cipal nerves. Racemes cauline, four to six inches long, bear- 
ing very large flowers, which are subcymose, and which, in 
fruit, are much elongated. Calyx 5-fid, small, afterwards 
becoming, as well as its aculei, vastly enlarged, and persist- 
ing with the fruit... Corolla rotate, beautiful bluish purple. 
Stamens five, equal, free; anthers yellow. Germen globu- 
lar: style short, stigma capitate. Fruit globose, as large 
as a cherry, yellow-brown, orange when ripe, surrounded 
by the enlarged and somewhat inflated calyx: two-celled, 
with three fleshy tite ee in each cell, to which are at- 
tached numerous reniform, margined seeds. 
This highly beautiful variety of Sotanum Balbisiz, has 
been raised from Brazilian seeds, by Roserr Barcray, Esq. 
at Bury Hill, where the accompanying drawing was made 
in November of last year. The fruit is no less singular 
than the flowers are shewy, for it is large, and covered with 
the enlarged calyx, and its richly-coloured aculei: so that 
the plant is highly deserving a place in every stove. I 
may observe, that there is, in Mr. Barctay’s collection, also 
raised from Brazilian seeds, a third variety of this species, 
ome pale blue flowers, and shorter and paler coloured 
aculel. 
Fig. 1. Stamens. Magnified. 2. Fruit, with its rsistent, and enlarged 
Calyx.—Natural size. a * ie : 
