430 HORTUS MORTOLENSIS 
SOLANDRA. 
S. macrantha, a glabrous climbing shrub, grows well in the 
open in a very sheltered place, but does not flower there, though 
it does so regularly under glass. S. grandiflora is a pubescent 
shrub, grown from seeds sent by Mr. C. Wercklé from Costa 
Rica; it has not yet flowered. 
SoLANuM. 
Most species enumerated in the Catalogue do very well here ; 
some, such as S. acanthocarpum, S. aviculare, S. auriculatum, 
S. crimtum var. costaricense, S. giganteum, and S. Warszewiczit 
almost form small trees. S. acanthocarpwm has fruits of the size 
and colour of a small orange. It was first grown from seeds sent 
by Mr. D. Hanbury, in January, 1869. S. Cervantesii was reintro- 
duced into the garden through seeds collected in Mexico by Dr. 
H. Ross, of Munich, in 1906. 8S. crinitum var. costaricense was 
grown from seeds sent by Mr. C. Wercklé; it is a fine plant with 
elegant, very tomentose foliage and fine blue flowers. For S. 
crispum we axe indebted to Lord Walsingham; for S. gigantewm 
to Cav. C. Sprenger. S. jasminoides is a vigorous climber, which 
flowers with great profusion and is frequently met with on the 
Riviera. I have rarely seen it fruiting here, although it does so 
quite freely in some other places, for instance, at Garavan. Seeds 
of S. lanceolatuwm were received from M. Thuret, Antibes, in Feb- 
ruary, 1869. It isa small shrub with pretty pale violet-blue flowers. 
S. Pocote was received under this name from the Buenos Aires 
Botanic Garden in 1901, and also from Messrs. Lemoine, of Nancy. 
It has pretty yellow fruits. S. Wendlandii is a tall climber with 
perhaps the largest flowers of the genus. Unfortunately the plant 
is deciduous during winter and only flowers in summer and 
autumn, but is then of unrivalled beauty. Mr. F. Ledien sent 
it from the Botanic Garden of Dresden in 1901. 
S. aviculare, S. marginatum, S. rostratum, S. sisymbrifolium, 
S. sodomeum, and others occasionally come up spontaneously in 
the garden as weeds. 
SoNCHUS. 
We are indebted to Dr. George Perez, of Orotava, for seeds of 
the shrubby Canarian species. Of these, S. Jacquini has proved 
most suitable for our garden. 
SoOPHRONITIS. 
These little orchids grow quite well epiphytically in the open. 
They were procured a few years ago from the late M. Binot, who 
introduced them from the Organ Mountains. 
SPARAXIS. 
S. grandiflora and S. tricolor are scarcely more than varieties 
of one species. They are very showy spring flowers, useful for 
covering the ground on dry spots of the garden. 
