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694. SoLANUM Caribmm, Dun. in Dc Cand. Proclr. vol. xiii. p. 48. Common" in fields, Pro- 
vince of Panama. 
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695. SoLANUM calUcarpafoUumj Kth. et Bouche, De Cand. Prodr, vol. xiii. p. 107. Island of 
Taboga and vicinity of Panama. 
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696- SoLANUM SchlechtendaUu/n^ Walp.j Dc Caud. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 109. Moutafia dc Chorcha, 
Veragiias. . - ' 
Trutex 5-G-pcdaliS;, iloribus albis, calyco albido-tomentoso, pctalis extus tomentosis, iutue glabria. 
697- SoLANUM verbascifoUum, Linn., var. viriduscabrum. — Dc Cand< Prodr, vol. xiii. p. 115. 
Davidj Veraguas- 
698. SoLAXUM nutans, Ruiz ct Pav., Dc Caud. Prodr. vol. xiii, p. 128: var. secundijlorum. 
S. leucocarpon^ Ricli.j affine : an potius species distincta ? ; ramis suffruticosis flexuosis, foliisquc gla- 
berrimisj foliis geminis, altcro minore, oblongis^ utrinque acuminatisj intcgcmmis, brcWssimc pctio^ 
latisi racemo brc^-i, oppositifolioj multifloro, pcdmiculo simi)Uci, rarius fiucato, floribus crcbcrrimc 
2-serialiter secundis^ pedicellis imo articulatis, plerisque cito caducisj in fructu apice incrassatis; bacca 
calyce parvo sufFulta. Volcano of Chiriquij Vcraguas- 
The specimen 1072 (probably in a younger state of growth) corresponds with the figure and description 
of the * Flora Peruviana ;' the others evidently are referable to the section Leiodendra of 11". DunaL This is 
probably a distinct species near S. leueocar^yony which it resembles in many particulars ; it also approaclies 
S. arhoreuniy II. B, K-j but the inflorescence is not cymose ; it bears some resemblance to the figure of S. 
acuminatum^ Buiz et Pav., but its leaves do not blacken in drying; the raceme is shorter^ and the flowers 
more densely placed- The leaves become pale in drying, of similar colour on both sides, opaque, with ten 
to twelve pairs of nerves, immereed above, prominent below; the larger leaf being 8 inches long^ 2^ inches 
broad, on a deeply-channelled petiole 3 lines in length, the smaller leaf being 2^ inches long, 1 inch broad, 
on a petiole of 2 lines- The peduncle is 6 to 9 linos long, bare of flowers at the base for a length of 2 lines, 
hence simple or furcated, and marked by a biserial line of very closely-approximated cicatrices, from which 
,all the flowers have fallen excepting two or three upper ones, which alone remain, and become fructiferous ; 
the flowers originally are about sixty in number, densely secund; the fructiferous pedicels, thickened towarda 
the apex, are 5 lines long ; the five-toothed calyx is persistent, and the berry, yet immature, is 5 lines in 
diameter. 
699. SoLANUM omongiim^ Rniz et Pav., Dc Cand, Prodr, vol. xiii. p. 148, Woods near Panama, — 
Frutqx 4^6-pedalis. 
700. SoLANUsi brachybotryon, Dun. in De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 212. Volcano of Chiriqui, 
Veraguas. 
The few spines seen on tKe stem are short, compressed, very broad at their base, and sharply recurved ; 
the leaves are spineless, stoUately pubescent above, and densely tomentoso below, with the nervures and 
reticulated veuatiou promiueut ; the segments of the calyx are stellately pubescent iuside as well as outside. 
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701. SoLANUM Juripeba, Rich., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 214. Very common all over the 
Isthmns. 
The upper portion of the branches and the uppermost leaves are imarmed, but lower down they are 
furnished with strong straight spines placed at right angles, compressed, subulate, and 4 lines long. The 
Icavod are sparsely, scabrously, and stellately pilose above, of a greenish colour, while beneath they are of a 
