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ing above in a large inflated connective ; the anther cells are 
straight, sub 4-gonous, ventricose and turgid, of a yellow 
colour; the style is longer than the stamens, and with the 
stigma intermediate between that of the last species and of P. 
floribunda. It approaches P. ciliata, but the leaves are 
smaller, broader in proportion, not so much attenuated at the 
apex, and less pubescent. The racemes are shorter, 2 to6 
inches long, with 4—6 to 10 flowers, which have the articula- 
tion of the pedicels close to the peduncle, so that when they 
fall off, the stem scarcely exhibits the persistent bases of the 
stalks observed in the other species. 
14. Pionandra Tegore. Solanum Tegore Aubl. 212. tab. 84 ;— 
frutescens, villosa: foliis inferioribus amplissimis, sinuato- 
pinnatifidis superioribus ovatis, cordatis, acutis; racemis 
secundis, e bifurcatione alaribus.— Guiana. v. s. in Herb. 
Mus. Brit. et Herb. Hooker. 
The upper leaves are about the size of those of P. pubes- 
cens, and in like manner, as well as the stems and peduncle, 
are covered with articulate hairs; they are also geminate, un- 
equal, and sub 5-nerved. ‘The racemes are very short, and 
secund, growing out of the bifurcation of the branches; the 
pedicels are also articulated, and deciduous, characters quite 
in conformity with all the species above enumerated. Aublet 
describes and figures the fleshy ring at the base of the tube 
of the corolla, out of which the stamens originate, which he 
states to be long, straight, and approximate at the apex; the 
corolla is deeply 5-partite; the fruit is a spherical berry, — — 
about the size of a cherry. A remarkable character is gb- 
servable in this plant, in the very large size of the lower 
leaves, which are about 1 foot in length, and 8 inches broad, 
divided into acute lobes, by several deep incisures, sinuate 
at base; they are nearly glabrous. I did not observe this 
remarkable dissimilarity in the size of the upper and lower 
leaves in any of the species I found in the Organ Mountains; 
nor has this been noticed by the authors who have described | 
the other species, if we except P. pendula where some of the 
leaves are simple and cordate at the base, while others are 
