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1516 



SOLANUM* crispum 



Crimped-leaved Solatium. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Solaneje Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p. 231.) 



SOLANUM.— Suprd, vol. l.fol. 71. 



S. crispum; caule fruticoso, foliis ovatis subcordatisque undulato-cnspis 

 acuminatis, floribus corymbosis. R'dmer et Schultes sp. pi. 4. 595. 

 •rknnm. FL mtruv. 2. 31. t. 158. f. a. Dunal. solan. 159. Syn. 



S. crispum. 



p. 16. n. 78. 



Caulis suffrutescens, late diffusus, ccesio-viridis, pulverulentus , rarow 

 herbaceis. Folia omnia simplicia, indivisa, ovata v. cordata, acuminata, 

 petiolata, margine leviter crispa, juniora pulverulenta, adulta glabra. Cymee 

 multifioree, terminates ; omnibus partibus pulverulentis. Bractese nulla:. 

 Calyx 6rei>w, 5-dentatus. Corolla pZimteo-aerufea, medwcns ; anthem 

 tequalibus luteis. 





Found in the island of Chiloe by Mr. Anderson, and by 

 Ruiz and Pavon commonly in waste places in Chile ; also 

 abundantly in hedges near the city of Conception, and in 

 the districts of Carcamo and Palomares. 



which 



It appears likely to be a hardy plant, in which case it 



1 be very ornamental. If tied to a stake, and thus forced 



w grow erect, it will throw out a great number of lateral 



branchlets, at the end of every one of which is a bunch of 



flowers. In this state it was exhibited by Mr. Lowe, of 



Clapton, at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in April 



- The first use of the word Solanum occurs in the writings of Tragus, 

 who applied it to Chenopodium hybridum. It is said to be derived from 

 solari, b console. The Greeks called our European Solanums rigpu, a 

 name which Linnseus transferred to the genus of tropical shrubs to which 



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belongs 



