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- SoLaANuM SAPONACEUM. ‘Soap-BERRIED 
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Class and ‘Order. 
PENTANDRIA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Soranacez. ) 
Cal. monophyllus, persistens. Cor. monopetala, rotata. 
_Anthere oblonge, apice poris duobus dehiscentes.  Bacca 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 2 
_So.anum saponaceum ; fruticosum aculeatum squamuloso- 
argenteum, foliis petiolatis lineari-oblongis integer- 
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| 4 rimis, pedunculis terminalibus uni- aut paucifloris. 
- Soxranum dealbatum. Lindl, Mss. re. AZ 
| Descr. A small, erect, branched shrub, so entirely co- 
~ .vered with minute silvery scales as to give the whole plant 
a white or hoary appearance, the upper sides of the leaves 
alone being greener than the under ones. Stems and 
branches rounded, more or less aculeated, with the aculei 
_ from half a line to a line long, straight, orange yellow, gla- 
brous. Leaves rather distantly placed, from one to two, 
and even three inches long, upon a footstalk about half 
- an inch long, linear-oblong, quite entire, the petiole and 
underside of the midrib sometimes aculeated and sometimes 
_ Unarmed. ee 
___ Flowers from the extremity of the branches, solitary, or 
_ I an imperfect raceme. Peduncle short. Calyx campa- 
 nulate, 5-toothed. Corolla white, externally clothed with 
Silvery scales, deeply cut into five segments, which at length 
ecome revolute. Stamens five: Filaments sap : 
nthers 
