Lycium.] en. SOLANACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 241 



99, 100, t. 64, fig. A, B. L. intricatum, Boiss. ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 

 i. 525 ; Miers L c. 98, t. 64, fig. E. L. arabicum, Schweinf. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 289. 



W. INDIA ; alt. 0-5000 ft., frequent. DISTRIB. Mediterranean region, "W. Asia. 



A spinous, nearly glabrous shrub. Leaves ^-1 in. Pedicels shorter or equalling 

 the calyx, rarely longer. Calyx in., often sub-bilabiate ; teeth rarely less than 5. 

 Corolla in., from purple to nearly white. Stamens exsert or subincluded. Berry 

 in. diam., subglobose, many-seeded. 



2. Zi. barbarum, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 289 ; leaves linear-oblong, 

 pedicels short, calyx 5-lobed irregularly, corolla-lobes more than half as long as 

 the tube, filaments glabrous at their base. Brand. For. Fl. 345 ; Miers III. 

 8. Amer. PI. ii. 117, t. 69, fig. I). L. Edgeworthii, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 

 pt. i. 525; Miers I. c. 118, t. 69, fig. F. L. depressum and foliosum, Stocks in 

 Hook. Kew. Journ. iv. 179. 



PUNJAB and SCINDE ; alt. 0-3000 ft., Edgeworth, Stocks. DISTRIB. W. Asia. 



This is not L. barbarum, Linn., as understood by Dunal (in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 

 511); bur, it is doubtful whether either of these two ought to be separated specifically 

 from L. europceum. 



3. Xi. ruthenicum, Murray, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 514; 

 leaves linear, calyx lobed irregularly often 3-4-toothed, filaments hairy at their 

 base. Brand. For. Fl. 346; Miers III. S. Amer. PL ii. 119, t. 70, fig. A; 

 Bows. Fl. Orient, iv. 290. L. tataricum, Pall. Fl. Ross. i. 78, t. 49 ; Miers I. c. 

 122, t. 70, fig. A. L. armatum, Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 415. L. glaucum, 

 Miers I. c. 104, t. 66, fig. D. 



N. KASHMIR and BALTISTHAN ; alt. 6-9000 ft., frequent, Thomson, &c. DISTRIB. 

 Cabul, Persia, Central Asia. 



Thomson regarded this as a var. of L. europceum. L. turcomannicum, Turcz. 

 (Boissier Fl. Orient, iv. 290) is said to differ by having a red (not black) berry. 



5. ATROFA, Linn. 



A coarse, lurid, glabrous herb. Leaves entire, elliptic-lanceolate. Pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, nodding. Flower's somewhat large, dirty-purple or lurid 

 yellow. Calyx large, deeply 5-lobed, scarcely larger in fruit. Corolla widely 

 tubular-campanulate ; lobes 5, triangular, imbricate in bud. Stamens attached 

 near the base of the corolla, filaments linear ; anthers oblong, dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; style linear, stigma obscurely 2-lobed. Berry 

 globose. Seeds many, compressed ; embryo peripheric. 



A. Belladonna, Linn. ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 464, 690; Syme 

 Eng. Bot. t. 934 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 291 ; Bentl. fy Trim. Med. PI. t. 193. 

 A. acuminata, Eoyle III. 279 ; Miers III. S. Amer. PI. ii. Append. 5, t. 76. A. 

 iutescens, Jacquem. ms. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 6-11,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Simla, Eoyle, Gen. 

 Munro, &c. DISTRIB. Europe to the Caucasus and N. Persia'. 



Leaves 6 in. ; petiole in. Pedicels -! in. Calyx in flower -f in - Corolla 

 1 in. Leaves are little more acuminate in the Himalayan than in the European 

 plant. 



6. IMC AND It AGORA, Juss. 



Perennial herbs, stemless except the Himalayan species. Leaves large, 

 petioled, toothed or subentire. Pedicels fascicled, subradical. Flowers large, 

 pale purple, reticulate. Calyx 5-fid half-way down. Corolla campanulate ; 



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