906 . CXIV. SOLANACE^. . ' ' [CedHnm. 



gatiis superne dilatatiis v. vontricosits, fauce fiippe contracta ; limbiis breviSj per anthesin 

 patensj nunc plicatus vis lobatus^ nunc lobia 5 indnplicato-valvatia. Stamina 5, medio 

 tubo V. inferius affixa, in^ualia, inclusa, iilanientis filifonnibus ; antlierm breves, loculis 

 dorso appositis distinctisj apertis suborbicnlatig. Discus carnosuSj annularis v. subinter- 

 niptusj lobis ssepius 2 oppositis magnia v. camoso-iricrassatis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 

 stylus filiformia v. complanatus, stigmate dilatato late 2-lamellato v. fere peltato ; ovula 

 numerosa. Capsula oblongaj apice septicido-S-valvisj valvis margine inflexis placentas 

 coiinatas v. basin versus (rarius omnino?) solvendas niidantibus. Semina ovoideo-glo- 

 bosa, subangulata, granulosa ; embryo curvatua, cotyledonibus oblongis radicula vix 

 latioribus- — Fruticnli ericoideij erecti, ramosissimi, sa;pe viscusi. Folia parva^ conferta- 

 Flores srepius numerosij breviter podicellati, terniinales v, oppositifolii, 



Species descript^} ll,quanim8 Chilenses t» Eolivianfe, 3 Brasilianfe; hafi tamen iioii vidimus. 

 Dun, in DC. Prod. xiii. 1, 590. Wedd. Chlor. And. li. 94, L 57- Philippi, FL Atacam, 40, L o. 

 A, St HiL in Mem, Mas. Par. sii. t. 9 ; Ph Jiein. Bres, t. 20. Mic-rs^ lllustr. t. 17. Ilook. Ic. PL 

 i, 340. Sot Reg. 1839, ^ 59. 



49, Vestia, Willd. Enum. Hort, BeroL 208. — Calyx tubuloso-campanulatns, truncatuSj 

 breviter 5-dentatus. Corollte tubus elongatuSj prope basin ad stanainiun insertioneia con- 

 strictus intusque barbatus, superne parum ampliatus, post anthcsin supra basin persis- 

 tcntem circumscissus ; lobi 5, indupHcato-valvatij per anthesin patontos- Stamina 5, 

 prope basin tubi afRxa, exserta, subc'equalia^ filamentis filifonnibus ; antherse ovata^, 

 loculis dorso appositis distinctis demum explanatis. Discus carnosulus, parum conspicuus. 

 Ovarium subsessile (nee basi contractum), 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, apico clavatus, 

 vertice stigmatosus ; ovula numerosa, Capsula subglobosa, coriacea, in valvas 2 2-fidas 

 V, valvas 4 recurvas dehiscens. Semina numerosa^ irregulariter ovoidea, granulosa ; 

 embryo fere rectus, cotyledonibus ovatis, radicula i>arum latioribus, — Frutex glaber, 

 erectus, ramosissimus- Folia intcgerrima, oblonga v, obovata, s^pe parvula, nitida. 

 Florea flavi, ad apices ramulorum solitarii v. pauci, breviter pedicellati, penduli. 



Species I, Chilensis, Dm. in DC. Prod, xiii, i. 579. Bui^ tt Pav. Fl, Per. et Chit t 132 {Peri- 



phragmos, excL caps,). Mkrs, Jllustr. t, 21, Bot. Mag. t. 2412, Dot Beg. t 299, 



50? Dittosti&ma, Philv^pi, StH. Me^idoc. Alt, 36. — Calyx tubulosus, o-fidus, laciniis 

 subulatis inteqnalibus. Corolla longe tubulosa, tubo apicem versus dilatato ; limbus 5- 

 fidus, plicatus. Stamina 5, quarum 4 in fancibns sita foqualia, quinto supra medium tubi 

 affixo, filamentis breviter liliformlbua ; antherre globose. Discus annularis, camosus. 

 Ovarium sessile ; stylus filiformia, apice in ramos 2 filiforme?* sviberectos divisus. Capsula 

 calyce persistente tecta, 2-locnlaris, sub- 4- val vis, dissepimento demum a valvis soluto, 

 Semina plurima, minima, foveolato-reticulata. — Herba pubescens, habitu Nicotiame, 

 Folia inferiora oblonga, superiora linearia. Flores in racemum laxum terminalem dispu- 

 siti, subebracteatij lobis corollas peracutis. (Char, ex Philippic) 



Exemplar xuiiciim a nobis non visum legit Philippi ad Mendozam CbilGnsium, Genus ulterius 

 inquirendum. Stylus descriptus (an casu monstrosns ? ) ab omnibus Solmmcets discrepat, ca^tera 

 cum Nicotiana conveniunt, Ilerba 3-pedali^ dicitur, corolla fere 5-poliicari. 



51. TTicotianat Linn, Gen, n. 248. — Calyx ovoideus v. tubulosocampanulatus, 5-fidus. 

 Corolla infundibularis v, hypocrateriformis, tubo elongato v. latiusculo sequali v. pamni 

 ventricoso, fauce sequali v. ampliata, limbo sequali v. obU(iuo ; lobi 5, induplicati, per 

 anthesin patentes. Stamina 5, infra medium tiibum affixa, inclnsa v, cxserta, intXriualia 

 V, subflequalia, filamentis filiformibus ; antherie ovat^e v- oblongse, alte 2-lobie, loculis 

 distinctis parallelis seepius dorso appositis demum explanatis. Discus obsoletus v- varie 

 sulcatns v. sublobatus. Ovarium 2-loculare rarius 4-cC'loculare, placentis latis crassis 

 septo V. angulo intemo loculorum adnatis ; stylus filiformis, stigmate dilatato breviter 

 lateque 2-lamellato ; ovula numerosa- Capsula 2- rarius 4-locularis, valvis totidem saipius 

 2-fidi3 ad medium v. altiua dehiscena, Semina numerosissima, parva^ vix compressa, 



