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18. SOLANDRA. 
Solandra, Swartz in Act. Stockh. viii. (1787) p. 300, t. 11, ex ejusd. Fl. Ind. Oce. p. 386, t. 9; 
Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 901. 
A Tropical-American genus of about four climbing shrubby species. | 
1. Solandra grandiflora, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. p. 387, t. 9; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, 
p. 535; Bot. Mag. t. 1874; Jacq. Hort. Scheenb. i. t. 45; Miers, Il. 8. Am. Pl. ii. p. 45. 
SoutH Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1746), Llano Verde (Hartweg); Guatz- 
MALA, Quezaltenango (HHartweg); Nicaragua, Chontales (Yate, 139).—CoLomBra to 
Brazin. Hb. Kew. 
S. guttata and S. nitida are perhaps not specifically different from this. 
2. Solandra guttata, D. Don in Bot. Reg. t. 1551; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 586. 
Mexico. 
3. Solandra levis, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4345. 
Mexico ? . 
4, Solandra nitida, Zuccag.; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 535; Schl. in Linnea, xix. 
p. 272. 
Souta Mexico, Cuernavaca (Schiede), Barranca, near Mestitlan, etc. (Ehrenberg). 
19. DATURA. 
Datura, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 246; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 901. 
Herbs, shrubs, or small trees. About twelve species, now widely distributed in warm 
countries; but it is impossible to determine in all cases whether they are indigenous or 
merely naturalized. 
1. Datura arborea, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 256; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 544; Ruiz et 
Pay. Fl. Peruv. t. 128. 
Brugmansia candida, Pers. Ench. i. p. 216. 
Sout Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 343), Orizaba (Botteri, 863); GuaTEMALA 
(Skinner).—Southward to Peru and Brazin. Hb. Kew. 
2. Datura ceratocaula, Ort. Dec. p.11; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 544 ; Bot. Mag. 
t. 3352; Bot. Reg. t. 1031; Jacq. Hort. Scheenb. ili. t. 809. 
South Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 344), without locality (Parkinson). 
Hb. Kew. 
3. Datura cornigera, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4252; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 689. 
SoutH Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 1847). Hb. Kew. 
4, Datura discolor, Bernh. in Linnea, viii. Litterat.-Ber. p. 138; DC. Prodr. 
xill, 1, p. 541; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 240. 
Datura thomasi, Torr. Bot. Pacif. Railr. Rep. v. p. 362, et Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 155. 
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