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many-fiowered, terminal, all the parts 
powdery. Bracteas none. Calyx short, 
5-toothed. Corolla middle-sized, of a 
bluish lead-colour. Anthers equal, yel- 
low. (Lind/.) A native of Chiloe, in waste 
places and hedges. Introduced by Mr. 
Anderson, collector to Mr. Lowe of the 
Clapton Nursery, in 1830. It isahardy _ 
vigorous-growing plant, of a much more «<< 
ligneous character than S. Dulcamara, 
subevergreen, and covered with flowers 
nearly the whole summer. A plant in the 
Horticultural Society’s Garden attained 
the height of 10 ft., against a wall, in 3 
years; and its stem is between 3 in. and 
4in. in diameter: one in the Clapton 
Nursery is still larger. As this species 
will grow in any soil, and is readily pro- 
pagated by cuttings, it promises to be 
of great value as an ornamental climber, for rapidly covering naked 
walls. Dr. Lindley observes that, “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. It this state it was ex- 
hibited by Mr. Lowe of Clapton, at a meeting of the Horticultural Society, 
in April, 1832, and was greatly admired.” (Bot. Reg., t.1516.) Itis readily 
propagated by cuttings, and promises to be a most valuable shrub for 
covering naked walls, or varying ruins or rockwork. The smooth shining 
green of its leaves, which are seldom eaten by insects, and the profusion of 
its flowers, which are bluish, render it highly ornamental. 
# 4, S§. BONARIE’NSE L. The Buenos Ayres Nightshade. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., No. 264., exclusive of the syn. of Plum. ; Dun. Sol., 198., Syn., p. 34. ; Dill. 
Elth., p. 264; Don’s Mill, 4. p. 429. 
Engravinzs. Dill. Elth., p. 264, t. 272. f. 351.; and our fig. 1106. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, almost un- 
armed. Leaves ovate-oblong sinu- 
ately repanded, smoothish. Racemes = 
corymbose, lateral, or extrafoliaceous. \3 
Stem green, prickly at the base ; adult 
stems unarmed. Leaves sometimes 
entire, rarely prickly. Corymbs large. 
Calyx 4—5-cleft. Segments subu- 
late. Corolla large, white, downy 
outside. Berry globose, ? yellow, 
4-celled, size of a small pea. Root 
creeping. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 429.) 
A shrub, a native of Buenos Ayres, 
where it grows from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in 
height, flowering from June to Sep- ; 
tember. It was introduced in 1727; and a plant in the Chelsea Garden 
has stood against the wall for 50 years, and is now 8 ft. high. 
App. i. Half-hardy ligneous or fruticose Species of Solanum. 
: Solanum Balbisii Dunal, Bot. Reg., t.140., is a native of South America, with blue flowers, 
which are produced from April to September. It was introduced in 1816, and, at first, treated as a 
green house plant ; but a specimen planted against the wall in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, 
in 1833, grows vigorously, and flowers freely every year, It belongs to the section Dulcamara, of which 
there area number of species or varieties indigenous to almost every part of the world, which are, 
in all probability, half-hardy or hardy. There are several shrubby sorts, unnamed, from Valparaiso, 
which have stood out several years in the Chelsea Botanic Garden; and a number of names in the . 
enumeration in our Hortus Britannicus seem to indicate that the plants might be tried in the open 
air in favourable situations. 
