70 , 



foliornin ast dcnstus cllialls, ciliis vero in apicibus glan- 

 dula miiiula globosa tcrnunalis. Corolla extus glanduloso- 

 puhcriila, inargiiic glaiiduloso-clllala. calyce paullo longlor, 

 inlumiibullfurmis, laclnils limbi dein rellexl sublriangulari- 

 bus obtusiusculls. Slaiuina cum slylo longe exserta, tila- 

 menla supra insertioncm dcnsissimc villosa (ul in Lycio 

 barbaro villis faucem claudentlbus ). Bacca (submaliira) 

 rubra, globosa, calyce aucio (5 lin. longo) sufl'ulla eoque 

 brevlor. Semina plura albida comprosso-senii-orblcularia, 

 dorso convcxa, venire subemarginala, levlter rugulosa. 

 Embryo non obscrvandus in semine immaturo. 



** Calyx suh grossifirationc Lntcralilcr findciis. Corolla tubulosa 

 lim)>o crocto. Genitalin iuclusa. 



Lycm M ccsfroiiles n. sp., frulicosum ramulls spincsccn- 

 libns, foliis sparsis dein pseudo-fasciculalis lale lanceolalis 

 ulrinque aculis glabris, lloribus peduncnlatis in sumniis 

 axillis fasciculatini provcnicnlibus liinc inlerdnm pseudo- 

 unibcllalis, calycis iubulosi denlibus brcvibus triangularibus 

 aculisslmis, corollis tubulosis glabris margine pubescenli- 

 bns, genilalibus inclusis , slaininibus inaequalibus, bacca 

 subi:^l()bo.sa calycem .suflulclenicm hileraliler lissum paullo 

 superanlo. 



In Brasilia meridlonali prope San Jose do Uruguay 

 detexit Sel!o\v. ^. 



Frutex ramoüus , ramosissimus, corlice clnerasccnll- 

 albido. Ramis lerellbus llexuosis, juniorlbus brevller den- 

 8e(|ue puberulis. Kaniuli ex axillis lere onniium foliorum 

 solitaril geniini lerni, breves (V — 1 ,V p. long!), paluli, citius 

 scviusve In spinas abennles, foliis parvis nliqtiol ad basin 

 plerumqne Instructi; In summilalibus rainoruin floriferi cl 

 simu] follil'crl, omnes brevller denseque pubescentcs. Folia 

 hrevitcr prtiolata, lale lanceolala In peliolutu pubcsccntcm 

 acnlo altciiuala npicequc acuta, ulrin(jne praeter nervi sul>* 

 Ins proniinonlis inrerioicni parleni et piaeler niarginis basin 



