1516 



SOLANUM* crispum. 

 Crimped-leaved Solanum. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Solaneje Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 231.) 



SOLANUM.— Supra; vol. l.fol. 71. 



S. crispum ; caule fruticoso, foliis ovatis subcordatisque undulato-crispis 

 acuminatis, floribus corymbosis. Romer et Schultes sp. pi. 4. 595. 



S. crispum. Fl. peruv. 2. 31. t. 158. f. a. Dunal. solan. 159. Syn. 

 p. 16. n. 78. 

 Caulis suffrutescens, latl diffusus, ccesio-viridis, pulverulentus, ramis 



herbaceis. Folia omnia simplicia, indivisa, ovata v. cordata, acuminata, 



petiolata, margine leviter crispa, juniora pulverulenta, adulta glabra. Cymse 



multiflorce, terminales ; omnibus partibus pulverulentis. Bractese nulla. 



Calyx brevis, 5-dentatus. Corolla plumbeo-ccerulea, mediocris ; antheris 



(Equalibus luteis. 



Found in the island of Chiloe by Mr. Anderson, and by 

 Ruiz and Pavon commonly in waste places in Chile ; also 

 abundantly in hedges near the city of Conception, and in 

 the districts of Carcamo and Palomares. 



It appears likely to be a hardy plant, in which case it 

 will be very ornamental. If tied to a stake, and thus forced 

 to grow erect, it will throw out a great number of lateral 

 branchlets, at the end of every one of which is a bunch of 

 flowers. In this state it was exhibited by Mr. Lowe, of 

 Clapton, at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in April 



* The first use of the word Solanum occurs in the writings of Tragus, 

 who applied it to Chenopodium hybridum. It is said to be derived from 

 solari, to console. The Greeks called our European Solanums ergi^vo*, a 

 name which Linnaeus transferred to the genus of tropical shrubs to which 

 the nux vomica belongs. 



