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65. ATROPACEiE. 
Order LXY. ATROPACEAE. 
FI. perfect regular 5-merous. Cal. inf. gamosepalous free 
persistent (at least by its base) mostly leafy and enlarged in fr., 5- 
tootbed or 5-fid yalvate or subimbricate in bud. Cor. hypo- 
gynous gamopetalous infundibuliform or tubular -campanulate, 
limb 5-lobed, lobes often subunequal imbricate or subinduplicato- 
imbricate in bud. Stam. mostly all perfect and equal alternate 
with and as many as cor.-lobes, inserted on its tube, “ one 
sometimes shorter, 3 very rarely sterile;” anth. bursting lon- 
gitudinally, equal. Oy. 2- (rarely spuriously more-)celled ; 
placentas, oyules and style as in Solaxace^e ; stigma 2-lobed. 
Fr. capsular or baccate. Seeds numerous compressed reniform 
or oyal ; embryo mostly arcuate or nearly straight, rarely 
annular or spiral ; cot. semiterete or oval compressed and fleshy. 
— Herbs or shr. with mostly solitary subextraaxillary often 
large conspicuous w. or cream-coloured fragrant fl. 
A. Fr. baccate. 
Tribe I. L YCIE2E. 
Cal. small simple cup-shaped subirregularty or obsoletely 
5-toothed fleshy wholly persistent. Cor. infundibuliform not 
large. Anth. short free distinct. Embryo spiral ; cot. semite- 
rete. — Submaritime low or stunted straggling often spinose 
shr. L. simple lanceolate or spathulate entire often fascicled. 
Fl. small layender-b., p. or lilac. 
1. Lycium. Cal. tubular-campanulate or cup-shaped some- 
what fleshy 5-toothed or 5-fid, with the teeth often irre- 
gular or subconfluently subbilabiate, wholly persistent, not 
or scarcely enlarged in fr. Cor. tubular-infundibuliform ; 
tube contracted below the insertion of the stam., con- 
stricted and circumscissilely caducous at its base leaving a 
persistent ring or cup embracing the base of oy. ; limb 5-4- 
fid, lobes blunt oblong or rounded. Stam. 5-4 alternate 
with cor.-lobes, mostly subunequal ; anth. short free di- 
stinct (not connivent or coherent) bursting longitudinally. 
Style simple, stigma depresso-capitate. Ov. 2-celled niulti- 
ovulate seated on a short stalk or hypog. fleshy disk and 
within the persistent shallow free cup-shaped base of the 
cor.-tube. Fr. juicy berry-like, ovate, oval or globose, 
2-celled, many-seeded. Embryo spiral ; cot. semiterete. — 
Shr. with still’ rigid or sarmentose and flexile flaunting 
often spinose branches. L. simple quite entire alternate, 
often fleshy and fasciculate. Fl. small axillary and terminal 
