as well as the five-parted calyx, with very densely, crowded, 
soft hairs, drooping. 
Corolla large, pure white, purplish on the outside and 
there pubescent, rotate, almost two inches in diameter. 
Anthers very large, yellow, connivent, as long as, and con- 
cealing the style. Fruit a globose Berry, according to 
Flora Peruviana, of the size and colour of an orange, cover- 
~ ed with a short down, at length glabrous, shining, fragrant. 
Soianum Quitense, the very noblest species of the genus 
we are acquainted with, we had lately the pleasure of seemg 
in the garden where the drawing was made in October, 1826, 
that of our friend R. Barcray, Esq., at Bury Hill, Surry : 
it was growing in the open air to the height of five or six 
feet, and with its noble leaves, large white flowers, the 
thick and beautiful purple down which clothes its racemes, 
calyx, and the underside of its young foliage, exhibiting a 
truly handsome appearance. 
Introduced by Mr. Barctay, from Peru, where it appears 
to be not uncommon, and where it is even cultivated in the 
gardens. The natives call the fruit Orange de Quito 
(Naranjitas de Quito); and some drops of the juice are 
mixed with the drink called Matte. 
This plant must prove a valuable addition to our gar- 
dens, treated as a hardy annual: probably, however, it 
will only ripen its fruit in the stove or greenhouse. 
