SOLANACE^;. XIII. LYCIUM. 



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solitary, extra-axillary, 1-flowered, drooping; corolla tubular: 

 limb hairy, erect ; calyx villous, 5-cleft. fj . G. Native of 

 Peru, in hedges at Tarma. Stem cinereous, much-branched. 

 Calycine segments reflexed. Corolla purplish violet. Berry 

 small, globose, orange-coloured. Old spines naked. 

 Obotate-leaved. Boxthorn. Shrub. 



11 L. SA'LSUM (Ruiz, et Pav. 1. c. t. 183. f. b.) branches 

 long, pendulous : spines leafy ; leaves obovate-oblong, sessile ; 

 flowers extra-axillary, drooping, solitary, on short pedicels ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped ; stamens exserted. T? . G. Native of 

 Peru, in hedges near Lurin. Leaves small, fascicled. Calyx 5- 

 toothed. Corolla small, whitish purple ; segments oblong, 

 clammy, obtuse, spreading. Berry small, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 2-celled. hardly pulpy. Seeds small yellow. 



Salt Boxthorn. Shrub. 



12 L. THUNBE'RGII ; leaves lanceolate-elliptic ; branches 

 loose, sub-spinose. > . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, in Carro, between Roggefelt and Bokefelt. L. barbarum, 

 Thunb. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 152. Stem terete, grey, erect. 

 Branches more or less spiny, elongated, usually simple. Leaves 

 usually solitary beneath the spines, glabrous, If inches long, 

 and more. 



Thunberg't Boxthorn. Shrub. 



SECT. II. ISODOXTIA (from itrof, isos, equal ; and oSovs 

 roe, odous odonlos, a tooth ; in reference to the calyx being 

 regularly 5-toothed.) Calyx urceolately campanulate, regularly 

 5-toothed. Corolla tubularly campanulate ; limb 5-cleft, erect. 

 Genitals inclosed. Spiny shrubs. Leaves in fascicles. Pe- 

 duncles almost axillary, solitary. Flowers drooping. 



13 L. PARVIFOLIUM (\Villd. rel. in Room, et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 698.) very spiny ; leaves in fascicles, obovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous ; flowers almost axillary, solitary, pendulous ; corollas 

 tubular ; stamens almost inclosed. Tj . F. Native of the Andes 

 of Peru, between Caxamarca and Magdalena, at the altitude of 

 800 hexapods. L. microphy'llum, Humb. et Bonpl. mss. but 

 not of Dull. L. horridum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 52. but not of Thunb. Leaves small. Calyx obsoletely 5- 

 toothed, or nearly entire. Corolla tubular, a little curved, 6-7 

 times longer than the calyx. Filaments capillary, glabrous. 

 Stigma thickened. Pedicels longer than the calyxes. 



Small-leared Boxthorn. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



14- L. A'FRUM (Lin. spec. 277.) erect, spiny; leaves fasci- 

 cled, linear, canescent, attenuated at the base, obtuse, fleshy ; 

 flowers almost axillary, solitary, drooping ; corolla tubular, 3 

 times longer than the calyx ; stamens inclosed, fj . H. Native 

 of the North of Afrjca, as of Palestine ; and of Spain. Mill. 

 icon. t. 171. f. 1. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 324. Ker. bot. reg. 

 t. 354. Lam. ill. 112. f. 1. Duh. arb. ed. nov. p. 107.-110. 

 Trew. ehret. 4. t. 24. f. 2. Plenck. icon. t. 127. Mich. 

 gen. p. 224. t. 105. f. 2. Nis. act. par. 1711. p. 420. t. 12. 

 Bark grey coloured ; the smaller branches frequently spiny. 

 Leaves glaucous. Filaments bearded near the base, as in all 

 the true species. Stigma slightly 2-lobed. Corolla violaceous, 

 rich purple above. Berry globose, violaceous. Calyx 5- 

 toothed. 



African Boxthorn. Fl. June. July. Clt. 1712. Shrub 6 

 to 10 feet. 



15 L. TE'NUE (Willd. enum. 1. p. 242.) erect, spiny; leaves 

 linear, rather fleshy, in fascicles ; flowers almost axillary, pedi- 

 cellate, solitary, drooping ; corolla tubular ; stamens equal in 

 length to the limb of corolla. T} . F. Native country un- 

 known, but probably of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves nar- 

 rower and shorter than in L. jffrum. Pedicels a little longer 

 than the calyx. Calyx 5-toothed ; teeth adpressed. The 



corolla is said by Willd. to be nearly like that of L. Barbarum, 

 and the stamens a little longer than the limb, and, therefore, 

 probably belongs to the last section. 



Slender Boxthorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. Shrub 5 to 

 6 feet. 



1 6 L. PROPINQCCM ; leaves linear-elliptic ; branches strict ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves. \j . H. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. L. A'frum, Thunb. prod. 37. and in Lin. trans. 9. 

 p. 158. but not of Lin. Stem stiff, erect ; branches spinescent, 

 somewhat verticillate, short, strict. Leaves fascicled, glabrous, 

 a nail in length. Peduncles capillary, 1-flowered, about equal 

 in length to the flowers. Corolla short, campanulate. 



Allied Boxthorn. Shrub. 



17 L. RIGIDUM (Thunb. prod. 37. Lin. trans. 9. p. 153. t. 

 14.) erect, spiny ; leaves linear, obtuse, in fascicles ; peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves and flowers ; corolla tubular ; stamens 

 inclosed ; calyx 5-toothed ; teeth ciliated. V? . F. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, about Cape Town. Willd. enum. 1 . 

 p. 245. L. carnosum, Duh. arb. ed. nov. p. 111. Pers. ench. 

 l.p. 231. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 427. L. A'frum, /3, Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 509. L. Italicum, Mill. diet. no. 2. ? Trew. ehret. t. 24. 

 f. 1 . Stem flexuous, glabrous, grey ; branches rugosely angu- 

 lar, cinereous, spiny at top. Leaves glabrous, curved, a nail in 

 length. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, drooping. This species 

 hardly differs from L. A'Jrum, unless in the pedicels being very 

 short, the much dwarfer habit of the shrub, in the fewer 

 spines, and in the leaves being paler. Pedicels solitary, or by 

 threes. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth acute. Corolla 

 tubular, violaceous. Berry globose, size of a pea, and 2-celled. 



Stiff Boxthorn. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1795. Shrub 3 to 4 

 feet. 



18 L. ? MICROPHT'LUJM (Duh. arb. nov. ed. p. 112. Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 231.) erect, spiny, stiff, quite smooth ; branches re- 

 flexed ; leaves solitary, or in fascicles, parabolic ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, pedicellate, drooping ? ; corolla funnel-shaped ? ; 

 stamens inclosed ?. 1? . F. Native of the East of Africa, and 

 in India. Branches cinereous, terminated each by a strong 

 spine. Leaves glaucous, small, linear ?. Berry globose, dark 

 blue. Perhaps not belonging to the present section. 



Small-leared Boxthorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. Shrub. 



19 L. CIXE'REUM (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 37. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 

 154. t. 16. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1059. enum. 1. p. 245.) branches 

 terete, spreading, filiform ; branchlets spiny, short ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, glaucous, glabrous, in fascicles ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, drooping ; corolla tubular ; stamens inclosed, 

 fj . F. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Pedicels shorter 

 than the calyx, and twice as short as the leaves. Corolla purple ? 



Cinereous Boxthorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



L. HORBIDUM (Thunb. prod. 37. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 154. 

 t. 17. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2d. vol. 2. p. 4.) branches strict; 

 leaves obovate, fleshy, glabrous ; flowers nearly sessile. ^ . F. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Saldanha Bay. Stem 

 stiff, much branched, 3 feet high ; branches nodulose, grey, 

 spinescent Leaves fascicled, 3-7 in each fascicle, flat above, 

 and convex beneath, white, small. Flowers solitary, pedicellate. 

 Pedicels terete, glabrous, a line long. 



Horrid Boxthorn. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1791. Shrub 3 to 

 4 feet. 



21 L. TETRA'XDRUM (Thunb. prod. p. 37. Lin. suppl. 150. 

 Thunb. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 154. t. 15.) spiny, erect; branches 

 angular, strict ; leaves fascicled, ovate, obtuse ; flowers nearly 

 sessile ; corollas quadrifid, tetrandrous. I? . F. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, about Cape Town. Stem twisted, gla- 

 brous, angular, grey, stiff; branches horizontal, spiny. Leaves 

 a line long. Flowers solitary, rising from the fascicles of leaves 

 on short pedicels. \*ery like L. A'frum, but is distinguished 

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