8 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



2. Brachistus macrophyllus. Witheringia macrophylla^ H. B. K. 

 he. cit, 14;^fruticosus^ ramulis subangulatis^tenuissimepube- 

 rulis ; foliis ovato-ellipticis^ subacuminatis^ subrepandis, glabri- 

 usculis, superioribus geminis^ altero minore ; floribus plurimis, 

 fasciculate -congestis, petiolo dimidio brevioribus, 4-meris, gla- 

 bris, pedunculis filiformibus cernuis ; coroUse tubo brevi, limbo 

 4-partito^ patente, filamentis margine villosis ; bacca minima^ 

 calyce parvulo sufFulta. — Nova Granada, 



The leaves are stated to be 8 inches long and about 4 inches 

 broadj somewhat smooth^ but slightly woolly on the primary 

 ncrvures, and supported on a petiole 14-15 lines long, which is 

 slender, caniculate and pubescent* The flowers are numerous in 

 each fascicle upon slender, smooth peduncles 4-5 lines long. The 

 calyx is small, almost entire or obsoletely 4-toothed, and quite ' 

 smooth. The corolla, not larger than that of Solanum nigrum^ is 

 of a greenish hue, with a very short tube^ a rotate border with 

 four pointed lobes, the included filaments being very short, flat- 

 tened and ciliate on the margins j the anther lobes are adnate, 

 lanceolate, pointed, erect, and bursting on the margins. The 

 ovarium is small, rounded, smooth^ and seated on a glandular 

 disc- The berry is red, not larger than a peppercorn, and sup- 

 ported upon its small calyx. 



3. Brachistus ciliatus. Witheringia ciliata, H,B. K. he, cit. 15. 



fruticosus, ramis teretibus, glabris ; foliis oblongis, acutis, 



basi angustatis, integerrimis, ciliatis, geminis, altero duplo mi- 

 nore; floribus 5-meris, parvis, paucis (1-2), extra-axillaribus, 

 pedunculis capillaceis pubescentibus j calyce urceolato obsolete 

 dentato, dentibus linearibus pubcscente ; corolla glabra, tubo 

 brevi, limbo angulato sub-5-lobo patente, lobis acutis; bacca 

 globosa, calyce parvulo suffulta. — Nova Granada, in Andibus 

 excelsis. 



This plant bears very much the appearance of Solanum philly- 

 reoides, Dun. The leaves are smooth, thin and membranaceous, 

 ciliate on the margins, l^inch or more in length, 7 lines broad, 

 on a pubescent petiole 4-5 lines long. The flowers, solitary or 

 binatc, are about the size of those of the last species, the very 

 slender peduncles measuring 8-9 lines : the pubescent calyx is 

 almost entire on the margin, with five nearly obsolete erect teeth, 

 the filaments are short, quite smooth and dilated below, the an- 

 thers oblong, obtuse, erect, bursting on the margins. 



Brack istus 



H. 



fruticosus, ramulis teretibus, cano-tomentosis ; foliis ovatis 

 utrinque acuminatis, integerrimis, supra pubescentibus, subtus 

 molliter cano-tomentosis, geminis, altero multo minore et dif- 



