THE FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA. 357 
racemis secundis, folio brevioribus: bacca magna.— Rio de 
Janeiro, Serrà Organensi. 
This species is very distinct from the two former, and 
approaches more in the form and size of its leaves to the 
Solanum capsicoides, Mart. which also belongs to this genus. 
ds did not find it in flower, but from the resemblance of 
Jis habit to those above described, I imagine it will be 
found to belong to this section. "The berry, though far from 
mature, measures nearly 14 in length and 3 inch in diameter. 
4. Pionandra fragrans. Solanum fragrans Hook. Bot. 
Mag. tab. 3684.—Arborescens : foliis geminis, 5-nerviis, 
 inequalibus, ovatis, majori basi sub-elliptico, altero cor- 
dato, integerrimis, glaberrimis, supra lucidis, albo-punctu- : 
latis, infrà argenteis, marginibus paulo incrassatis : racemi 
. foribus secundis, pedicellis inferioribus maxime elongatis : 
_ corolla late campanulata, profunde 5-partita, staminibus 
- geniculatis, stigmate dilatato, concavo—Guiana. v. s. in. 
… herb. Hooker. 
. From Sir Wm. Hooker's excellent figure of this species, it 
 Wilbe seen how closely it approaches P. floribunda in its 
h general habit, and in the size of its leaves, one of which only 
ls here cordate. The racemes are 4 inches long, arising 
_ from the forks of the dichotomous branchlets, the pedicels 
ae unequal in length and articulate : the calyx is somewhat 
Pentagonous, with triangular lobes and ciliate margins: the 
_ Segments of the corolla are lanceolate as in P. capsicoides. 
= 5. Pionandra diploconos. Witheringia diploconos Mart. 
= Genset spec. 3.77, tab. 229 :—fruticosa, glabra : foliis sub 5- 
= Nerviis, ovatis, acuminatis, basi subcordatis, integris, utrin- 
.. que glabris; racemis alaribus, folio longioribus.—Rio Janeiro 
... € Tejuca. 
It ia only from the description of Dr. von Martius that 
: Tam acquainted with this species which certainly approaches 
1-99 to my P. floribunda: the leaves, however, are entirely 
: ‘Slabrous, and not punctulate; they are little more than half 
. Meir size, and less cordate at base than in that species. The 
e is much longer than the leaf. The calyx is denticu- 
ed, the stamens are ventricose, but the fleshy connective 
