Tab. 7821. 

 SOLANUM Xanti. 



Native of California, 



Nat. Ord. Solana.ce«:. — Tribe SoLANEiE. 

 Genus Solanum, Linn. ; {Benth. & Sooh.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 888.) 



SoLANUM (Pachystemon) Xanti; suffrutex v. herba basi lignosa, inermis, tota, 

 corolla excepta, plus miousve pilis simplicibus glandulosisque pubescens, 

 ramis gracilibus, foliia polymorphis ^-4 poll, longis ovatis ovato-oblongia 

 V. lineari-oblongis obtusis subacutisve integris repaadisve basi rotundatis 

 cordatis v. rarius auriculato-bilobis submembranaceis pallide flavo-viri- 

 dibus, nervis utrinsecus 6-8 arcuatis, petiolo ^-f poll, longo, cymia um- 

 belliformibuB lateralibas v, terminalibua, ramulis infra pedicellos 

 tuberculo minuto cupuliforme instruotis, pedicellis gracilibus 1-1|^ poll, 

 longis, floribus nutantibua, calycis campanulati lobis triangulari-ovatig 

 obtusis, corolla rotato-campamilata pentagona l-l^^ poll, lata violacea 

 basi intus plagis 5 albis centro viridibus ornata, filamentis brevibus 

 pilosis, antheris lineari-oblongis obtusis rimis elongatis dehiscentibua, 

 oyario glabro, stylo gracili recto, bacca globosa purpurea calyce pauUo 

 dilatato sufEulta. 



S. Xanti, A. Gray m Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. xi. (1876) p. 90 ; in Bot. Calif. 

 vol. i. p. 639, ii. p. 471. 



A very beautiful plant, native of Southern California, 

 ■where it was first collected by Mr. L. J. Xantus de Vesey, 

 extending as far north as Sta. Barbara and eastward into 

 Nevada. A variety, Wallacei, A. Gray, I.e., has larger 

 leaves and flowers, and the cymes are villous with longer, 

 viscid, jointed hairs ; it is a native of Santa Catalina 

 Island, off the coast of California in about 33° lat. 



The specimen here figured of 8. Xanti was sent to me 

 from the Botanic Gardens of the University of Cambridge 

 in July, 1900, by Mr. Lynch, who informs me that he 

 received it from Dr. Franceschi, of the Southern Cahfornian 

 Acclimatisation Association, Santa Barbara. 



8. Xanti is remarkable for the extraordinary variability 

 of the leaves. In some native specimens these are only 

 half an inch long and oblong, in others much longer 

 and linear, oblong or ovate, in others four inches long, 

 ovate, entire or with two broad unequal basal auricles. 

 The minute cup-shaped tubercle in each branch of the 

 cyme, beneath the insertion of the pedicels, is a character 

 February 1st, 1902. 



