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India, erect shrub, stipules spiniform-soft, ft. 

 dull purple. Neither of these is in Persoon&c. 



264. PUKANTIJUS Raf. (n. gr.) dift*. Lycium, 

 cal. reguiaris sinuato 5dent. filuni. basi barbatis, 

 //. corymbosis &LC. 



265. Pukantlms odoratas Raf. Lye. boer- 

 havif. L. heterophyl. L. Mur. Ehretia ! halimi- 

 folia Lher. Spinose peruvian shrub put in 2 

 Genera ! and made 2 sp. of Lycium byLinneus? 



266. OPLUKION Raf. (armed Lye.) diff. Lye. 

 cal. camp. . K dent. eq. cor. irifund. limbo erecto 

 genit. inrAusafoLfascicnl. &c. Types 2 Afri- 

 can spinose shrubs my OpL afrum and horri- 

 dum, called Lycium by Authors. 



267. VALTETA Raf. (bot.) diff. Lye. cal. urceol. 

 irieq. 5fidus, cor. tubolosa limbo erecto plicato 

 odentato, genit. exertis, foL spar sis, Jl. fascia. 

 Types 2 American sp. V. fuchioides and gts- 

 neroidcs Raf. blended with Lycium by Kunth. 



268. DIPLUKION Raf. diff. Lye. cor. lOdentata 

 stam. inclusis The doubled corolla is ver-y es- 

 sential, 3 American types of Kunth my DipL 

 loxense, cornifoL umbrosum. Raf. 



269. ASCLEIA Raf. (shut box) Johnsonia 

 Necker 1790 non alis, an anterior ? diff. Lyci- 

 um, cal. persist. 5dent. eq. corolla rotata 5fida, 

 faux barbata, stam. 5, fruct. caps (Lin.) Akena 

 (Neck) clausa ovata 21oc. Here the fruit is 

 not even a berry, therefore hardly a Solanides, 

 akin to Sessea with bivalve capsule. 



270. Asclria mexicana Raf. Lye. capsulare L. 

 auct. Ramis teretis spinosis, fol. lanceol. gla- 

 bris tenuis, ped. ax. unifl. pubescens Mexican 

 Shrub, not in Kunth. 



271. TEREMIS R. (half cut) diff. 'Lycium, cal. 

 2-3fidus ineq. lac. bidentatis, stam. 5, h'lam. de- 



