192 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lycium. 



subnudis, superioribus foliiferis, axillis nodosis approximatis, 

 spinis acicularibus, gemmiferis ; foliis fasciculatis (2-5) ob- 

 longis, apice acutis, basi in petiolum brevissimum cuneatis, 

 valde crassis, utrinque pilosis, pilis brevibus articulatis, non- 

 nullis apice glandulosis ; floribus solitariis, pedunculo brevi, 

 calyce majusculo, glanduloso-piloso, pedunculo 3plo longiore, 

 tubuloso, ultra medium 5-fido, segmentis rigidis, lanceolatis, 

 acutissimis ; corolla glabra, tubo infundibuliformi calyce sequi- 

 longo, limbi laciniis fere dimidio brevioribus, oblongis; sta- 

 minibus 5, longe exsertis, filamentis medio tubi insertis, hinc 

 geniculatis et glabris, mox infra faucem fascicule pilorum bar- 

 batis, et ore claudentibus, 2 longioribus apice limbi attingen- 

 tibus, 3 paullulo brevioribus. — Circa Mendozam. — v. v.* 



This plant, gathered by me in the Travesia of Mendoza, in the 

 year 1826, is certainly a distinct species: it bears greatly the 

 habit of L. tenuispinosum, but its branches are straighter, the 

 spines stronger, the leaves larger, the calyx of much greater size 

 and more rigid in its texture, and the stamens are of different 

 structure. It is at once distinguished by its peculiar calyx. The 

 spines measure 2 lines, the leaves, including the petioles, are 3 

 lines long and 1 line broad ; the peduncle is 1 line ; the calyx 

 3 lines in length, the tubular portion being only | line ; the tube 

 of the corolla measures 3 lines, the segments of the border 

 2 lines. 



Var. /3. parvifolium, Gill. MSS., is a more intricately nodose 

 plant, becoming with age more glabrous ; the leaves are more 

 linear, smaller, 2\ to 3 lines long, \ line broad : the flowers do 

 not differ from the former in size or structure ; it was found by 

 Dr. Gillies in the Travesia, and is preserved in Sir Wm. Hooker's 

 herbarium. 



56. Lycium infaustum (n. sp.) ; — intricato-ramosum, spinosum, 

 glaberrimum, ramulis pallidis, angulato-costatis ; foliis paucis, 

 minutis, alternis vel fasciculatis, obovatis, vel spathulato- 

 oblongis, caniosulis, pallidis ; floribus solitariis, glabris, longe 

 et gracile pcdunculatis, calyce parvulo, urceolato, crasso, bre- 

 viter 5-dentato, dentibus triangularibus, acutis ; corolla infun- 

 dibuliformi, limbi laciniis ovatis, tubo brevioribus, staminibus 

 5 sequalibus, longe exsertis, filamentis medio tubi insertis, 

 imo glabris et geniculatis, mox fasciculo pilorum barbatis et 

 faucem claudentibus, superne filiformibus, glabris, apice limbi 

 paullo excedentibus, tubo globulis 5 pilorum inter fasciculos 

 staminum alternantibus ; bacca globosa, coccinea, piso minori. 



* A representation of this plant with analysis is given (loc. cit.) in 

 plate 71 D. 



