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SOLANACEjE. XIII. LYCIUM. 



from that species in the leaves being more fleshy, and in the 

 flowers being tetramerous and tetrandrous. It is also, perhaps, 

 the L. capense, Mill. diet. no. 7, of which he gives the following 

 description. " Leaves oblong-ovate, thickish, crowded ; spines 

 strong, leafy. Leaves scattered, solitary, or fascicled, thick, 

 pale green, permanent." This shrub has stood the open air 

 throughout the winter in Chelsea botanic garden, but did not 

 flower. 



Tetrandrous- flowered Boxthorn. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? 

 Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



SECT. III. ANISODONTIA (from OVKTOC, anisos, unequal ; and 

 oSovs oSovToc, odous odontos, a tooth ; in reference to the irre- 

 gularly 5-toothed, or 5-cleft calyx.) Calyx urceolate, generally 

 irregularly 5-cleft, or 5-toothed. Corolla tubular ; limb erect, 

 plicate, 5-10-toothed, rarely 5-cleft, or 5-lobed. Genitals in- 

 closed, or nearly so. Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves scat- 

 tered. Flowers sub-axillary, or terminal, fasciculately umbellate. 



1. Calyx 5-toothed, 5-cleft, or 5-lobed. 



22 L. FUCHSIOI'DES (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 1. p. 147. t. 

 42. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 52.) branchlets 

 puberulous ; leaves obovate-oblong, bluntish, glabrous ; umbels 

 extra-axillary and terminal, sessile ; corollas tubular, with a 5- 

 toothed limb, glabrous; stamens hardly exserted. J? . G. 

 Native of the province of Quito, in cold places near Delay, 

 Cumbe, and Cuenca, at the altitude of 1400 hexapods. Branches 

 angular. Flowers pedicellate, pendulous. Calyx campanulate, 

 2-lobed, one of the lobes bidentate, and the other tridentate, or 

 entire. Corolla purple. Filaments dilated and villous at the 

 base. Stigma 2-lobed. Berry ovate, 1 -celled, many-seeded, 

 girded by the calyx. 



Fuchsia-like Boxthorn. Fl. Aug. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



23 L. GESNERIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 53.) branchlets villously tomentose ; leaves ovate, acute, gla- 

 brous above, and clothed with powdery pubescence beneath ; 

 umbels sub-axillary and terminal, sessile ; corollas tubular, with 

 a 5-lobed limb, downy ; stamens hardly exserted. ^ G. Na- 

 tive of the Andes of Quito, in temperate places near El Machin, 

 and in the valley of the river Toche. Branchlets terete, gla- 

 brous. Pedicels villous. Calyx 5-toothed, downy. Corolla 

 yellow ; limb 5-lobed and plicate, downy. Berry girded by the 

 calyx. Filaments a little dilated, and downy at the base. Stigma 

 sub-capitate, 3-lobed. 



Gesneria-like Boxthorn. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



24 L. CMBELLA'TUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 45. t. 182. 

 f. b.) branchlets downy ; leaves oblong -lanceolate, glabrous, 

 but powdery beneath ; umbels axillary, on short peduncles ; 

 corolla tubular, with acute segments ; stamens inclosed. ^ . S. 

 Native of Peru, in the valley of Canta, in hedges by way sides. 

 Leaves 6 inches long. Pedicels unequal. Corolla violaceous ; 

 segments of the limb acute. Filaments glabrous. Berry glo- 

 bose, orange-coloured, size of a pea. Seeds reniform. 



Umbellate-fiovfered Box-Thorn. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



25 L. CESTROI'DES (Schlecht, in Linnsea, 8. p. 70.) branches 

 spinescent ; leaves alternate, and falsely fascicled, broad, lance- 

 olate, acute at both ends, glabrous ; flowers pedicellate, rising 

 in fascicles from the axils of the upper leaves, hence they are 

 sometimes falsely umbellate ; calyx tubular : teeth short, trian- 

 gular, very acute ; corolla tubular, glabrous, with downy mar- 

 gins ; genitals inclosed ; stamens unequal ; berry nearly globose, 

 exceeding the calyx a little, which is cleft at the side. fy . H. 

 Native of the South of Brazil, near San Jose do Uruquay, Sello. 

 Largest leaves 2 to 2| inches long. Flowers large. Calyx downy, 

 5-toothed, at length cleft at the side. Limb of corolla bluntly 



5-lobed. Berry globose, red. Seeds compressed. Embryo 

 annular. 



Cestrum-like Boxthorn. Shrub. 



2. Calyx 10-toothed. 



26 L. LOXE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) arboreous ; branch - 

 lets pubescently tomentose; leaves ovate, somewhat acuminated, 

 downy on both surfaces ; umbels nearly axillary, and terminal, 

 sessile ; corollas tubular, with an obsolelely 10-toothed limb, 

 downy ; stamens inclosed. T; . G. Native of Peru, near Loxa, 

 at the altitude of 1050 hexapods. Branches terete. Leaves 3- 

 3| inches long. Pedicels clothed with hoary tomentum. Calyx 

 campanulate^ 5-toothed, downy. Corolla yellow, downy ; limb 

 plicate ; alternate teeth very minute. Filaments a little dilated, 

 and downy at the base. Stigma capitate. Berry ovate-oblong, 

 girded by the calyx, 1 -celled. 



Loxa Boxthorn. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



27 L. CORNIFOLIUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 54.) arboreous ; 

 branchlets clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves roundish- 

 ovate, sub-acuminated, complicate, puberulous above, but 

 clothed with soft rufescent tomentum beneath ; umbels almost 

 axillary, and terminal, sessile; corollas tubular, with a 10- 

 toothed limb, downy; stamens inclosed. Tj . G. Native of 

 the province of Quito, in bushy places between Tiscan and 

 Alausi, at the altitude of 1300 hexapods. L. ovale, Willd. rel. 

 ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 698. Leaves 3 inches long. 

 Pedicels tomentose. Calyx downy, tubularly campanulate, 5- 

 cleft. Corolla downy ; limb plicate, the alternate teeth very 

 minute. Filaments downy at the base. Stigma sublobate. 

 Berry girded by the calyx. 



Dogwood-leaved Boxthorn. Shrub 15 to 18 feet. 



28 L. UMBROSUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) arboreous ; branch- 

 lets clothed with hairy down ; leaves oblong, acuminated, 

 smoothish : floral ones ovate-rhomboid ; umbels almost axil- 

 lary and terminal, sessile ; corollas tubular, with a 10-toothed 

 limb, hairy ; stamens almost inclosed, f; . G. Native of New 

 Granada, in shady places near La Vega de St. Lorenzo, and 

 Almaguer, at the altitude of 1200 hexapods, where it is called 

 by the inhabitants Upaquanda. Branches rather angular. 

 Leaves 6 inches long. Pedicels hairy. Corolla scarlet, widened 

 at top, a little curved ; the teeth of the limb obtuse and fim- 

 briately ciliated. Filaments membranous at bottom and downy. 

 Stigma obsoletely 3-lobed. Berry ovate, 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. The plant is used in the cure of erysipelas. 



Shaded Boxthorn. Shrub 12 to 16 feet. 



f Species hardly known. 



29 L. CAPSULA'RE (Lin. amcen. acad. 4. p. 308.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, thin, glabrous ; peduncles and calyxes downy ; pericarp 

 capsular. Ij . G. Native of Mexico, Miller. Willd. spec. I. 

 p. 1061. Lam. diet. 3. p. 510. Branches terete, furnished 

 with spreading, axillary, simple spines. Leaves on short peti- 

 oles. Peduncles simple, axillary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx downy. Corolla rotate. Stigmas 2, straight, 

 slender. Capsule ovate, mucronate, 2-celled. Certainly not 

 a species of Lycium, from the capsular fruit and rotate co- 

 rolla. 



Capsular Box-Thorn. Shrub. 



30 L. CAROLINIA'NUM (Walt. fl. carol, p. 84. Michx. fl. 

 bor. amer. 1. p. 95.) unarmed ; leaves narrow, spatulate-ob- 

 long ; flowers quadrifid, tetrandrous, bluish. Jj . H. Native 

 of Carolina, Georgia, Florida, by the sea shore, among rushes. 



Caroline Box-Thorn. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1806. Shrub 4 

 to 5 feet ? 



31 L. oBTifsusi (Willd. rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 



