476 SOLANACEÆ. XXVIII. Soranpra. XXIX. 
elliptic-oblong, acute, downy beneath; flowers terminal, soli- 
tary ; segments of corolla crispately crenated, spreading ; tube 
about twice the length of the calyx, which is tubular and 3- 
lobed. h. S. Native of Mexico. Tecomaxochitl, Hern. 
mex. p. 408, with a figure. Shrub erect, branched. Branches 
rugged from the elevated cicatrices occasioned by the falling of 
the leaves. Leaves acute, or short-acuminated, 3-6 inches 
long, and 2-3 broad. Flowers erect, on short peduncles. Lobes 
of calyx ovate, acute, the third smaller. Corolla large, funnel- 
shaped, pale yellow, but marked with purple spots in the throat; 
lobes of limb very broad, roundish. Stamens hardly drawn 
out beyond the throat of the corolla. Style exserted. Ovarium 
4-celled. Stigma capitate. 
Spotted-flowered Solandra. Fl. Cit. 
+ A species not sufficiently known. 
5 S. orrosmmirür1A (Hort. ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 71.) leaves 
opposite. L.S. Native of Ceylon. Corolla large, white. 
Opposite-leaved Solandra, Fl.? Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 10 
feet. 
Cult. The species of Solándra are very handsome when in 
flower; the foliage very fine, and the blossoms large, much 
like those of Brugmánsia. If allowed plenty of space and 
moisture they grow rapidly, but produce no blossoms : the best 
way to avoid this is to plant them in loamy soil, and to encou- 
rage them to grow rapidly at first by giving plenty of water, 
and then withhold water altogether till their leaves drop off 
from drought, and they will then produce plenty of blossoms. 
Cuttings taken off from the plant, and planted in mould or tan 
will strike root without further care. The best way to have 
plants flower when small is to take the cuttings from flowering 
shoots. 
Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
XXIX. ULLO'A (named after Antonia Ulloa, a Spanish 
naturalist.) Pers. ench. 1. p. 218.  Juanullàa, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. 
per. 2. p. 47. t. 85. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx large, inflated, 
ovate, 5-parted ; segments concave, lanceolate, acute, coloured, 
permanent. Corolla tubular, gibbous under the throat, con- 
tracted above ; limb small, 5-lobed ; segments rounded, spread- 
ing. Stamens 5; filaments villous at the base. Stigma oblong, 
somewhat emarginate at apex. Berry ovate, girded by the 
large calyx, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, reniform.— 
A parasitical, frutescent, pendent plant, with oblong, acuminated, 
alternate, thickish leaves ; and dichotomous, hanging racemes of 
scarlet flowers and fruit. 
1 U. parasitica (Pers. ench. 1. p. 218.) h.S. Native of 
- Peru, in groves. Juanullda parasitica, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. 
p. 47.t. 185. Stems simple, woody, pendent. Berry size of 
a cherry. Said to be nearly allied to Tanc cium parasiticum. 
Parasitic Ulloa. Fl.? Clt. 1824. Shrub parasitical. 
Cult. This plant will grow well in decayed wood, or vegeta- 
ble mould ; and may be increased by cuttings. 
Trisz IV. FRANCISCEREE (this tribe contains plants agree- 
ing with Franciscea in the characters given below.) Limb of 
corolla plicate in zstivation, 5-lobed, rather unequal. Stamens 
4, didynamous, that is, 2 long and 2 short, inclosed, without any 
rudiment of a fifth. Ovarium girded by a cupulate disk. Cap- 
sule 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bipartible at top. Placentas 
inserted into the dissepiment. Seeds numerous, angular. Em- 
bryo straight, terete. 
XXX. BRUNFETSIA (so named by Plumier, from Otho or 
Otto Brunfelsius, of Mentz, first a Carthusian monk, and after- 
wards a physician. He published the first good figures of 
plants in 1530, and died in 1534.) Plum. gen. 22. Lin. gen. 
Urroa. XXX. Bronretsia. XXXI. FRANCISCEA. 
no. 260. Schreb. gen. 1013. Juss. gen. 127. ed. Uster. p. 142, 
Lam. ill. t. 548. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérma. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed, short. Corolla large, funnel-shaped ; with a long 
tube, and a flat, 5-lobed, obtuse, nearly equal limb. Stamens 
4, didynamous, with the rudiment of a fifth; anthers reniform. 
Stigma capitate. Capsule (berry, Lin.) larger than a cherry, 1- 
celled, ex Lin. but probably 2-celled, many-seeded ; placenta 
large, central, fleshy.—Shrubs with alternate, entire leaves, and 
solitary, axillary, or terminal numerous flowers.—‘ Pericarp bac- 
cate outside, 1-celled, 2-valved, but since it opens by a distinct 
suture from the top to the base, it is rather a capsule than a 
berry. Seeds many, compressed, convex on one side, angular 
on the other, wrinkled from dots. Receptacle fastened to the 
bottom of the capsule, chaffy ; palea coadunate, subulate at the 
tip, separating the seeds," ex Mart. Mill. 
1 B. AuzmicA'mA (Lin. spec. 276.) leaves obovate, elliptic, 
-acuminated, longer than the petioles; corolla with an erect tube 
and entire segments. h.S. Native of the West Indies, in va- 
rious islands. Swartz, obs. 90. t. 4. f. 2. Curt. bot. mag. 394. 
Brunfélsia flore albo, fructu croceo molli, Plum. gen. 12. icon. 
t. 65. Catesbea, &c. Browne, jam. 141. Leaves glabrous or 
downy. Axillary flowers solitary: terminal ones numerous. 
Corollas at first yellow, then white, very sweet-scented. There 
are broad and narrow-leaved varieties of this species. 
American Brunfelsia. Fl. June, July, Clt. 1785. Shrub 4 
to 6 feet. 
2 B. uxpuLA TA (Swartz, prod. p. 90. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1035.) 
leaves lanceolate-ovate, tapering at both ends; petioles very 
short ; corolla with a curved tube and undulated segments. h. 
S. Native of Jamaica. Ker. bot. reg. 228. Andr. bot. rep. 
167. Corolla at first yellow, then white. 
Undulated-flowered Brunfelsia. Fl. June, July. 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
3 B. cranpiriéra (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1829. 
july.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated ; flowers corymbose, 
terminal; tube of corolla hardly longer than the limb. h. S. 
Native of Peru, at Uchiza, Tafalla. Branches twiggy. Leaves 
pale green, 3-6 inches long, and 1} to 2 inches broad. ‘Teeth 
of calyx acute. Limb of corolla 2 inches in diameter. Stamens 
nearly equal. 
Great-flowered Brunfelsia. 
Clt. 1780. 
Shrub. 
t 4 species hardly known. 
4 B. viora'czA (Lodd. bot. cab. 792.) leaves and petioles 
deeply stained with purple. h.S. Native of the West In- 
dies. Corolla of a livid colour. 
: Violaceous Brunfelsia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. 
eet. 
Cult. The species are elegant free flowering shrubs, and are 
worth cultivating for the beauty and fragrance of their blossoms. 
A light rich soil, or one composed of loam and peat, answers 
them well ; and cuttings of them strike root readily if planted in 
sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 
Shrub 2 
XXXI. FRANCI'SCEA (named by Pohl, after Francis I. 
emperor of Austria, a great patron of botany.)' Pohl, bras. 1» 
p. 1. Sims, bot. mag. 2828. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérma. Calyx permanent, in- 
flated, campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth equal. Corolla salver- 
shaped ; limb 5-parted, nearly equal; lobes rounded, repand, 
with incumbent anthers; tube inflated at the apex, incurved. 
Style thickened at top; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ovate; 2- 
celled, 2-valved; valves indivisible ; dissepiment parallel with 
the valves, membranous, thin, separating at the base from the 
