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698.) leaves obovate, on long petioles ; peduncles crowded ; 

 branches spiny ; flowers tetrandrous. fj . S. Native of Cu- 

 mana, Humb. et Bonpl. 



.B/unMeaved Box-Thorn. Shrub. 



32 L. GRANDIFLORA (Willd. rel. 1. c.) leaves elliptic ; pedun- 

 cles aggregate ; calyx 3-lobed. Tj . S. Native of Caraccas. 



Great-faltered Box-Thorn Shrub. 



33 L. IXE'RME (Mill. diet. no. 9.) leaves lanceolate, alternate, 

 permanent, petiolate, Jj . S. Native country unknown. Stem 

 thick, woody. Branches numerous, short, brown. Leaves 3 

 to 3^ inches long, dark green. Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 

 Perhaps not a species of the present genus. 



Unarmed Box-Thorn. Shrub. 



34 L. COCHINCHINE'NSE (Lour. coch. p. 134. ed. Willd. 

 1. p. 165.) leaves oblong, obtuse; stem unarmed; cymes ter- 

 minal. T~ . G. Native of Cochinchina, in woods. Shrub 

 erect, branched. Leaves thick, glabrous, alternate. Calyx 5- 

 cleft. Corolla white, tubular ; limb 5-cleft, reflexed. Stamens 

 5, about equal in length to the corolla, clothed with many long 

 hairs, which close up the tube. Berry roundish, 2-celled. Per- 

 haps belonging to section Euh)cmm. 



Cochinchina Box-Thorn. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. The hardy kinds of Box-Thorn are well fitted for 

 arbours, or to be trained against trellis-work or walls. The 

 L. A'frum, and some of the Cape species belonging to the same 

 section, are very handsome while in flower ; and they will thrive 

 and flower if trained against a wall, with a south or west aspect. 

 They are all readily increased by ripened cuttings, under a 

 hand-glass in sand. The stove and greenhouse species should 

 be treated like other stove and greenhouse shrubs. 



XIV. ACNl'STUS (meaning unknown to us.) Schotte, in 

 wien. zeit. litt. 4. p. 11 SO. Linnaea, 6. p. 54. Schlecht, in 

 Linnaea, 7. p. 66. Cestrum Lycium and A'tropa species of 

 authors. 



LYK. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed, nearly regular. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube short, 

 dilated at the base; limb 5-parted, reflexed or spreading, imbri- 

 cate in aestivation. Genitals exserted; filaments naked, dilated at 

 the base. Anthers elliptic, cordate, dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma 

 funnel-shaped. Berry 2-celled, many-seeded ; placenta semi- 

 globose, adnate by the middle to the dissepiment. Seeds 

 reniform, compressed. Embryo ? Unarmed shrubs. Leaves 

 and branches scattered, quite entire. Flowers fascicled, or in 

 contracted racemes, from the axils of the leaves of the preceding 

 year. Corollas white, sweet-scented at night. Berry red, or 

 black, globose. 



1 A. ARBORE'SCENS (Schlecht, in Linnaea, 7. p. 67.) shrubby ; 

 leaves elliptic, acute, downy above, but at length green, and 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; racemes umbellate, from 

 the axils of the fallen leaves. fj . S. Native of Martinico, 

 Jamaica, Brazil, Peru, as about Lima and Chancay. Acnistus 

 cauliflorus, Schotte, 1. c. A'tropa arborescens. Lin.amcen. acad. 

 4. p. 307. Lam. diet. 1. p. 396. Swartz, obs. p. 91. Lycium 

 aggregatum, Ruiz. et. Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 45. t. 182. f. a. ' Ces- 

 trum campanulatum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 688. Cestrum cauliflorum, 

 Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. p. 41. t. 325. A'tropa solanacea, 

 Allioni. Belladonna frutescens, flore albo, Nicotianae foliis, 

 Plum. spec. 1. icon. t. 46. f. 1. Leaves 3-7 inches long, white 

 from tomentum, powdery when young, but at length green. 

 Filaments free almost to the base. Lycium Guayaquilense, and 

 L. floribundum, H. B. et Kunth, 3. p. 39. does not seem to 

 differ much from the present plant. 



Arborescent Acnistus. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



2 A. GUAYAOUILE'NSIS ; arboreous ; leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, downy above, but clothed with soft tomentum beneath ; 

 umbels extra-axillary, sessile. H . S. Native of Quito, near 

 Guayaquil, in humid places. Lycium Guayaquilense, H. B. et 

 Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 50. Branches terete, canescent. 

 tomentose. Stigma capitate, somewhat 2-lobed. Corolla gla- 

 brous. 



Guayaquil Acnistus. Tree or Shrub. 



3 A. FLORIBIJ'NDCS ; shrubby ; leaves oblong, acute, glabrous 

 above, and downy beneath ; umbels extra-axillary, sessile, ap- 

 proximate. Jj . S. Native of Peru, on the Andes, between 

 Caxamarca and the river Magdalena, at the altitude of 800 

 hexapods. Lycium floribundum, H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. 

 3. p. 51. Branches glabrous, white. Flowers larger than 

 those of the preceding. Corolla downy outside. Stigma capi- 

 tate, somewhat 2-lobed. 



Bundle-jlomereA Acnistus. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



4 A. SFATULA'TUS ; glabrous ; leaves obovate-spatulate, scat- 

 tered or fascicled ; umbels nearly axillary, sessile ; corolla with 

 acute downy segments. Tj . S. Native of Peru, about Hua- 

 nuco, in hedges. Lycium spatulatum, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 

 2. t. 183. f. a. Branchlets angular. Leaves 1-2 inches long. 

 Berry roundish, reddish-yellow, size of a pea. 



<Spafti/ate-Ieaved Boxthorn. Shrub. 



5 A. SIDEROXYLOI'DES ; leaves oblong-ovate, acute at both 

 ends, downy beneath ; umbels lateral, sessile. Jj . S. Native 

 along the banks of the river Magdalena. A'tropa sideroxy- 

 loides, Herb. Willd. ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 86. 



Iron-wood- like Acnistus. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see the stove species of 

 Lycium. 



XV. JABORO X SA (a name given by Jussieu, derived from 

 the Arabic word Jaborose, which was applied to the Mandrake, 

 from its affinity to it.) Juss. gen. 125. ed. Usteri, p. 140. 

 Lam. t. 114. Gill, et Hook. bot. misc. 1. p. 347. t. 71. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx short, 5-cleft : 

 segments acute. Corolla campanulate or tubular, 5-cleft ; seg- 

 ments acute. Stamens 5, inserted towards the top of the tube ; 

 filaments short, flat. Stigma capitate. Berry globose, S-celled, 

 ex Cav., 2-celled, ex Hook. ; placenta fixed to the longitudinal 

 dissepiment. Herbs natives of Chili and Buenos Ayres. Leaves 

 radical. Scapes 1 -flowered. Corollas white. 



1 J. CAULE'SCEKS (Gill et Hook, in bot. misc. 1. p. 347. t. 

 71.) stems many, decumbent ; leaves lyrately pinnatifid, spinu- 

 losely-toothed, petiolate ; bracteas subulate, verticillate ; corolla 

 narrow, campanulate, hairy inside. If.. G. Native of Chili, 

 in the valleys of the Andes towards Mendoza. Root long, de- 

 scending, nearly fusiform. Limb of corolla spreading, with 

 acute segments. Capsule globose ; receptacle fixed to a longi- 

 tudinal dissepiment. Seeds numerous, black. 



Caulescent Jaborosa. PI. prostrate. 



2 J. IXTEGRIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 189. ill. t. 114.) stem- 

 less ; leaves petiolate, oval, nearly entire ; corolla with a long 

 tube and acuminated segments. 1 . G. Native of Buenos 

 Ayres. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3489. J. Bonarilnsis, Gmel. syst. 

 1. p. 380. Leaves radical, 3-6 inches long. Scapes length of 

 petioles. Corolla 2 inches long. 



Entire-kaved Jaborosa. PI. | to i foot. 



3 J. RCNCINA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. c. Link, et Otto. pi. sel. p. 

 103. t. 48.) usually stemless ; leaves petiolate, oblong-obovate, 

 sinuately pinnatifid ; corolla campanulate, with acute segments. 

 If. . G. Native of Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres, in the flats 

 called Pampas. Leaves like those of Taraxacum, 2-4 inches 

 long, and hardly 1| broad. Scapes a little shorter than the 



