432 SOLANEiE. 



anthers reniform, with confluent cells. Stigma 2-lipped. Pericarp baccate or capsular and 

 2-valved. Embryo incurved. — Shrubs or low trees ; leaves entire ; pedicels in the West 

 Indian species usually solitai-y, terminal or lateral. 



Sect. 1. Franciscea, Pohl. — Pericarp dry, capsular. 



2. B. Hopeana, Benth. Glabrescent ; leaves elliptical, shortly petioled ; calyx tubu- 

 lar, slightly dilated, 5-dentate, longer than the subsolitary pedicel : teeth oblong-lanceolate, 

 bluntish; corolla blue: tube little longer than the calyx. — Bot. Mag. t. 2829. — B. Ho- 

 peana, var. pubescens, Benth. ! (exclus. syn. Franciscea? uniflorae, Pohl). — A shrub ; leaves 

 H"-l", calyx 7"'-8'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., uncommon in the hills of Monos 

 Bocas; [Brazil!]. 



Sect. 2. Eubrunfelsia. — Pericarp fleshy, not or tardily dehiscent. 



3. B. americana, Sid. Leaves elliptical, elliptical-oblong, or obovate, petioled, veiny; 

 calyx campanulate, 5-dentate, as long as the solitary pedicel : teeth rounded ; corolla pale- 

 yellow : lube 8-10 times as long as the calyx, thrice as long as the limb, often slightly 

 incurved above : lobes rounded, entire ; berry globose. — Sw. Obs. t. 4 : the flower. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 393.— A low tree, 10'-15' high ; leaves li"-3", petiole 2'" long ; flowers odorous ; 



.calyx 3'", corolla-tube 2"-2i" long : corolla-limb 10"'-12'", berry 8'" diam., the latter 

 yellow. 



a. Glabrous ; leaves membranaceous, or at length somewhat leathery : petiole narrow. 



/B. pubescens. Branchlets rusty-pubescent ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, pu- 

 bescent or glabrate beneath : petiole thickish ; calyx pubescent or ciliate. — Desc. Fl. 2. 

 t. 76. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Al., Pd., in woods (o) ; S. Kitts ! (/3), Antigua !, Wullschl. (a) ; [Cuba ! 

 to French islauds !, /3 on the arid shore], 



4. B. jamaicensis, Gr. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, bluntly pointleted, petioled, veiny ; 

 calyx campanulate, 5-dentate, puberulous or ciliate, as long as the approximate or solitary 

 pedicels : teeth rounded ; corolla yellow .- tube 9-1 2 times as long as the calyx, twice as 

 long as the limb, straightish : lobes rounded, entire. — Bot. Mag. t. 4287- — B. nitida, var. 

 jamaicensis, Benth. ! — Didynamons stamens as in the preceding, but the flowers large as in 

 the following species. Branchlets puberulous, glabrate ; leaves membranaceous, at length 

 leathery, 6"-3" long, 20"'-12"' broad : petiole channelled, 2"'-3"' long ; calyx 3"'-4'", 

 corolla-tube 3"-3i" long; corolla-limb 2"-2^" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Pd., March, 

 Wullschl., Portland Gap, Manchester. 



5. B. f alias, Duchass. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, 

 petioled, veiny • calyx campanulate, o-dentate, -^-i as long as the solitary pedicel : teeth 

 rounded; corolla yellow: tube 10-12 times as long as the calyx, thrice as long as the 

 limb, straightish : lobes rounded, entire ; stamens 5. — A tree, 20' high, or higher ; leaves 

 chartaceous, 2"-3", petiole 2'", calyx 3'", corolla-tube 3"-2 V long : diameter of the corolla- 

 limb 2".— Hab. Dominica!, Imr., Finl.j Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 26; [Guadeloupe!]. 



6. B. nitida, Benth. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical or obovate, tapering into a short 

 petiole, or subsessile, veiny ; calyx campanulate, deeply h-Jid beyond the middle, as long as 

 or shorter than the approximate or solitary pedicels : lobes oblong, bluntish or subacute ; co- 

 rolla white : tube 10-12 times as long as the calyx, 5 times as long as-the limb, straightish : 

 lobes rounded, entire. — B. parvifolia, Rich. — Leaves 1£"~3", calyx 4"'-5'", corolla-tube 4" 

 long : diameter of the corolla-lirnb \\". — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March ; [Cuba!]. 



7. B. undulata, Sic. Glabrous; leaves Ittnceolate-oblong, subacute, contracted into 

 the short petiole or subsessile : veins inconspicuous beneath ; calyx campanulate, 5-dentate- 

 repand, as long as or longer than the approximate or solitary pedicels : teeth rounded, 

 broader than long; corolla whitish : tube 16 times as long as the calyx, 6 times as long as 

 the limb, slightly incurved: lobes rounded, undulate-crenate ; berry large, subglobose. — 

 Bot. 'Beg. 3. t. 228 : distinguished from Swartz's description by yeilow flowers. — A tree, 

 20' high ; leaves leathery, 6"-3" long, 1 8"'-9'" broad : petiole scarcely 2'" long, broad, 

 channelled ; calyx 3'", corolla-tube 4'' long : diameter of the corolla-limb 16'", of the hard, 

 greyish berry 1"-1£".— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, on rocks, along the sea-coast, S. 

 Marya, S. Anns. 



