146 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



tomentosis ; foliis obovatis, e medio acuminatis, basi sub- 

 rotundatis, ssepe geminis^ altero dimidio vel paullo adhuc 

 minori^ crassiusculis^ supra Isete viridibus et pubescen- 

 tibuSj subtus densissime cano- vel flavido-tomentosis^ pilis sim- 

 plicibus cum alteris stipitato-stellatis intermixtis, nervis ve- 

 nisque supra impressis^ subtus prominulis et flocculosis^ pe- 

 tiole brevi^ crassiusculo : floribus extra-axillaribus^ solitariis vel 

 2-4-fascieulatiSj pedunculo obsoleto^ pedicellis filiformibus, 

 quam congeneribus longioribus^ in fructu deflexis et magis 

 elongatis /bacca pisi majoris magnitudine, nigra^ calyce aucto 

 subvesiculari flavo-membranaceo reticulato clausa. — Brasilia^ 

 Prov. Minas Geraes. — v. s. in herb. Hook. (Arraial das Merces, 

 Gardner y no. 5042). 



This plant in fruit has been already described, as above 

 quoted, but I have since found flower-buds, which, though very 

 young, are quite sufficient to identify the same structure as in 

 the two following species ; the only difference being, that here 

 the corolla seems to be more deeply cleft than in the others. 



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2, Cliocarpics megalochiton, Solanum megalochiton. Mart, and 

 Sendtn. Fl. Bras. vi. 28. tab. 9; DC. Prodr. xiii. 124 j — dicho- 

 tome ramosus, ramulis divaricatis, infeme glabris, supeme hir- 

 suto-tomentosis ; foliis non raro geminis, altero multo minori, 

 ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis, inse- 

 quilateris et oblique subcordatis, supra fusco-viridibus, velu- 

 tinis et sparse villosulis, subtus griseo-tomentosis et pilis sti- 

 pitato-stellatis densissime tectis, nervis arcuatis venisque su- 

 perne impressis, subtus valde prominentibus, petiolo brevi 

 tomentoso ; racemis paucifloris, terminalibus, dein latera- 

 libus et suboppositifoliis, pedicellis pedunculo brevioribus^ 

 creberrime secundis, imo articulatis, inferioribus valde deci- 

 duis, superioribus 3-8 pseudo-umbellatis, demum in fructu 

 deflexis, quam prsecedenti multo brevioribusj calyce etiam 

 persimile sed paullo minori ; corolla intus cserulea ? et glabra, 

 extus stellato-tomentosa, filamentis brevibus, medio auricu- 

 latis, marginibus inflexis ; stylo tenui, staminibus dimidio 

 longiorij apice brevissime divaricato-2-dentato : bacca nigra, 

 pisi minoris magnitudine. — Brasilia, Prov. Rio de Janeiro. 

 V. s. in herb. Mies. Brit. {Bowie et Cunningham ad S. Joao 

 Marcos) sub nam. CL Dunalii '^ Solanum melanocarpum et 

 Solanum laxum.^' — in herb. Hook. {Claussen). 



This species appears to have been collected by Dr. von Mar- 

 tins and by Schott in the Corcovado range, by Llotschy in the 

 Organ Mountains, wbo considered it to be a Physalis on account 

 of its ventricose calyx, and was also found by Sello in other parts 



