Solama.'.] CXIY. SOLANACEyE. 893 



Species nofaa ad 10 (apud Miersium 15), AmericBe tropicse a Brasilia iisqiio ad Americam oontmlom 

 incolse. Walp, Ann. in. 161, Wcdd. Chlor. And. ii. 100 {Fregirardia). 



Gontis a Bassovia coroUse forma paruni diytinctuni, /i, Neesifmufi ot B. LinncanH^t^'MicTt^j e-s- 

 eludendi sunt; «pceies ncmpe utraquocx dcscriptionibns conytrueta eat plants Millerlana^ a Linnx^o 

 sub uoiiniio Phf/salidis arhortsccutis cdita?, tjiiic ex icoiic Milleriana revcra species Physid'tdis c>st, 

 calycc post antheein iiormalitop vcsimiloso-iiiflato* 



12. Bl&copodiutn, Ilochd. in Flora, 1844, 22, — Calyx brevis, late campamilatns, Lre- 

 viter 5-dentatus, fructifer hand v, vix auctiis. Corolla urceolata, tubo ovoideo ad faucem 

 leviter constricto ; lobi 5, breves, induplicato-vaivati, per anthesin patentea. Stamina 

 snpra medium tnbum affixa, filamontis breviter filiforraibus ; antherre breviter oblongco, 

 loculis parallelis in longitudinem dehiscentibus, Discns carnosus, extns sulcatus, ciim 

 ovario concretus. Ovarium 2- loculare ; stylus brevis, stigmate poltato ; ovula numcrosa, 

 Bacca globo-sa, succosa, Semina piilpa tenui immersa, valde compressa ; embryo subpcri- 

 phericuSj valde curvusj cotyledonibus semiteretibus. — Fmtex plnripedalis, glabcr v. 

 tennisaime puberulus. Folia integra, Pedicelli in axillis v. ad nodos vetustos fasciculati, 

 Flores parvuli, viridi-fuacesccntes. 



Species 1, Afrlcse tropica^ incola. Du7i. in DC, Prod, xiii, i. 478. Genus luibita ct cUar^icteribu^ 

 Bassovi(E affine, differt corolla forma. 



13. Oryctesj S. Wats. Bot. ^0 Parall. 274/1 28. — Calyx alte 5-fidus, lobis angnstis, 

 fructifer parum v. vix anctus. Corolla tubulosa ; limbus breviter S-Iobus, vix patens, 

 lobis plicatia. Stamina 5, infra medium tubum affixa, iuclusaj in<'equaliaj filamcntis filifor- 

 mibus ; antlierse breves, loculis parallelis in longitudinem dehiscentibus. Discus 0. Ova- 

 rium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, auperne parum dilatatus, stigmate subcapitato emargi- 

 nato ; ovula pauca. Capsula evalvis (v. potius bacca exsucca ?), globosa, pericarpio mem- 

 branaceo. Semina pauca, suborbiculata, compixssa, rcticulato-f oveolata : embryo teres 

 (brevis?) V. demum sabporiphericus, valde curvus, cotyledonibus semiteretibus, — Herba 

 humilis, annua, viscido-puberula v, pilosula. Folia Integra, margine nndiJato-criapa, 

 Pedicelli 2-4-ni. Flores parvi- {Char, imprimis ex ic. et descr. citatis,) 



Species 1, Americoe borealis incola, Spccimon unicum poet incendium coUectiomft Watsoniaose 

 Buperstes in hcrbario Grayiauo scrvatxun vidimus ; parvuiu cat. nee perfecitum, in-d genus difitiiictinu 

 prsebere videtur, Margaranihe affino, calyce, anthoris parvis etc. distiiictum. Embryo a Watsonio 

 (leliucatua verisimiiitcr in scminc noiidum perfccto mcituro obscrvatiia. 



14. Margaranthus, )ScWeo/ti, Uort, Hah 1, <. 1, — Calyx per anthesin brevia, campanu- 

 latus, 5-dontatus, fructifer auctus, inflato-globosus, ore contractor Corolla urceolata, 

 tubo supra basin brevem globoso ventricoso extus 5-sulco, ore contracto truncato integro 

 V. minute et dissite 5-dentato, Stamina prope basin tubi affixa, inclusa, filamentis bre- 

 vibus ; autherse bblonga^, erectre, basi breviter 2-lobre, loculis parallelis in longitudinem 

 'deliiscentibus. Disciis annularis v. inconspicuus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filifonnisj 

 stigmate integro v. vix didymo ; ovula numerosa. Bacca subglobosa, calyce inflato arcto 

 inclusa, Semina compressa ; embiyo aubperiphericus, valde incurvus, cotyledonibus 

 semiteretibus. — Herboj tcnueSj glabrae v, inflorcscentia strigoso-pubescento, habitu fero 

 Physalidis. Folia integra v. sinuata, Pedicelli solitarii, Flores parvi, luteo fu.ici< 



Species 2, regionis Mcxicano-Texana? iiieolse. Dim. in DC. Prod. xiii. I 453 MierSf lUusir, ii, 



15. "ttTithanla, Pavq. Diss, de Bellad, Paris, 1824, ex Endl. Hen. GOO, (Uypnoticum, 

 Rodrig- ; Aliens^ Illxuitr. 8. Amcr. Bot. ii, App, 59, Puneeriaj Stocks in Hook. Ic. t 

 801.) — Calyx campanulatus, 5-6-dentatus, fructifer auctus, inflatus, supra baccam clausus 

 v. subpatens. Corolla anguste campanulata, S-G-fida, lobia valvatis. Stamina propc 

 basin coroUte aftixa, iilamentis x>lJi'iiiii^culis ; anthcree erectile, loculis parallelis in longitu- 

 dinem dehisccntibus. Discus annularis crenulatus v, 0. Ovarium 2-loc\darc ; stylus fili- 



