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sepalis ovatis obtusis quandoque mucronulatis 2-3 lineas longis glabris nigrescentibus, exterioribus 
angustioribus acutiusculis; corolla 4-5 calycem superante glabra.—Convolvulus denticulatus, Desr. 
Enc. vol. iii. p. 540, non R. et Schult. Ipomæa levigata, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 220, 
et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. 12 et 13. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Sovivi.” 
—Seabeach of Taviuni (Seemann! n. 804). Also collected in Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !) and the So- 
ciety (Banks and Solander! Barclay!) and Tongan Islands (Barclay !). 
V. Aniseia, Chois. Convol. Or. p. 99, et in DC. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 429. Sepala 5, 2- aut 3- 
seriatim disposita, nempe 2 exteriora majora inferius inserta et in pedunculum decurrentia, tertium 
intermedium, et 2 interiora minora altius inserta. Corolla campanulata. Stylus 1. Stigma 2- 
lobum, capitatum aut sepecomplanatum. Ovarium 2-loculare, 4-ovulatum. Capsula 2-locularis.— 
Herbe aut suffrutices. 
1. A. uniflora, Chois. Convol. Or. p. 101; caule volubili ; pedunculis calycibusque pubescenti- 
bus; foliis longe petiolatis oblongis integerrimis, basi attenuatis, apice obtusis mucronatis, supra gla- 
bris, subtus petiolisque puberulis ; pedunculis petiolos superantibus unifloris, bibracteatis, bracteis line- 
aribus acutis ; sepalís exterioribus ovatis obtusis basi oblique subcordatis ; corolla (alba) ealycem paulo 
superante extus pilosa; filamentis glabris ; capsula intus glabra, 2-loculari, loculis 2-spermis ; semini- 
bus glabris.—In swamps, Ovalau, twining around reeds (Seemann! n. 829). 
Perhaps this may be different from A. uniflora, Chois. ; the chief diserepaney between the living spe- 
cimens here described and Choisy's diagnosis being in the shape and size of the leaves, the length of the 
petiole, and the smoothness of the inside of the capsule. In the Fijian plant the blade of the leaf is 25 
inches long, and 10-12 lines broad; the petiole 1 inch long. 
Orpo LXVI. SOLANACEZ. 
‘Wherever the Polynesian language is spoken, including New Zealand, there is a general term for the 
plants of this Natural Order, viz. Boro, Poro, or Poroporo, as the different dialects have it. Besides those 
Solanacee déscribed or alluded to below, there are in the Hawaiian islands, Lycium Sandwichense, A. Gray, 
Nothocestrum latifolium, A. Gray, N. longifolium, A. Gray, and N. breviflorum, A. Gray. Lycopersicum 
eseulentum, Mill, the Tomato, is eultivated in the Society and Sandwich Islands, where it is a recent 
introduction. 
I. Solanum, Tournef. Inst. p. 148. t. 62; Dunal in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. l. p. 27. Calyx 
5-(rarius 4—6—10-)partitus -fidus -dentatus -crenatusve, atque etiam integer, regularis v. rarius 
subirregularis. Corolla rotata, cupularis v. patellaris, tubo brevi, limbo plicato, 5-(rarius 4- v. 
6-)fido -partito v. -angulari. Stamina 5, rarius 4 v. 6, corolle fauci adnata, plerumque exserta ; 
filamenta brevissima, squalia v. rarius inzqualia. Anthere libere, apice poris 2 dehiscentes, 
conniventes, rarissime connate, equales v. interdum inzquales, loculis lateralibus connectivo non 
conspicuo adnatis. ` Ovarium 2-(rarius 3—4-) loculare, placentis dissepimento insertis adnatis oc- 
ovulatis. Stylus simplex. Stigma obtusum. Bacca 2-(rarius 3—4-)locularis. Semina co, sub- 
reniformia, compressa. Embryo periphericus, spiralis, albumen carnosum includens.—Herbe annuze 
aut perennes, suffrutices frutices v. arbores, inermes v. aculeatz aut rarius spinose, glabre v. 
pilose, pilis simplicibus glanduliferis v. stellatis. Stirps epigæa, sobolibus non raro tuberiferis 
subterraneis; truncus lignosus v. caulis ramosus, erectus, strictus v. flexuosus, scandens aut sub- 
volubilis, ramis plus minus patentibus, interdum spinescentibus. Perulæ (foliorum prima rudimenta) 
in tuberibus sobolibusque. Folia exstipulata, sed interdum auriculata (auricule sic dictz sunt 
folia ramulorum juniorum axillarium), alterna, solitaria gemina aut ternave, raro sessilia, seepius petio- 
lata, petiolo hinc inde alato, in nounullis cirrhoso, penninervia v. palmatinervia, integra v. varie 
