100 Mr. Salisbury's Vdujlrailon of the Genus Solanara. 



SOLANDRA. 



'Torus mediolifdrmis. Calyx margiiie tori infertus, tubnlofus, per- 

 iiftens. Cordla maigine tori inferta : limbo ventiicolo, iriegulari, 

 fubacftivatione imbiicato; decidua. Filamerda 5, ore tubi inieita, 

 ved'us latus iiiferius fecunda. Pericarpium luperum, penc totum 

 4-locuIare, fucculentum, deciduum. Semina receptaculo longe 

 (lipitato, centrali, profunde 2-lobo, undique feffilia. 



Solandra grandiflora. Sii'artz Fl. Ind. Occ. v. \. p. 386. /. 9. Solan- 

 dra grandiflora. Mcen. Exot. Bot. t. 6. Solandra grandiflora. Swartz 

 in Vetevjk. jScad. HancU. ann. 1787. />. 300. t. 11. Stramonium 

 fcandens, flore luteo. Plum. Ic Ined. Peach-coloured trumpet 

 flower, yatnaicenjibus. 



Sponte nafcentem in Inf. Jamaica, in truncos arbor um faepe para- 

 fiticam fiflTurifque rupium, legit O. Swartz. 



Floret Jatiuario, Fehruario, frudlum maturans Augujlo. 



Frutex 9 — 20 pedes altus. i?W/.v fufca, longe excurrens, ramofifTima, 

 fpongiofe lignofa. CauHs cinereus, fcandens, teres : Rami mulri, 

 varie flexi, alii longifllmi : plus minus radicans, rimofus; fuperne 

 pallide viridis, vifcido-pubefcens ; fpongiofe lignofus. Folia denfa, 

 alterna, frondofa : Petioli viridi-purpurafcentes, recurvuli, femi- 

 teretes, vifcido-pubefcentes, fupra concavi linea medio eminente : 

 Laminse fupra virides, fubtus pallidiores, petiolis multo longiores, 

 recurvo-patentiffimae, obovato-lanceolatas, integerrim£e,acuminat£e, 

 utrinque vifcido-pubefcentes, paululum lucidas, planiufculas, car- 

 nofse : Nervi plures, medius crafTior petioloque confluens : quo- 

 tannis prodeuntia et decidua. Flores fragrantes, nutantes, folitarii, 

 rarius 2 vel 3 fafciculati. Pediinculi pallide virides, ramulis ter- 

 minalcs, craffi, 4-5 lineas longi, obconici, infertione articulati, mi- 

 nutiflime vifcido-pubefcentes. Torus pallide viridis, pedunculo 

 confluens quo brevier et craffior, medioliforinis, obfolete angulatus, 

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