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. SOLANUM fontanesianum. 
Desfontaines's Nightshade. 
DETTA 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA; 
Nat. ord. Soane. Jussieu gen. 124. Div. II. Fructus bac- 
catus, ME 
SoLANEm. Brown prod. 443. Sect. I. Corolla limbo 
sepits plicato. Stamina numero lacipiarum. Embryo 
valdé curvatus, SoLANEE VERE. Brown loc. c. 
SOLANUM. | Supra vol. 1. 71. 
Dio. Foliis pinnatifidis, bipinnatifidis pinnatisectisque.  Corollis 5 
fidis; baccis calyce aucto et aculeato tectis. Cryptocarpum. — 
. ubdiv. Antheris inegualibus. ` 
S. fontanesianum, caule sublignoso annuo aculeato piloso, foliis pro- 
funde pinnatifidis, laciniis shiuatis, corollis subregularibus, autheria 
parvis, infimá apice curvatá subfuscá. Dunal syn. 46. n. 986. 
ejusd. Solan, ed. 2. inedit. cum tab. Poiret suppl. encyc. de La- 
"Dla neret. vie sesquipedalis pilis dipitto-tellteo,compendiat> pappi 
annua, viz sesquipedalis pilis stipitab is v. 7 é 
Sormibus cum si cibus misti Mrtutios Tud aculeis. armata snaguali- 
bus aliis validioribus acicularibus lutescentibus, aliis parvulis setaceis purpureo- 
migricantibus. Caulis cavus, rigidus, aculentissimus aculeis p Sie 
pernê axillis ramosus. Folia, pubem canam viridi-translucentia, sudecariose 
rigentia, 4-uncialia, ovato-oblonga, inderrupt? subbiginnatifide, hy 
petiolis nervisque utrinque aculeata, lobis interrupt? profi e divi 
ipsisque sinuato-pinnatisectis, lobulis sursŵm dilatatis, rotundatis ; petioli 
S-plo breviores laminis. Racemi pauci-(4) flori, laterales, superni, foltis dis- 
tantes, de revolutis. erigendi, secundi, breve pedunculati. ~ Cal. srceolotus, 
S-fidus, lanatus, echinatus, multàm minor corollá, segmentis utrinque pue 
bescentibus, parcis tamen intús, oblongis, acutis, summá majore, ali- 
Bus ejus 2 minoribus quàm. duo infima; tubus fatus. germine, intis levis, 
pari passu cum incluso fructú augescens in mensuram dultee baccee capacem. 
Cor. subirregularis, lutea, extüs lanata, 4 partes unci ferm transversa, 
inermis; tubo brevi; limbo concavo-rofaio, sinuato-quinguangulo, angulis 
. breu attenuatis. Stam. declinato-conniventia ; fil. bis breviora antheris: auth. 
aroe ratione congenerum sectionis o wf equales, jma quinta pi Prosi’ 
jecta, longior, fuscescens, apice inflexa, Stylus equalis siamims iongo, 
dreimal ten nb lente puberulus, compresso-subclavatus, prosima infra. 
stigma breve bilobum obitér constrictus. : 
In a former article of this work, we noticed the history 
of the Solanums or Nightsbades, by Dr. Dunal, of Mont- 
pellier, which had then just reached us. A work in which 
more than 200 species were arranged with great perspicuity 
and discernment under one generic head. We have now re- 
ceived a Synopsis of the same vegetable family from the 
