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Solanum Laciniatum. Cut-Leav'd 



Nightshade. 



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Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Corolla rotata. Anihera fubcoalitae, apice poro gemino dehif- 

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Specific Character and Synonyms, 



SOLANUM laciniatum caule fruticofo inermi glaberrimo, 

 foliis pinnatifidis : laciniis lanceoiatis acutis, 

 paniculis axillaribus binis ternifve. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. v. 1. p. 247. 



Mr. Aiton in his Hort. Kezv. mentions this plant as being a 

 native of New-Zealand, on the authority of Sir Joseph 

 Banks, and that it was introduced in 1772 ; he regards it as a 

 ftove plant ; it has been fince found to be more hardy than he 

 imagined, and not to require more heat than the greenhouie 

 affords ; in the Summer it will ftand abroad, and even ripen 

 its fruit in the open air. • 



It is a plant of fome beauty, but is more remarkable for having 

 its antherae feparating widely from each other, and thereby 

 lofing the character of a Solanum, fo far as it depends on that 

 circumftance. The berries when ripe are of the fize of a 

 fmall plum, and of a yellowifh green hue; their pulp is fweet, 

 in fome fmall degree refembling that of a fig, whether it be i» 

 innocent we do not take on us to aflert. 



It flowers during mod of the Summer, and is eafily increafed 

 by cuttings or feeds* 



