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SoLaANuM QuITENsE. ANGULAR-LEAVED 
DOWNY SOLANUM. 
KEK EERE EEK KEKE KEKE KEKE 
Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Soxanacesz. ) 
Generic Character. . 
Cal. 5—10 partitus. Cor. subrotata, 4—10-fida. An- 
there conniventes apice poro gemino dehiscentes. Bacca 
2, 3, 4-locularis, placentis septo adnatis. Semina glabra. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sotanum Quitense; inerme, caule suftruticoso, foliis sub- 
cordatis sinuato-angulatis utrinque tomentosis, racemis 
lateralibus brevissimis, hirsutissimis, bacca globosa. 
Soranum Quittoense. Lam. Ill. n. 2326. Encycl. Meth. 
v. 4: p. 285. Duznal. Solan. p. 143. 
Sotanum Quitense. Humb. et Kunth Nov. Gem. v. 3. p. 
25. Syn. Pl. Gigr. v. 2. p. 162. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 
2.1.9 679. , 
Sotanum Bening Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 2. p. 36. 
t. 170. f- a. 
Sonanum amplissimo, anguloso, &c. Feuil. Per. Obs. v. 3. 
p. 61. t. 46. 
Sa 
Descr. Biennial: according to Ruiz and Pavon, six feet 
_ and more high, quite destitute of spines, rounded, greenish- 
brown, thick and succulent, densely hairy. Leaves: the 
lower, one and a half to two feet in length, cordato, sinu- 
ato-angulate, the angles callous at the tip, very downy, _ 
especially. beneath, and there remarkably so in the young 
leaves, purple, very veiny; the veins purple, very promi- 
nent beneith: Racemes exceedingly short, axillary, clo oa 
