Mr. J. Miers on the genus Lyciurii. 198 



— In Prov. Argcntinorum Australioribus. — v. s. in herb. Hook. 

 (Tweedie.) 



This plant was found by Tweedie in the southern portion of 

 the province of Buenos Ayres, always called by him Patagonia. 

 It is remarkable for its small ericoid leaves, which are \\ to 2^ 

 lines long and 1 to 2 lines broad : the peduncle measures 2 lines, 

 the calyx 1 line, the tube of the corolla 3 lines, the segments of 

 its border 2 lines, all being quite smooth except the five barbate 

 tufts that alternate with the hairy pellets of the stamens*. 



57. Lycium Martii, Sendtn. Flor. Bras. fasc. 6. Sol. 154; Dunal 

 in DC. Prodr. xiii. 512. — Brasilia (in Prov. Bahia) ad tluv. 

 S. Francisco prope Joazerro. 



58. Lycium Carolinianum, Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 95; Walt. Fl. 

 Carol. 84; Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. i. 97; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. 513. L. salsum, Bartr. Trav. 59. nee R. § P. L. qua- 

 drifidum, Moq. et Sesse, Ic. Mex. Coll. Cand. t. 914. Panzera 

 Caroliniana, Gmel. Syst. i. 247 ; — fruticosum, inerme, glaber- 

 rimum, ramulis rectis, striatis, rarius spinosis; foliis alternis, 

 rarius fasciculatis, spathulato-lanceolatis vol linearibus, acutis 

 aut obtusiu'sculis, crassis, eveniis ; noribus solitariis, folio bre- 

 vioribus, tetrameris, pedunculo elongato, calyce campanulato, 

 grosse 4-dentato, corolla cserulescente, tubo infundibuliformi, 

 imo crassiore, supra basin constricto, limbi laciniis tubo bre- 

 vioribus, staminibus 4 subsequalibus, exsertis, filamentis longe 

 subtus medium tubi insertis, imo geniculatis et fascicula ob- 

 longa pilorum dense barbatis : bacca cerasi parvi magnitudine, 

 rubra. — America Septentrionali. — v. s. in herb. Hook. (Gal- 

 veston Bay, Tenessee) Drummond. (Rio Brazos, Texas) Drum- 

 mond. (New Orleans) Drummond, n. 234. (Circa Laredo) 

 Berlandier (n. 1502 et 242). In herb. Lindley (Texas) Drum- 

 mond. 



This well-known species, long since established upon very di- 

 stinct characters, appears to differ in no essential respect from 

 the plant described by Moeino and Sesse, and which may safely 

 be considered as identical with it, especially as I find the descrip- 

 tion of its fruit corresponds with the specimen above noticed 

 from New Orleans. The leaves are generally single and alter- 

 nate, from 7 to 18 lines long and 1| to 2\ lines broad, narrow- 

 ing at the base into a short channelled petiole : the peduncle is 

 slender below, thicker at its apex, and is from 5 to 8 lines long ; 

 the cup-shaped calyx is nearly 2 lines in length, with four short 



* This plant with floral details is shown (loc. cit.) in plate 71 E. 

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