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SoLANUM cRrisPpuM. Wavy SoLanum. 
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Class and Order. 
PentranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Sotanez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx monophyllus, persistens. Corolla monopetala, 
rotata. Anthere oblonge, apice poris duobus dehiscente. 
Bacca bi- tri- quadrilocularis. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
SoLanum crispum ; fruticosum, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis 
vel acuminatis undulatis integerrimis, corymbis termi- 
nalibus, calycibus tomentosis lobis quinque brevibus, 
corolla rotata profunde quinqueloba lobis ovatis un- 
dulatis, antheris zqualibus. 
Sotanum crispum. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. v. 2. p. 31. 
Dunal, Solan. p. 159. Syn. p. 16. n. 78. Roem. et 
Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 595. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 
p. iu Lodd. Bot. Cab, t: 1959. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
Pp. ; 
Apparently a frequent inhabitant of Chili, growing in 
waste places ; as at Conception, Carcamo, and Palomares, 
and also in the island of Chiloe, whence it seems to have 
been introduced to our gardens by Mr. Anperson. It was 
suspected it would prove a hardy plant: and such is the 
case even as far north as the Highlands of Argyleshire, 
where, in the gardens of James Hunrer, Esq., of Hafton, a 
most indefatigable Horticulturist, there is a plant which 
has attained to a height of from twelve to fourteen feet 
upon a south wall. It has braved the unusually severe 
winters of 1837—8 and 1838—9, and it is hardly possible 
to conceive any thing more beautiful than the numerous 
purple corymbs, backed by the copious dark foliage, which 
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