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— Sovanum SearorrHianum. Lorp Searorta’s 
NIGHTSHADE. 
Sakae eaeak eae ae 
Clase tnd Order. 
Pentanpria Mownoeynia. 
Generie Character. 
Cor. rotata. Anthere subcoalite, apice poro gemino de- 
hiscentes. Bacca 2-locularis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sotanum Seaforthianum ; inerme, caule fruticoso scandente, — 
foliis ternatis simplicibus lanceolato-ovatis acuminatis 
undulatis, ‘racemis paniculatis: pedicellis incurvis. 
Sotanum Seaforthianum. Bot. Repos. 504. Hort. Kew, 
Epit. inter addenda. 
Soranum Seaforthianum ; caule scandente herbaceo, foliis 
pinnatisectis undulatis, superioribus simplicibus lanceo- 
latis, racemis axillaribus cymoso-paniculatis interdum 
petiolis longioribus. Dunal Solan. Syn. 7. 
A climbing shrub, cultivated in the stove, or in a good 
conservatory, in which last, though supposed to be a native 
of the West-Indies, it is said to thrive best. The flowers 
are produced in long racemes, which are generally pendent. — 
The flowers are quite regular, of a pale rose or flesh colour, 
with a remarkable small calyx, almost imperceptibly, 5- 
toothed ; pedicles divaricate and incurved ; the stamens are 
not perfectly equal, one of the filaments being somewhat 
longer than the rest; style longer than stamens; stigma 
acute. 
Its native country is not certainly known, for though 
introduced in 1804 by the late Lord Szarortu a = 
