Harris — Polygamy and Certain Floral Abnormalities. 193 



and figured in The Botanical Register * the parts of the de- 

 scription concerning us in the present connection being; 

 " Flos priraarius cujusque racemi solus hermaphroditus, cae- 

 teri masculi. Cal. * * * j^ hermaph. cum pedicello 

 echinatus, (fructu simul excrescens?) : in mare inermis atque 

 cadens cum corolla. * * * Anth. flavae, subsessiles 

 contiguae, declinatae; in ma- 

 ribus inaequalissimae, 3 imis 

 maximis corniformibus arcu- 

 atis parallelis corolla paulo 

 brevioribus: in hermaph. pa- 

 rum inaequales, * * *. 

 Flos masculus nondum ex- 

 pansus refert papilionaceum 

 non apertum." " The corolla 

 of both flowers is irregular, 

 but that of the barren one 

 more conspicuously so, the 

 angles or segments being sep- 

 arated by a much deeper 

 sinus than in the fertile one." 



In Curtis' s Botanical Magazine f the species is described 

 as Nycterimn Amazonium. "The upper flowers in the 

 corymb are generally male, and, consequently, sterile, the 

 lowermost hermaphrodite and fertile ; of the latter, only the 

 calyx is covered with straight, sharp prickles, that of the 

 male is altogether unarmed, * * * Anthers unequal, 

 declined: in the male flowers generally three long and two 

 short, in the hermaphrodite two long and three short, or 

 frequently all nearly equal. * * * jn the male flowers, 

 style and stigma defective." 



LoddigesI mentions the thorny calyx of the "fruitful 

 flowers, which are usually the lowest." Nees ab Esenbeck,§ 

 does not mention the polygamous inflorescence of this species. 



Floral details of Solanum Ama- 

 zonium. — Edwards. 



* Edwards. The Botanical Register. 1. PL 71. 1815. 



t 42. Fl. 1801. 1815. 



X Loddiges and Sons. The Botanical Cabinet. 4. no. 352. London. 1819. 



§ Nees ab Esenbeck. Horae Physicae Beroliuenses. 1820. p. 51. pi. 9 . 



