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and the petiole 6 to 14 lines in length. Berries half an inch or less in 

 diameter. 



SoLANUM viRiDE, Solander, from various South Sea Islands, appar- 

 ently includes S. anthropophagorum, Seemann, from the Feejees. 



SoLANUM INAMCENUM, Benth., of the Feejee Islands, does not pre- 

 sent tortuous branches ; the leaves are seldom oblique ; and cymes are 

 often bifid. 



SoLANUM Amicorum, Benth., from Tongatabu. In the same group 

 of islands. Dr. Harvey collected fine specimens ; the globular fruit 

 resembling that of the preceding species. 



SoLANUM EEPANDUM, Forst. The " Fcejec Tomato" appears to be 

 a variety of this species, altered by cultivation, the ovary nearly gla- 

 brous, the fruit completely so, and " as large as an apple."* 



Lycium SANDVfiCENSE (sp. nov.) : glabrum ; ramis rigidis ; foliis 

 subcarnosis aveniis spathulatis obtusissimis basi attenuatis vix petiola- 

 tis plerisque fasciculatis ; pedicellis solitariis folio brevioi-ibus ; floribus 

 tetrameris ; calycis breviter quadrifidi lobis late triangularibus coroUae 

 tubum adfequantibus ; corolla3 lobis tubo suo longioribus patentissimis ; 

 filamentis basi glaberrimis ; bacca globosa. — Sandwich Islands, on 

 Diamond Hill, Oahu, near Honolulu. Dr. Pickering, whose judg- 

 ment in this regard is critical, records it as undoubtedly indigenous ; 

 and it does not accord with any one of Mr. Miers's sixty-nine described 



* The following is a North American species, which occurs in several collec- 

 tions : — 



SoLANCM ToRRETi (sp. Hov.) : percnnc, aculeis rectis breviusculis parce arma- 

 tum vel subinerme, griseo-pabescens pube stcllata scabrida ; foliis sinuato-pinnati- 

 fidis basi truncata vel subcordata, lobis 3-7, terminali undulato vel repando, costa 

 pi. m aculeato ; cyma terminali demum laterali bifida ; pedicellis defloratis recur- 

 vis ; calycis tubo brevi-campanulato, lobis e basi lata caudato-acuminatis ; corolla 

 ampla (1| - 2 pollices lata) semiquinquefida violacea ; antheris conformibus flavis 

 elongatis apice attenuatis stylo apice incurvo brevioribus ; bacca globosa (pol- 

 licem lata viridi demum lutea) calyce turn denique 5-partito subtensa. — Solanum 

 rnammosum ? Engelm. & Gray, PI. Lindh. 1, p. 46, no. 281, non Linn. S. platy- 



phyllum ? Torr. in Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2, p. 227, non Dunal. 5. , Torr. & Gray in 



Pope, Rep. Pacif R. R. Surv. 2, p. (172) 16. This species is not rare from the 

 Upper Arkansas to Lower Texas. At New Braunfels, according to Lindheimer, it 

 is common in clayey soil, wherever the original vegetation has been destroyed by 

 men or cattle. It has long survived in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, where it 

 spreads by running subterranean shoots, and the large flowers are rather showy. 

 Having for many years vainly endeavored to identify the plant with some described 

 species, I at length venture to publish it as new. 



