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SOLANDRA* guttata. 



Spotted-flowered Solandra. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Solane je Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, 



p. 231.) 



SOLANDRA Swartz. — Calyx cylindricus, rumpens, 5-dentatus. Corolla 

 maxima, clavato-infundibuliformis, tubo longo, fauce inflata, lobis fimbriatis 

 minime acuminatis. Bacca (aliis capsula) globoso-conica, 4-locularis, 

 polysperma. — Rom. et Schult. syst. 4, lvii. 



S. guttata ; foliis subtfts pubescentibus, corollse laciniis rotundatis crispato- 



crenatis : tubo calyce subduplo longiori. — D. Don MSS. 

 Tecomaxochitl. Hernand. mex. p. 408. cum fig. 



fruticosa 



foliis 



Folia alterna, petiolata, elliptico-oblonga 9 acuta v. brevissime acuminata, 

 integerrima, suprd glabriuscula, subtils pallidiora, copiosh pubescentia, 

 basi dilatata, rotundata, 3-6 pollices longa, 2 v. 3 lata; suprema nunc 

 obtusa. Petioli bipollicares, teretiusculi, densi pubescentes 9 suprd cana- 

 liculati, basi incrassati. Flores terminates, solitarii, brevissime peduncu- 

 lati, fragrantes. Pedunculus teres, crassus, vix unguicularis . Calyx 

 o/mplus, tubulosus, foliaceus, pubescens, 3-uncialis : limbo trilobo : lobis 

 ovatis, acutis ; tertio minori. Corolla maxima, infundibuliformis, dodran- 



pallidh fiavus : f 



ferh 



lobis latissimis, rotundatis, crenatis, undulatisque . Stamina 5, tubo corolla 

 inserta, vix ultra faucem product a, subcequalia: filamenta glabra : antherse 

 ovato-oblonga, obtusce, basi insertce, erectce, purpurea, biloculares : loculis 



parallelis, connectivo angusto lineari omninb connatis: valvulis subcoriaceis, 

 complanatis, margine demum solutis. Ovarium 4-loculare. Stylus jili- 



formis, pallidus. Stigma exsertum, capitatum. — D. Don MSS. 





€€ This splendid species of Solandra, although figured in 

 the work of Hernandez, has not been noticed by any modern 



* Dr. Solander, after whom this fine genus has been named, was the 

 companion of Banks in his voyage round the world, and the laborious col- 

 lector of the Botanical notes made during that celebrated expedition. His 

 descriptions are preserved among the MSS. in the British Museum, and 

 attest his learning, diligence, and skill. 



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