1551 



SOLANDRA* guttata. 

 Spotted-flowered Solandra. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Solane/e Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany , 

 p. 231.) 



SOLANDRA Swartz. — Calyx cylindricus. rumpens, 5-dentatus. Corolla 

 maxima, clavato-infundibuliformis, tubo longo, fauce inflata, lobis fimbriatis 

 minime acuminatis. Bacca (aliis capsula) globoso-conica, 4-locularis, 

 polyspermia. — Rom. et Schult. syst. 4. lvii. 



S. guttata ; foliis subtus pubescentibus, corollee laciniis rotundatis crispato- 



crenatis : tubo calyce subduplo longiori. — D. Don MSS. 

 Tecomaxochitl. Hernand. mex. p. 408. cum Jig. 



Planta fruticosa (caldario culta), biorgyalis, erecta, ramosa : ramis 

 cortice cinereo vestitis, foliis delapsis, cicatricibus elevatis tuberculatis. 

 Folia alterna, petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, acuta v. brevissimt acuminata, 

 integerrima, supra glabriuscula, subtus pallidiora, copiose pubescentia, 

 basi dilatata, rotundata, 3-6 pollices longa, 2 v. 3 lata; suprema nunc 

 obtusa. Petioli bipollicares, teretiusculi, dense pubescentes, supra cana- 

 licular, basi incrassati. Flores terminales, solitarii, brevissime peduncu- 

 lati, fragrantes. Pedunculus teres, crassus, vix unguicularis. Calyx 

 amplus, hibulosus, foliaceus, pubescens, 3-uncialis : limbo trilobo : lobis 

 ovatis, acutis ; tertio minori. Corolla maxima, infundibuliformis, dodran- 

 talis, pallidt flavus : fauce dilatatd, intils maculis purpureis notata : tubo 

 longo, gracili, 5-costato, calyce fere duplb longiori : limbo patenti, 5-lobo: 

 lobis latissimis, rotundatis, crenatis, undulatisque . Stamina 5, tubo corolla, 

 inserta, vix ultra faucem producta, subcequalia : filamenta glabra : antherse 

 ovato-oblongce, obtusce, basi insertce, erectce, purpurea, biloculares : loculis 

 parallelis, connectivo angusto lineari omninb connatis: valvulis subcoriaceis , 

 complanatis, margine demum solutis. Ovarium 4-loculare. Stylus fli- 

 formis, pallidus. Stigma exsertum, capitatum. — D. Don MSS. 



" This splendid species of Solandra, although figured in 

 the work of Hernandez, has not been noticed by any modern 



* Dr. Solander, after whom this fine genus has been named, was the 

 companion of Banks in his voyage round the world, and the laborious col- 

 lector of the Botanical notes made during that celebrated expedition. His 

 descriptions are preserved among the MSS. in the British Museum, and 

 attest his learning, diligence, and skill. 



