C 731 ] 



NOLANA PROSTRATA. TRAILING NOLANA, 



Clafs and Order, 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Co?, campanulata. Stylus inter germina. Sem. 5 baccata, 

 2-locularia. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



NOLANA proftrata. Sp. PI. 202. Linn. Dec. 1. /. 2. Mant. 



334. Syjt. Veg. 191. Reich. 407. Willi. Sp. PL 1. 



794. Sabbat. Hort. Rom. v. l. A 4. Mart. Mill. 



Dili. Gart. Frucl. 2. 242. /. 132. Hort. Kew. 



v. 1. p. 190- 

 ATROPA foliis geminatis, calycibus polycarpis, caule humi- 



fufo. Gouan. Hort. 82. c. tab. Kniph. Orig. x. n. 13. 

 WALKERIA. Ehret. Acl. Ang. 1763. v. 53. p. 130. /. 10. 

 ZWINGERA. Acl. Heh. 5. p. 267. /. 1. 

 NEUDORFFIA peruviana repens, flore casruleo. Adanf. 



PL Fam. 219. 

 TEGANIUiM procumbens. SchmideL Ic. 67. /. 18. 



The No lan a projlrata is a native of Peru, a country to 

 which a large proportion of the tender annuals that ornament 

 our flower gardens at the clofe of Summer owe their origin. 

 The flowers are of a pale blue colour beautifully ftreaked 

 from the centre with veins of dark purple, and when ex- 

 panded are very pleafing to the eye ; but unfortunately this 

 is only while the fun fliines. . . 



There appears to have been fome difficulty in determining 

 the natural order to which this plant belongs ; Jussieu con- 

 fiders it as neareft related to his Borraginea (afpcrifolU of 

 Linn^us) to which order it is-alfo added in the pofthumous 



le£lures 



