486 SOLANACEJE. XXXIX. Duxan. 
4 A. PUBESCENS; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, atte- 
nuated at the base in fascicles, pubescent ; flowers axillary, soli- 
tary, nearly sessile. h. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Céstrum pubéscens, Licht. l. c. Stature of the pre- 
ceding; but the branches are more rigid ; the branchlets short, 
and pungent at top, or leafy. Spines as those of some spe- 
cies of Lýcium. Flowers size, colour, and shape of those of £. 
lycioides ; but the calyx is downy, and more deeply divided. 
Downy Aconanthera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Crabómskia, p. 481. 
XXXIX. DUNA'LIA. (named in honour of Michael Felix 
Dunal, M.D. professor of botany at Montpelier; author of 
** Histoire Naturelle, Medicale, et Economique des Solanum, et 
des genres qui ont été confondus avec eux." Paris, 1813 ; and 
several other works.) H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 55. t. 
194. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx urceolate, 5- 
toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube elongated, nearly cylin- 
drical; limb 5-cleft, plicate. Stamens 5, inclosed; filaments 
tripartite ; lateral segments capillary : middle one antheriferous. 
Anthers dehiscing lengthwise. Style exserted ; stigma capi- 
tate, emarginate. Berry globose, 2-celled, propped by the per- 
manent calyx ; placentas adnate to the dissepiment. Seeds 
many, lenticular, reniform, compressed, smooth.—A shrub, with 
alternate, solitary, nearly entire leaves, floccosely tomentose 
from stellate down. Umbels extra-axillary, sessile. Corolla 
whitish. 
1 D. sorana‘cza (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 56. t. 194.) R. 
S. Native of New Granada, in shady places near Fusagasuga, 
at Hato del Quemado, at the altitude of 800 hexapods. Habit 
of Witheringia ; but the structure of the flowers is that of Cés- 
trum ; distinguished from all the other genera of the present 
order by the tripartite filaments. Branches glabrous. Leaves 
petiolate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded and unequal at the 
base, glabrous and green above, nearly 10 inches long. 
Solanaceous Dunalia.. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Céstrum, p. 485. 
XL. MEYENIA (meaning unknown to us.) Schlecht, in 
Linnea, 8. p. 251. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 
almost regular, 5-toothed, permanent, valvular in estivation. 
Corolla clavately tubular; limb 5-toothed, contracted, erect, 
conduplicate in estivation. Genitals inclosed. Stamens 5, re- 
gular ; filaments free from the middle of the tube, naked; an- 
thers oval-roundish, fixed by the back, 2-celled ; cells near each 
other. Ovarium girded: by a fleshy ring? Stigma sub-bilobed, 
subcapitate. Berry propped by the permanent spreading calyx, 
which is sometimes cleft lengthwise, 2-celled. Some of the 
seeds irregularly oval. Embryo straight, with roundish, folia- 
ceous, flat cotyledons in the centre of the albumen, having the 
radicle pointing to the hilum.— Shrubs, natives of Mexico. 
Leaves alternate, quite entire, beset with articulated hairs. 
Flowers red, irregularly cymose. 
1 M. rascicuLA'ra (Schlecht, l. c.) shrub clothed with to- 
mentose down; flowers cymosely fascicled. h. S. Native of 
Mexico, near Chiconquiaco. Leaves petiolate, broad, ovate, 
acute, very variable in size, usually 3-4 inches long, and 11 to 2 
broad. Flowers scarlet, forming fascicles or racemes at the tops 
of the branches. Berry cuneated at the base. Seeds variable 
in tape from position and compression, wrinkled longitudi- 
nally. 
Fascicled-flowered Meyenia. Shrub. 
.* M. convusósa (Schlecht, l. c. p. 252.) glabrous; flowers 
disposed in elongated corymbs. .S. Native along with the 
preceding, which it is very like; but differing in being glabrous. 
XL. Meyenia. 
XLI. Dartus. XLII. Vestra. 
Leaves variable, the largest one 5 inches long, and 2 broad, but 
generally smaller. Calycine segments nearly subulate. Corolla 
red or scarlet. 
Corymbose-flowered Meyenia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Céstrum above. 
XLI. DA’RTUS (from daproc, dartos, excoriated; bark of 
fruit deciduous.) Lour. coch. p. 124. ed. Willd. 1. p. 152. 
Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 55. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft; seg- 
ments ovate, membranous. Corolla with a subglobose tube, 
which is longer than the calyx, and a 5-cleft limb; segments 
ovate, spreading. Filaments inserted into the middle of the 
tube, inclosed. Style very short; stigma 5-lobed. Berry 
small, round, excoriated, diaphanous, 1-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds small, unequal.—4A shrub, with alternate, serrated, large 
leaves; and small, axillary, oblong racemes of white flowers. 
Root reddish, rather aromatic. 
1 D. reRrA'Rius (Lour. l c.) bh. G. Native of Cochin- 
china, in shady places on the banks of rivers. Perlàrius alter, 
Rumph. amb. lib. 6. cap. 62. p. 122. t. 57. Branches ascend- 
ing. Leaves oblong-ovate, soft from tomentum beneath, with 
oblique ribs ; petioles rufous. 
Pearl-berried Dartus. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Céstrum, p. 486. 
§ 2. Pericarp capsular. 
XLII. VE'STIA (named after Dr. Vest, of Clagenfurth.) 
Willd. enum. 1. p. 208. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1823. 
Schlecht, in Linnea, 7. p. 53. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monog)nia. Calyx campanulate, 
regular, 5-toothed, permanent, valvular in sestivation. Corolla 
tubular; limb 5-parted, regular, conduplicate in eestivation. 
Genitals exserted : filaments free from the middle of the tube, 
villous under the place of insertion, the rest glabrous, variously 
curved before the expansion of the flowers; anthers oval, de- 
hiscing lengthwise. Ovarium girded by a fleshy, glabrous, 5- 
tubercled ring, 2-celled, many-ovulate ; ovula fixed to a thick 
central placenta. Stigma capitate? hardly bifid. Capsule 
girded by the calyx, and hardly larger than it, cylindrical, very 
blunt, marked lengthwise by 4 smooth furrows, which are dis- 
posed crosswise, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves at length bifid; pla- 
centas 2, adnate to the middle of the dissepiment, semi-globose. 
Seeds numerous.—A deciduous, erect, glabrous, fetid shrub, 
with ovate-lanceolate, entire leaves. Peduncles solitary, 2-3- 
flowered, terminal, and from the axils of the upper leaves, 
drooping. Corolla tubular, yellow, with a villous throat. 
1 V. rxcior pes (Willd. 1. c.) 
h.H. Native of Chili, about 
Conception, and elsewhere. 
Cántua ligustrifélia, Juss. ann. 
mus. 2. p. 118. Cántua foe'tida, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 187. Peri- 
phrágmos fce'tidus, Ruiz. et Pav. 
fl. per. 2. p. 17. t. 182.  Cés- 
trum vespertinum, Hort. valent. 
Calyx violaceous. Capsule pen- 
dulous, 2-3-celled. 
FIG. 44. 
Box-Thorn-like Vestia. Fl. 
June. Clt. 1815. Shrub 3 to 
6 feet. 
Cult. Véstia is a very pretty 
hardy shrub, growing freely in 
summer, but requiring a little 
protection in winter, if severe. 
It is readily propagated by cut- 
