156 NOLANEtE. [part I. 



or four celled nut or bony putamen, which is 

 marked with three or more grooves on the out- 

 side, and has three or more little holes beneath. 

 All the species of Nolana have the same pecu- 

 liarities in their seed-vessels, though they differ 

 in many other respects. In the same tribe or 

 order are included two other genera, one of 

 which, called Grabowskia, contains only the 

 singular shrub formerly called Lycium hoer- 

 havicefoUum^ or Eliretia halimifolia^ the nuts of 

 which resemble those of the Coffee. 



Besides the plants contained in these four 

 tribes, there are several other genera which 

 some botanists place in Solanaceae, and others 

 in Scrophularinese ; and among these may be 

 mentioned Franciscea, Browallia, and Antho- 

 cercis. In the former of these genera the 

 flowers are small, the corolla is salver-shaped, 

 and the calyx, which is permanent, is inflated 

 and smooth. In Browallia, the calyx is strongly 

 ten-ribbed, and the corolla has an obhque limb ; 

 and in both genera there are only four stamens, 

 two of which are longer than the others. In 

 Anthocercis there are four perfect stamens and 

 the rudiments of a fifth. The corolla is not 

 folded in the bud, but has a regular, star-like 

 limb. 



