Mr. J. Miers on the yenus Lycium. 191 



long ami 1 or 2 lines apart, furnished at their base with a fas- 

 cicle of four to six minute linear subulate leaves, barely | line 

 long ; a few of the fascicles bear a single flower, the peduncle of 

 which is 1 1 line long ; the calyx is 2 ^ lines long ; the tube of the 

 corolla measures 2| lines, and the segments of the border 1 £ line 

 in length ; the stamens are inserted above the middle of the 

 tube, where it is pubescent, they are considerably hirsute at 

 their lower part, and smooth above ; the hairs that clothe the 

 pedicel and calyx are dense and articulated ; the style exceeds 

 the length of the stamens*. 



54. Lycium stolidum (n. sp.) ; — fruticosum, glaberrimum, ramis 

 flexuosis, ramulis intricato-divaricatis, spinescentibus, cortice 

 rimoso, striato, griseo, nodis approximatis, spinis brevibus imo 

 foliosis; foliis (2-5) fasciculatis, spathulato-linearibus, obtusis, 

 carnosulis, pallidis ; fioribus e fasciculis binis, parvulis, pedun- 

 culo tenui, calyce parvo sequaliter ac breviter 4-dentato, corolla 

 laevi, pallida, textura tenui, tubo imo coarctato, superne sub- 

 campanulato, limbi laciniis 4, tubo vix dimidio longitudine, 

 oblongis, acutiusculis, reflexis ; staminibus 4, sequalibus, longe 

 exsertis, filamentis in contractionem basalem insertis, hinc 

 geniculatis et hirsutis, superne glabris, apice limbi attingen- 

 tibus, stylo aequilongis, tubo circa insertionem filamentorum 

 piloso ; bacca globosa, piso minori, apiculata, calyce suffulta. — 

 Texas. — v. s. in herb. Hook. Paso del Norte {Wright, no. 540, 

 542). 



A plant not unlike L. Barbarum in habit. Owing to the close 

 approximation of the nodes, which are only \ inch apart, the 

 leaves are somewhat crowded; they are 5 to 7 lines long, 1 line 

 broad ; the slender peduncle measures 2~ lines, and the narrow 

 calyx 1 line ; the tube of the corolla is 2~ lines long, and the 

 reflexed broad segments of the border are 1 line in length ; it is 

 thin in texture and pale when dried ; the filaments are inserted 

 above the basal contraction of the tube, are hirsute below, slender 

 and smooth above, and attain the length of the segments of the 

 border : the berries are small, apparently red, 2 lines in diameter, 

 and contain eight seeds, which are flattened ; these have a heli- 

 cally spiral embryof. 



*** Filumenta paullo supra basin fasciculo pilorum donata. 

 Sp. 55 ad 58. 



55. Lycium spinulosum(n. sp.); — virgato-ramosum, ramulis hel- 

 volis, striatis, pilosis, patentibus, tenuiter spinosis, inferioribus 



* A representation of this plant, with analysis of its flowers, is given 

 (loc. cit.) in plate /IB. 



t This species with floral sections is drawn (loc. cit.) in plate 71 C. 



