of the segments*. 



49. Lycium ferocissimum (n. sp.) ; — fruticosuin, ramosissimum, 

 glaberrimum, rainis griseo-pruinosis, ramulis horizontaliter 

 divaricatis, validis, apice spinosis, spinis giganteis efforman- 

 tibus, axillis globoso-nodosis ; foliis e nodis fasciculatis, ob- 

 ovato- vel oblongo-spathulatis, obtusis, carnosulis ; floribus e 

 fasciculis solitariis vel binis, longe pedunculatis, calyce tubu- 

 loso, majusculo, carnoso, breviter 5-dentato, dentibus margine 

 ciliatis, imo longiusculo, corollse tubo infundibuliformi, imo 

 angustato, calyce vix longiori, limbi laciniis 5, oblongis, reti- 

 culato-venosis, tubo fere sequalibus; staminibus in constric- 

 tionem tubi insertis, filamentis imo geniculatis et in glandulam 

 linearem margine densissime tomentosam expansis, superne 



* A representation of this plant with floral sections is shown {he. cit.) 

 in plate /0 C. 



