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nantia ; antherce approximatse^ oblongse, basi subcordatse, sub- 

 4-gon8e^ apicifix^, 2-loculares^ margine longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centes. Ovarium conicum, 3-loculare^ placentis cum dissepi- 

 mento cruciformibus^ bine in loculis centralibus^ valde incras- 

 satis, lunulatis^ undique seminigeris. Stylus tenuis, sub- 

 exsertus, declinatus, superne subrecurvus. Stigma parvum, 

 sub-2-lobum^ intus glandulosum. Bacca calyce fissa cincta, 

 ovata, apice conica^ imo e placentis cum pericarpio demum 

 connatis breviter sub-4-loculariSj superne 2-locularis ; semina 

 plurima, oblonga, compressa, reniformia^ in pulpam carnosam 

 nidulantia. Embryo intra albumen carnosum arcuatus. 



? Antillarue et Mexicarue 

 ifertUy obovato-oblonaa, h 



rubro 

 grandiflora, Swartz, Act, Holm 



Ibido 



FL Ind, Oc. i. 387. tab. 9 ; Rchb. Fl Exot. ii. 41. tab. 134 ; 

 Jacq. Hort. Sch. i. 21. tab. 45 ; Salisb. Linn\ Trans, vi. 100. 

 tab. 6; Meen, Exot. PL Kew. tab. 6j Bat. Mag. tab. 1874; Tus- 

 sacy FL des Antilles^ ii. 49. tab. 12. S. scandens. Wild. Reliq. 

 Rom. Sch, iv. 700. Datura sarmentosa^ Lam. EncycL vii. 463 ; 

 — viscido-pubescenSjCaule sarmentosa, radicante; foliis alternis, 

 aggregatis, petiolatis^ obovato-oblongis, acuminatis ; floribus 

 terminalibusj solitariis^ rarius 2-3 aggregatis, laciniis coroUse 

 obtusissimis^ crenato-laciniatis^ antheris sublunatis, 4-cornibus^ 

 apiculatisj basi parum fissis_, genitalibus subexsertis. — Jamaica. 



2. Solandra nitida, Zuccag. Cent. Roem. ColL 128. no. 40. Port- 

 landia grandiflora^ Hort. Batav. ; — caule arborescente, ramis 

 flexilibuSj elongatis, divaricatis, cortice rimoso ; foliis glaber- 

 rimis, nitidis ; flore glabro, calyce 4-fidOj corollse limbo 6-7- 

 fido,, segmentis rotundatis^ crenato-undulatis, revolutis j an- 

 theris 2-cornutis. — Jamaica. 



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3- Solandra guttataj D. Don. Bot. Reg. tab, 1551; Tecomaxocbitl, 

 Hern. Mex. 408. cum icone^^ — friitex erectus, ramosus, ramis 

 foliorum lapsorum cicatricibus hispidis; foliis late elliptico-ob- 

 longisj acutis, subtus lanuginosis ; floribus terminalibus, soli- 

 tariis; calyce tubuloso,3-dentato, dentibus inaequalibus, acutis; 

 corolla ampla, pallide lutea, fauci purpureo-maculata, tubo 

 longiori infundibuliformi^ limbi laciniis latissimis^ rotundatis^ 

 crispato-undulatis. — Mexico, 



Dyssochroma. 



A recent inquiry into the different species of Solandra^ with 

 the view of determining the true limits of that genus, has con- 



