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Mr. Salisbury's IIluJl nation of the Genus Sohndra* 



SOLANDRA. 



Torm medioliformis. Calyx margine tori infertus, tubnlofus, per- 

 fiftens. Corolla margine tori inferta : limbo ventricofo, irregulari, 

 fubaedivatione ioibricato; deeidua. Filamenta ^^ ore tubi inferta^ 

 verfus latus inferius fecunda. Perkarpiim fuperum, pene totum 

 4-loculare, fucculentum, deciduum. Semina receptaculo longe 

 ftipitato, centrali, profunde 2-lobo, undique feffilia. 



Solandra grrxndiflora. Swartz FL Ind. Occ. v. i, p. 386. /. 9. Solan- 

 dra grandiflora. M<Tn. Exot. Bot. t. 6. Solandra grandiflora. Swartz 

 in Vctmfi. yicad. Handl. ann, 1787. />. 300. /. 11. Stramonium 

 fcandens, flore luteo. Plum, Ic ined. Peach-coloured trumpet 

 flower, Jamaicenjihus, 



Sponte nafcentem in Inf. Jamaica^ in truncos arborum fepe para- 

 fiticam fiffuriique rupium, legit O. Swartz. 



Floret Januario^ FehnmrtOy fructum maturans Augujlo, 



Frutex 9 — 20 pedes altus. i^^^/.v fufca, longe excurrens, ramofiflima, 

 fpongiofe lignofa. CauUs 'cinereus, fcandens, teres : Rami mulri, 

 varie flexi, alii longiffimi : plus minus radicans, rimofus; fuperne 

 pallide viridis, vifcido-pubefcens ; fpongiofe lignofus. Folia denfa, 

 alterna, frondofa : Petioli viridi-purpurafcentes, recurvuli, femi- 

 teretes, vifcido-pubefcentes, fupra concavi linea medio eminente : 

 Laminas fupra virides, fubtus pallidiores, petiolis multo longiores, 

 renirvo-patentiflimas, obovato-lanceolat3£,integerrima3,acuminatce, 

 utrinque vifcido-pubefcentes, paululum lucids, planiufculaD, car- 

 nofx : Nervi plures, medius crafTior petioloque confluens : quo- 

 tannis prodeuntia et deeidua. Flores fragrantes, nutantes, folitarii, 

 rarius 2 vel 3 fafciculati. Feduncull pallide virides, ramulis ter- 

 niinalcs, craffi, 4-5 lineas longi, obconici, infertione articulati, mi- 

 nutilTime vifcido-pubefcentes. T^orus pallide viridis, peduncuio 

 confluens quo brevior et craffior, medioliformis, obfoletc angulatus, 

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